Patent ID: 9695608
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: E04B,E04C,E04F,E04H,H02G

Claim:
1. A method for providing a reconfigurable residential unit comprising: providing a first chassis comprising a fixed-width portion and a flexible-width portion, the fixed-width portion having a first side and a second side; providing at least one horizontal services bulkhead within the fixed-width portion and aligned along the first side of the fixed-width portion and configured to provide a passageway for one or more residential service systems; providing at least one vertical services distribution shaft within the fixed-width portion and aligned with the first side of the fixed-width portion and intersecting the at least one horizontal services bulkhead, the at least one vertical services distribution shaft configured to extend from a bottom floor to a top floor of the residential unit for distributing the one or more residential service systems to each floor of the residential unit, the at least one horizontal services bulkhead and the intersecting at least one vertical services distribution shaft together form at least one continuously-connected services distribution spine; providing a party wall along the second side of the fixed-width portion, the party wall adjacent to a second residential unit having a second chassis; and providing a plurality of joists to support at least one floor system across the flexible-width portion, the plurality of joists extending horizontally from the at least one horizontal services distribution spine in an uninterrupted manner.