Building system

• US 10,443,227 B1
• Filed: 04/18/2018
• Issued: 10/15/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/18/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tom Edward Workman
• Original Assignee: Tom Edward Workman
• Inventors: Workman, Tom Edward
• Primary Examiner(s): Stephan, Beth A
• Application Number:
  US15/956,429
• Time in Patent Office: 545 Days
• Field of Search: 522208
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 1/043 Connections specially adapted therefor
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 1/167 with permanent forms made of particular materials, e.g. layered products
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 1/21 Connections specially adapted therefor
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 1/34321 mainly constituted by panels
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 1/34807 Elements integrated in a skeleton
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 1/7604 fillings for cavity walls
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 2/7457 with wallboards attached to the outer faces of the posts, parallel to the partition E04B2/7459 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 2/8635 with ties attached to the inner faces of the forms E04B2/8611 and E04B2/8623 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 2002/7488 Details of wiring
• CPC Class Codes: E04C 2/04 of concrete or other stone-like material; of asbestos cement; of cement and other mineral fibresE04C2/26 takes precedence; material or manufacture B28, C04
• CPC Class Codes: E04C 2/08 of metal, e.g. sheet metal E04C2/26 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E04C 2/28 combinations of materials fully covered by groups E04C2/04 and E04C2/08
• CPC Class Codes: E04C 2/326 with corrugations, incisions or reliefs in more than one direction of the element
• CPC Class Codes: E04C 2/382 with a frame of concrete or other stone-like substance

Abstract

A system for the construction of modular structures includes sheet metal panels that include at least some pre-cut portions configured to be deformed in such as way as to provide a gripping and reinforcing function for a cementitious material when poured around the structure constructed of the sheet metal panels. Window and door openings are typically precut prior to shipping to a construction site and then punched out of a sheet metal panel at a construction site. The invention provides for an extremely compact method of shipping load bearing components to the construction site and reduced labor time in assembling a building framework.

Claims

1. A building method comprising the steps of:

providing a plurality of panels wherein at least some of the panels include cut patterns that are configured to be bendable, and wherein at least some of the panels are shipped in a flat stacking configuration;

receiving the plurality of panels at a building site;

bending the cut patterns to form projecting members that project away from either a front or back face of the panels;

bending the panels to form flanges;

assembling the plurality of panels into an upright structure wherein at least some of the panels are positioned adjacent one another and connected flange-to-flange.

2. The method according to claim 1 further comprising the step of temporarily sheathing the upright structure with pouring forms wherein a gap is formed between surfaces of the pouring forms and the front and back faces of the panels.

3. The method according to claim 2 further comprising the step of pouring a cementitious material between the pouring forms and the panels and allowing the cementitious material to dry.

4. The method according to claim 3 further comprising the step of removing the pouring forms from the upright structure.

5. The method according to claim 1 further comprising the step of stamping or cutting apertures for window and door openings into at least some of the plurality of panels.