Portable cabin, components therefor, methods of making and erecting same
OwnerDavid R. Paddockinventor
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Abstract
A portable building comprising wall panels, studs, floor panels, floor support members, roof panels, truss members may be transported in the bed of a pickup truck, erected on one building site, used for living quarters at the site, disassembled at the one building site, transported in the pickup truck to a new site and erected on the new site. Erection of the portable building is easily accomplished in less than six man-hours. The portable building will withstand a side load equivalent to an 80 mile per hour wind and a roof load of 40 pounds per square foot.
Claims10
A portable building comprising a plurality of wall panels, a plurality of upright posts, a plurality of floor panels, a plurality of floor support members, a plurality of roof panels, and a plurality of truss members, each said truss member comprising a pair of opposing rafters and a collar tie, wherein an edge of each of said plurality of wall panels is captured in a channel in one of said plurality of upright posts, an edge of each of said plurality of roof panels is captured in a channel in one of said plurality of rafters, said plurality of rafters joined together in opposing pairs at the common end thereof and further joined together with said collar tie spaced from said common end, said plurality of floor panels supported on said plurality of floor support members, said plurality of floor support members supported in receiving sockets affixed to a rim joist plate extending alone opposing sides of said portable building, wherein said plurality of upright posts are affixed to alternate ones of said floor support members and said rim joist plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.