Patent ID: 6493996
Filing Date: 2002-12-17
Classification: E04B

Abstract:
A prefabricated room module for use in the construction of a multi-storey modular building, said room module comprising:a floor slab having sides, a wall formed along one said side of the slab, said wall having a top edge and an opposite edge and said floor slab having a side edge opposite said wall, at least one upright projection extending from said top edge of the wall, at least one first anchor member at said opposite edge of the wall, said first anchor member having a first coupling hole, at least one second anchor member projecting from said edge of the floor slab opposite said wall, said second anchor member having a second coupling hole, and securing means, whereby when the room module is placed in a modular building of a plurality of storeys having similar modules with same said projections and said first and second anchor members, said first coupling hole is adapted to engage a cooperating projection of an adjoining said module in the next storey below, said second coupling hole is adapted to engage a cooperating projection of an adjoining said module in the next storey below and said securing means is adapted to secure the projection through cooperating first and second holes of adjoining said like modules in the storey above.