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US 4,612,744 AGranted
Method, components, and system for assembling buildings
OwnerJack E. Shamashinventor
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Structural members for building systems include plastic base members having side flanges connected by a central web. For use at floor level at the perimeter of the building, a base member includes a series of openings spaced longitudinally along one flange to receive tubular members that span the building interior. Base members for use inwardly of the building perimeter include aligned openings in both flanges to permit the tubular members to extend through. Upright members also include side flanges and a central connecting web. Further inner flanges integral with the connecting web are spaced slightly from the side flanges and define slots running along the length of the member to receive edges of panels forming opposite surfaces of a wall. The inner flanges are shorter in length than the side flanges so that the upper ends of the upright members can receive a spanning element that runs from one upright member to the next. Likewise, the inner flanges are slightly shorter than the side flanges, measured from the web. This permits insertion of a closing member, typically a plank of standard lumber dimensions, where the upright members are used to frame a doorway or other opening. The base members can also include inner flanges. These can have aligned openings for the tubular members. Tubular members can be PVC pipe and can accommodate the building services. For poured concrete flooring, a wire mesh or the like woven over and under the tubular members at ground level decreases the amount of poured concrete necessary.
An elongate thermoplastic structural member for use in building construction including side flanges spaced laterally apart, extending longitudinally of the member, a connecting web portion extending longitudinally of the member between said flanges and integral with the flanges, a further pair of flanges integral with the connecting web portion, laterally interior of the side flanges and extending longitudinally of the structural member proximate the side flanges and the side flanges defining slots for receiving edges of panels forming opposite surfaces of a building wall, the further flanges having a height measured from the connecting web portion less than the height of the side flanges so measured, the elongate edges of the further flanges and interiorly facing surfaces of the side flanges between the location of said further flange edges and of the side flanges defining means for receiving a closure member located between the side flanges at the longitudinal ends of the further flanges to close the interior of the structural member;
An elongate thermoplastic structural member for use in building construction including side flanges spaced laterally apart, extending longitudinally of the member, a connecting web portion extending longitudinally of the member between said flanges and integral with the flanges, a further pair of flanges integral with the connecting web portion, laterally inward of the side flanges and extending longitudinally of the structural member proximate the side flanges, the further flanges and the side flanges defining slots for receiving edges of panels forming opposite surfaces of a building wall, said pair of further flanges terminating short of the ends of the side flanges at at least one end of the structural member, ends of of the pair of further flanges and interiorly facing surfaces of the side flanges between the location of the further flanges and the ends of the side flanges defining means for receiving a portion of a spanning element extending from the structural member to a like structural member.
A building system having a combination of structural members for use in the construction of a building including a plurality of elongate thermoplastic structural base members and a plurality of additional members adapted for use as uprights extending vertically from the base members, each of said base and additional members including side flanges spaced laterally apart, extending longitudinally of the member and located for proximity with two wall panels forming opposite faces of a wall of the building, at least two of the base members having a series of longitudinally spaced openings through one of the side flanges and defining means for receiving ends of hollow tubular members spanning the building at substantially floor level, at least said additional members having pairs of further flanges integral with the connecting web portion, laterally inward of the side flanges, extending longitudinally of the additional members and defining with the side flanges slots for receiving edges of at least a number of the wall panels forming wall surfaces.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.