Patent ID: 11891793
Assignee: STEEL STRUCTURES, LLC
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E | IPC E

Claim 5:
6. A building structure, comprising:
(a) a first building level of a building structure formed from at least a first high cube box shipping container and a second high cube box shipping container;
(b) said first high cube box shipping container forming at least a first side portion of the first building level and said second high cube box shipping container forming at least a second side portion of the first building level, wherein said first and second high cube box shipping containers are configured to provide a first floor space extending between an exterior sidewall of said first high cube box shipping container and an exterior wall of said second high cube box shipping container;
(c) a horizontally extending structural support extending between and connecting the first and second high cube box shipping containers, the horizontally extending structural support having a plurality of openings extending therethrough so that a fork-lift can engage and lift the horizontally extending structural support from either side of the horizontally extending structural support;
(d) a floor of said first building level being operably connected to each of said first high cube box shipping container and said second high cube box shipping container; and,
(e) at least one cross-beam extending through one of the plurality of openings of said horizontally extending structural support, said at least one cross-beam being attached at one end to said first high cube box shipping container and at an opposing end to said second high cube box shipping container.