Patent ID: 9145671
Filing Date: 2015-09-29
Classification: E04B,E04H

Abstract:
1. A modular house framing system, comprising: a plurality of elongate rectangular vertical frame members, each of the plurality of vertical frame members having an upper vertical end and a lower vertical end, each of the upper vertical end and the lower vertical end having a horizontal member attachment mechanism in a horizontal member attachment region; a plurality of elongate rectangular horizontal frame members, each of the plurality of horizontal frame members having a first horizontal end and a second opposing horizontal end, each of the first horizontal end and the second horizontal end having a vertical member attachment mechanism and an end face in a vertical member attachment region, the end face being open and including a central void that is at least partially extended into a body of the horizontal frame member; a plurality of connectors, each of the plurality of connectors having a generally rectangular cuboidal projection, the generally rectangular cuboidal projection being at least a pair of side walls outwardly extended from a vertical member abutting wall, the projection being insertable into the central void of the horizontal frame member and being complimentarily configured with a shape of an internal perimeter of the central void, each of the plurality of connectors being attachable to the horizontal member attachment mechanism and the vertical member attachment mechanism; and a plurality of fastening members, each of the plurality of fastening members configured to fasten any of the plurality of connectors to any of the plurality of vertical frame members and any of the plurality of horizontal frame members to any of plurality of connectors, wherein one of the plurality of connectors is configured to be attachable to one face of one of the plurality of vertical members in the horizontal member attachment region, and another of the plurality of connectors is configured to be attachable to an adjacent face of one of the plurality of vertical members in the horizontal member attachment region, and wherein each of the plurality of connectors has a female flange on a first side of the vertical member abutting wall and a male flange on a second side of the vertical member abutting wall, the female flange configured to engage with a male flange of an adjacent connector.