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US 5,473,845 AGranted
Modular fastening system
AssigneeJustrite Manufacturing Company
InventorsJerry L. Livingston, Garry J. McGovern
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AssigneeJustrite Manufacturing Company
InventorsJerry L. Livingston, Garry J. McGovern
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This invention relates to an apparatus and process for joining an add-on module to a base module to form a modular material storage building by selective positioning of the add-on module with respect to the base module. The invention includes protruding locking members having a locked position, a plurality of locking apertures having a locked position and a roof connector assembly where the protruding locking member is affixed to a vertical leveling bar for stabilizing and locking the modules together which is plumbed with and affixed to the base module near a side wall edge, the locking apertures are in communication with a vertical leveling bar plumbed with and affixed to the add-on module near a side wall edge to orient the locking apertures for locking with the protruding locking members, the locked position of the locking apertures is adapted to engage and lock with the locked position of the protruding locking member of the base module, and where the roof connector assembly has a female channel member attached to a roof edge of the base module and a male channel member attached to the add-on module such that the male channel member seats within the female channel member for aligning and joining the modules in conjunction with the engagement and locking of the apertures with the protruding locking members.
A modular fastening apparatus for removably joining at least a face of a first module and an opposing face of an adjacent second module to form a modular material storage building comprising:
A process for stabilizing and removably joining at least a first module to a second module to form a modular material storage building at a storage site, said first module having a protruding locking member affixed to a first vertical leveling bar and said second module having a locking aperture in communication with a second vertical leveling bar, said process comprising the steps of:
A process for joining faces of at least a first module to a second module to form a modular building, one of said modules having protruding locking members extending from a face of said one module, the other module defining a plurality of locking apertures positioned on a face of said other module, the respective module faces each defining an opening capable of registry with the opening of the other module face when the modules are joined, each of said module faces carrying at least one adjustable-length cross member attached at respective ends to its face;
A modular building which comprises first and second building modules each having a face for joining together so that the modules form a single building, each of said faces defining an opening which is in registry with the opening of the other face when the modules are joined, one of said faces comprising a locking member including a male hook member having an inclined surface and a notched portion, and the other of said faces comprising a female member having an aperture with an inclined guide portion that receives and guides said male hook member and secures said male hook member when said notched portion frictionally engages said aperture when said modules are in face-to face relation.
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