Patent ID: 6651393
Filing Date: 2003-11-25
Classification: E04B

Abstract:
In a construction system for a structure, the structure being formed of manufactured housing units, the construction system including plumbing, electrical and structural infrastructures for the structure, an improvement to the construction system comprising:manufactured housing units that are approximately at least majority-finished at a manufacturing site distant the building site of the structure, the units being transported as approximately at least majority-finished from the manufacturing site to the building site and assembled together to form the structure; and a floor/ceiling assembly locatable between vertically adjacent units, thus alleviating the need for each unit to be built at the manufacturing site with a separate floor and ceiling, the floor/ceiling assembly incorporating: (a) structural members with top and bottom flanges; (b) a floor in communication with the top flanges; (c) a sound attenuation member in communication with the bottom flanges; and (d) a ceiling in communication with either or both of the top flanges and the sound attenuation member.