Patent ID: 8393127
Filing Date: 2013-03-12
Classification: E04B,E04H

Abstract:
1. A method for assembling a relocatable restaurant comprising: affixing a floor atop a site surface; positioning each of four prefabricated containers adjacent an outer edge of the floor, a first container having affixed therein kitchen equipment, a second container having affixed therein dishwashing equipment, a third container having affixed therein bathroom facilities, and a fourth container having a door therethrough, each of the first, the second, the third, and the fourth container has a lip extending into the interior space adjacent a lower end thereof, extending at least partially around a periphery of the interior space, the lip in supporting relation to the floor; affixing a flexible roof structure adjacent top surfaces of the containers, thereby defining an interior space along with inwardly facing walls of the first, the second, the third, and the fourth container, and a top surface of the floor; extending a structural member about a periphery of the roof structure, for providing interconnection between and structural stability to the roof structure, wherein the structural member includes a plurality of soffit beams and wherein each soffit beam is formed by first and second beam sections longitudinally abutting each other at an intermediate portion thereof, wherein adjacent ends of each beam section includes a hole extending longitudinally therein, the soffit beam further comprising a sliding pin extending into the holes for connecting soffit beam section ends, the soffit beam further comprising a tab at opposing end portion thereof, wherein the tabs are dimensioned to be connected to hard corners of one container, and wherein a locking pin is connected between the beam section ends for thereby locking the soffit beam into the hard corners of the containers, and wherein the soffit beam sections are horizontally slidable into the container hard corners to thus have the plurality of soffit beams form a perimeter attachment for the roof structure so as to rigidly lock the structural member with the containers and roof structure; and maintaining above-atmospheric pressure within the interior space for retaining the roof structure in a raised position.