Patent ID: 6393774
Filing Date: 2002-05-28
Classification: E04B,E04H

Abstract:
A building formed using a modular construction system, including in combination:a pair of room-size rectangular first U-shaped preformed modules, each having only two vertical bearing planes parallel to each other, each said bearing plane having a plurality of vertical load-bearing structural members joined by a rectangular floor panel having a series of load-carrying spanning means running between said bearing planes, each of said first U-shaped modules having said floor panel terminated at two sides at non-bearing planes, each said module being open on top; an L-shaped second module having a rectangular floor panel having two longer sides and two shorter sides and a rectangular wall panel extending upwardly from one end of one of the shorter sides of said L-shaped panel, and with the other three sides of said floor panel being free, for attachment to other modules or to non-load bearing walls; said system including said L-shaped module with a first and a second of said U-shaped modules, one on either side of said L-shaped module, and with one of the two vertical walls of each of said U-shaped modules mounted to one of the two longer sides of the floor panel of said L-shaped module; an additional plurality of U-shaped modules generally aligned with one another and with their walls aligned and open slab edges parallel to one another, and mounted against one open side of each of said first and second U-shaped modules, and against the shorter side of said L-shaped module which does not have a wall panel secured thereto; and all of said modules being firmly secured together; whereby the vertically extending bearing walls of said first and second modules are perpendicular to the vertically extending bearing walls of said additional plurality of U-shaped modules.