Patent ID: 8033065
Filing Date: 2011-10-11
Classification: E04B,E04C

Abstract:
1. A building comprising: a floor structure; a wall structure erected along a perimeter of the floor structure to depend upward therefrom and surround an interior space of the building; and a roof structure disposed above and supported by the wall structure to cover the interior space of the building; the wall structure and the floor structure each comprising each prefabricated panel comprising a layered body having an insulation layer sandwiched between inner and outer skin layers, the insulation layer comprising an insulation material distinct from a load bearing material of each skin layer and being of greater thickness than each of the skin layers; wherein each wall structure is seated atop the floor structure and is connected thereto by a channel-shaped connector having a cross-section that comprises a first portion embracing about an exterior edge of the floor structure facing an outside environment surrounding the building at a respective exterior side thereof to define top and bottom legs of said cross-section that project inward from said exterior edge respectively over and beneath one or more prefabricated panels of the floor structure, and an upwardly projecting second portion extending upward from the top leg of the first portion into a slot formed in the insulation layer of the prefabricated panels of the wall structure where said prefabricated panels of the wall structure are seated atop the floor structure.