Patent ID: 8875445

Claim:
A building, comprising: a rim joist having a vertical side; a sheathing having a first vertical side, a second vertical side laterally opposite said first vertical side, a horizontal top side, and a horizontal bottom side; a load-bearing wall, comprising a sill plate, a top plate, and a plurality of wall studs connecting said sill plate to said top plate; and a modular unit comprising: a first of said sheathing; a first of said rim joist attached to said bottom side of said first sheathing with said vertical side of said first rim joist aligned with said first vertical side of said first sheathing; a second of said rim joist attached to said bottom side of said first sheathing with said vertical side of said second rim joist aligned with said second vertical side of said first sheathing; a second of said sheathing; a third of said rim joist attached to said bottom side of said second sheathing with said vertical side of said third rim joist aligned with said first vertical side of said second sheathing; a fourth of said rim joist attached to said bottom side of said second sheathing with said vertical side of said fourth rim joist aligned with said second vertical side of said second sheathing; a first of said wall attached to said first sheathing with said sill plate for said first wall extending laterally outward from said vertical side of said first rim joist and said first wall attached to said third rim joist with said top plate for said first wall extending laterally outward from said vertical side for said third rim joist; and a second of said wall attached to said first sheathing with said sill plate for said second wall extending laterally outward from said vertical side for said second rim joist and said second wall attached to said fourth rim joist with said top plate for said second wall extending laterally outward from said vertical side of said fourth rim joist.