Vertical section building construction
OwnerElwyn P. Hilmerinventor
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Sections including floor(s), roof and sidewalls are tilted vertically to an upright position in series. Sections or segments are made up from floor, roof and sidewall subsections or panels assembled in a horizontal orientation, offering easy access to install ground floor insulation, finish walls, ceilings and floors before being tilted up to a permanent position such that interfacing edges to be joined are in a vertical plane. Floor, roof, sidewall and end wall subsections or panels are fabricated in flat configuration for forklift unit stacking, storage and handling. The primary application, permanent or temporary, can be for finished domestic housing or outbuildings, or an unfinished shell. A special sequence fastener having three basic parts holds together subsection parts to be raised as a section, slides raised section in place and anchors sections to the structures foundation at the ground level. Interrupted wall and roof offset construction allows daylight and side entrance access for good traffic circulation and to avoids the "tunnel" house. This application is a Continuation In Part of my application entitled "Vertical Section Building Construction" Ser. No. 369,028, filed Jun. 19, 1989, now abandoned.
A building structure comprising at least two segments secured together to form said structure, each segment including at least one substantially vertical member and an intersecting member extending at an angle to said first member, and a means for securing said members at a joint including apertures provided in each vertical and extending member at a said joint and a female fastener comprising a hollow tubular member passing through said apertures and clamping said vertical and intersecting members together, a female fastener of a first segment being alignable with a female fastener of a second segment, and a male fastener adapted to extend through the hollow tubes of aligned fasteners to secure said first and second segments together.
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