Multilevel modular building with scissor stairs and method of assembly
AssigneeModulex Inc.
InventorPeter P. Papesch
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Abstract
A multilevel modular building with scissor stairs and a method for constructing such a building is disclosed. The scissor stair comprises a pair of stairways connecting the floor of a module on a lower level with the floor of a module directly above. The stairways are disposed adjacent to each other in parallel vertical planes and configured in an X shape. A fire wall separates each stairway. In this manner, the stairways of the present invention provide the upper level with two separate and remote routes for access or egress in a minimal amount of space.
Claims25
A modular building comprising:
- a plurality of modules, each module comprising a floor, a ceiling, and walls, some of the plurality of modules disposed in a lower level and others of the plurality of modules disposed in an upper level vertically adjacent to the lower level to form a module stack;
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- pairs of stairways installed into said module stack and connected to and extending between the floors of the modules on the lower level and the floors of the modules on the upper level, each pair of stairways disposed adjacently in parallel vertical planes and configured in an X shape, each stairway of each pair comprising a single flight of stairs and providing a separate access to the modules on the upper level.
A modular building comprising:
- at least a lower module and an upper module, each module formed off site and assembled on site to be vertically adjacent to each other, each module having a floor, a ceiling, and walls;
- a first stairway comprising a single flight of stairs disposed in a first vertical plane in the lower module, providing a first access to the upper module;
- a second stairway comprising a single flight of stairs disposed in the lower module adjacent to the first stairway and in a second vertical plane parallel to the first plane, the first stairway and the second stairway together configured to form an X shape, the second stairway providing a second access to the upper module;
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- wherein the first and second stairways are connected to and extend between the floor of the lower module and the floor of the upper module.
A method of constructing a building, the building comprising a plurality of modules of generally box-like configuration, the modules arrayed in at least two vertically adjacent levels to form a module stack defining at least a first floor level and a second floor level, upper levels having at least two separate and remote means for egressing, the method comprising:
- constructing the plurality of modules off site independently of each other;
- placing a first module at a building site;
- placing a second module in the level vertically adjacent to the first module to form the module stack;
- installing on site a first stairway in the module stack, in a first vertical plane, connecting to and extending between the first floor level and the second floor level, the first stairway comprising a single flight of stairs;
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- installing on site a second stairway in the module stack, adjacent to the first stairway in a second vertical plane parallel to the first plane to form an X configuration, connecting to and extending between the first floor level and the second floor level, the second stairway comprising a single flight of stairs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.