# US 8,539,730 B2 · Building system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,539,730 B2 - Document ID: US8539730B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 11/629,702 - Filed: 2005-06-14 - Published: 2008-02-21 - Granted: 2013-09-24 - Earliest claimed: 2004-06-15 - Assignees: Tripod Components Pty Ltd - Applicants: Tyge Madsen; Klaus Hammershoit Hansen - Inventors: Tyge Madsen; Klaus Hammershoit Hansen - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8539730B2 ## CPC - E04B 9/00: Ceilings; Construction of ceilings, e.g. false ceilings; Ceiling construction with regard to insulation (ceilings used as forms for making floors E04B5/00; coverings or linings for ceilings E04F13/00) - E04B 1/08: the elements consisting of metal - E04B 1/14: the elements being composed of two or more materials (of reinforced concrete E04B1/04) - E04B 5/10: with metal beams or girders, e.g. with steel lattice girders (E04B5/14 takes precedence) - E04B 7/02: with plane sloping surfaces, e.g. saddle roofs (E04B7/12 takes precedence) - E04B 7/20: Roofs consisting of self-supporting slabs, e.g. able to be loaded - E04D 3/24: with special cross-section, e.g. with corrugations on both sides, with ribs, flanges, or the like (E04D3/35 takes precedence) - E04D 12/004: {Battens} - E04D 12/006: {Batten-supporting means} - E04D 2013/0454: {at the intersection of roof surfaces, e.g. roof valleys} - 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}) - E04D: ROOF COVERINGS; SKY-LIGHTS; GUTTERS; ROOF-WORKING TOOLS (coverings of outer walls by plaster or other porous material E04F13/00) ## Abstract A building system is disclosed having building constituent assemblies including wall panels, a flooring assembly, a ceiling assembly and a roofing assembly. Each of the building constituent assemblies includes a supporting structure and a covering member. The supporting structure includes a supporting member which has a corrugated first side portion and second side portion. The side portions of adjacent supporting structures overlay each other and interlock the adjacent constituent assemblies together. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A wall panel comprising a supporting structure and at least one covering member, the supporting structure having at least one integral supporting member adjacent the at least one covering member, wherein the supporting member has a first side portion extending beyond the at least one covering member and a second side portion immediately adjacent the at least one covering member, a receiving area being defined between the second side portion and the at least one covering member, wherein a first wall panel, a second wall panel and a third wall panel can be sequentially connected, such that the first side portion of the supporting member of the first wall panel is receivable within the receiving area of the second wall panel, the first side portion being complementary in shape to the second side portion such that the first side portion of the first wall panel engages the second side portion of the second wall panel, the engagement restraining relative movement of the first and second wall panels in at least one direction and the first side portion of the first wall panel locates against the at least one covering member of the second wall panel, the at least one covering member restraining relative movement of the first and second wall panels in a second direction; and the first side portion of the supporting member of the second wall panel is receivable within the receiving area of the third wall panel, the first side portion being complementary in shape to the second side portion such that the first side portion of the second wall panel engages the second side portion of the third wall panel, the engagement restraining relative movement of the second and third wall panels in at least one direction and the first side portion of the second wall panel locates against the at least one covering member of the third wall panel, the at least one covering member restraining relative movement of the second and third wall panels in a second direction, wherein the supporting structure includes two opposed supporting members. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) A wall panel as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first and second side portions are corrugated. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) A wall panel as claimed in claim 1, wherein the supporting members each have a transverse portion extending internally of the wall panel from the second side portion, the transverse portions engaging each other. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) A wall panel as claimed in claim 1, wherein the transverse portions are corrugated. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) A wall panel as claimed in claim 1, wherein the wall panel supporting structure includes at least one bracing member located internally of the wall panel, the bracing member being in contact with each of the supporting members. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) A wall panel as claimed in claim 5, wherein each bracing member includes apertures aligned with apertures of the transverse portions of the supporting members to allow connection of corresponding bracing members of adjacent wall panels. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) A wall panel as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one covering member is fixed to the supporting member.