# US 5,349,793 A · Building system

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- Number: US 5,349,793 A
- Document ID: US5349793A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 07/745,059
- Filed: 1991-08-12
- Granted: 1994-09-27
- Earliest claimed: 1991-08-12
- Inventors: Floyd E. Bigelow, Jr.
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5349793A

## CPC

- E04B 1/34321: {mainly constituted by panels}
- E04B 1/34317: {Set of building elements forming a self-contained package for transport before assembly}
- E04B: GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS (border constructions of opening in walls, floors or ceilings E06B1/00; {electromagnetic shielding H05K9/0001})

## Abstract

A building system in which knock-down buildings are shipped in stacked packages. The skids are standard width for loading on an oil field trailer and cooperating with guides on the trailer. The buildings have a greater width dimension than the skid and outriggers extend outwardly from the skid to support stacking plates between stacked skids at spaced points on each side of the building.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A stacked assembly of a plurality of knocked-down buildings, each building comprising;
a skid having two parallel skid runners spaced apart a standard distance by transverse structural members for cooperating with standard guides for an oil field truck,
horizontally extending floor, walls and roof stacked on said skid,
said floor secured to said skid and having a width greater than the spacing of said skid runners,
at least two structural outriggers having outer ends extending outwardly in a horizontal plane from each skid runner to approximately the perimeter of the floor, and
a mounting plate secured to the outer end of each outrigger, said mounting plates on said stacked assembly of buildings positioned in vertically aligned groups; and
stacking plates releasably secured to and extending between said vertically aligned mounting plates of vertically spaced skids of said stacked buildings,
each of said stacking plates has a pair of spaced bars secured to the plate and each of said bars abutts a horizontally extending edge of one of said mounting plates.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The assembly of claim 1 wherein:
the mounting plate has four bolt holes extending therethrough in a rectangular pattern, and
said stacking plate has matching bolt holes for securing the stacking plates to the mounting plates in either a horizontal plane for storage or a vertical plane for supporting spaced skids.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The assembly of claim 2 wherein:
a retainer flange is carried by each of said bars and spaced from and parallel to the stacking plate for engaging a mounting plate on its side opposite said stacking plate.

### Claim 4

A subcombination comprising:
a skid having two skid runners spaced apart a standard distance by transverse structural members for cooperating with standard guides of an oil field truck, at least two structural outriggers extending outwardly in a horizontal plane from each skid runner,
a mounting plate secured to the outer end of each outrigger,
stacking plates releasably secured to each mounting plate,
each of said stacking plates has a bar secured to the plate, and
said bar abuts a horizontally extending edge of one of said mounting plates when secured in support position between said stacked buildings.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The subcombination of claim 4 wherein:
the mounting plate has four bolt holes extending therethrough in a rectangular pattern, and
said stacking plate has matching bolt holes for securing the stacking plates to the mounting plates in either a horizontal plane for storage or a vertical plane for supporting spaced skids.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The subcombination of claim 5 wherein:
a retainer flange is carried by each of said bars and spaced from and parallel to the stacking plate for engaging a mounting plate on its side opposite said stacking plate.