Patent ID: 7941975

Claim:
An affordable, sustainable building, comprising: a plurality of prefabricated constituent parts manufactured off-site, the plurality of prefabricated constituent parts comprising: a. a foundation; b. a frame module comprising a plurality of frames, wherein the frame module is secured to the foundation; c. a plurality of reversible connectors to connect the plurality of frames to form the frame module; d. a wall panel configured to be mounted onto the frame module; e. a floor panel configured to be mounted onto the frame module; and f. a ceiling panel configured to be mounted onto the frame module, g. wherein the plurality of frames comprise: i. a plurality of beams having lengths of a predetermined unit; and ii. a plurality of columns connected to the plurality of beams to form the frame module, h. wherein the frame module further comprises a plurality of connector plates operatively connected to the frames by the reversible connectors, and wherein the connector plate is an adjustable connector plate, comprising: i. an adjustment space; ii. an adjustment slide within the adjustment space, wherein the adjustment slide comprises an adjustment slide attachment orifice to attach to a first frame; iii. a track within the adjustment space on which the adjustment slide can move; iv. a threaded pipe at a first end of the adjustable connector plate providing a channel from the first end of the adjustable connector plate to the adjustment slide; v. an adjustment screw housed within the threaded pipe and attached to the adjustment slide; and vi. a fixed orifice at a second end of the adjustable connector plate to attach to a second frame, wherein adjustment of the adjustment screw moves the first frame relative to the second frame.