Housing unit

• US 5,333,421 A
• Filed: 07/09/1993
• Issued: 08/02/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 07/09/1993
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: John T. Mckenna
• Original Assignee: John T. Mckenna
• Inventors: McKenna, John T.
• Primary Examiner(s): Friedman, Carl D.
• Assistant Examiner(s): SMITH, CREIGHTON H
• Application Number:
  US08/087,515
• Time in Patent Office: 389 Days
• Field of Search: 52/63, 52/86, 52/584.1, 52/602, 52/270, 52/802, 52/803, 135/101, 135/102, 135/116
• US Class Current: 52/86
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 1/3205 Structures with a longitudinal horizontal axis, e.g. cylindrical or prismatic structures
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 2001/3241 Frame connection details
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 2001/3252 Covering details

Abstract

A quonset type hut house unit includes a skeletal structure of a pair of "L" frame lengthwise base members with a multiplicity of vertical tubular members with an open top and bottom with a multiplicity of preformed steel arch shaped rib members with ends engaged in the vertical tubular members, end walls of reinforced plastic sections coupled together and to the skeletal structure through inwardly extending flanges and a cover sheet formed of a plurality of structured integral panels that include two face sheets spaced apart by a multiplicity of webs bent over the rib members and attached to the skeletal frame.

Claims

1. A house unit comprising two ends and a length along two sides, the unit comprising:

(A) a skeletal structure comprising;

(i) a pair of longitudinal base members aligned lengthwise along each side of the unit, wherein each longitudinal base member comprises an upstanding section along its length,

(ii) a multiplicity of vertical tubular members attached to the upstanding section of the longitudinal base members at intervals spaced apart along the length of the longitudinal base members, each vertical tubular member comprising an open top and an open bottom, wherein the vertical tubular members are spaced apart forming complementary pairs across from each other laterally positioned equidistant along the length of opposite longitudinal base members, and

(iii) a multiplicity of arch shaped rib members each having one end inserted in an open top of a first vertical tubular member and an opposite end inserted in an open top of a second vertical tubular member that is paired with the first vertical tubular member,

(B) two vertical end walls each having a bottom edge and an arch shaped side and top edge, each end wall comprising;

(i) a plurality of integral composite wall sections each comprising;

(a) an outside surface facing outwardly, an inside surface facing inwardly, and a peripheral edge, and

(b) a peripheral flange extending inwardly from the peripheral edge, wherein the peripheral flange comprises at least one vertical section when the composite wall section is disposed vertically, and

(ii) attachment means to attach adjacent vertical sections of juxtaposed composite wall sections,

(C) connection means to connect the end walls to two arch shaped ribs positioned proximate opposite ends of the unit,

(D) a flexible sheet bent in an arch shape to conform against the rib members, the sheet comprising two first edges of a length proximate that of the base members and a width proximate the length of the arch shaped rib members, and

(E) holding means to attach the first edges of the flexible sheet to the skeletal frame proximate opposite base members.

2. The unit of claim 1 wherein the skeletal structure further comprises a pair of longitudinal purlin support members aligned lengthwise along each side of the unit attached to an inside surface of the rib members at a height above each longitudinal base member.

3. The unit of claim 2 wherein the skeletal structure further comprises a top purlin support member aligned lengthwise along each side of the unit attached to an inside surface of the rib members at an uppermost height.

4. The unit of claim 1 wherein the longitudinal base member are "L" shaped cross sectioned members and the upstanding section is one side of the "L" shape.

5. The unit of claim 4 wherein the vertical tubular members are welded to the upstanding section of the longitudinal base members positioning the open bottom proximate the other horizontal section of the longitudinal base members.

6. The unit of claim 1 wherein the vertical tubular members are welded to the upstanding section of the longitudinal base members positioning the open bottom proximate a lower horizontal section of the longitudinal base members.

7. The unit of claim 1 wherein the flexible sheet bent in an arch shape to conform against the rib members comprises a plurality of extruded thermoplastic polymer structured integral panels each comprising two face sheets spaced apart by a multiplicity of webs joining the face sheets, the webs aligned to bend over the rib members.

8. The unit of claim 1 further comprising foundation means to support the unit comprising a frame of treated wood planks attached to the longitudinal base members.

9. The unit of claim 1 wherein the holding means to attach the first edges of the flexible sheet to the skeletal frame comprises bolts through oversize holes in the flexible sheet aligned with horizontal holes through the longitudinal base members, the rib members, and the vertical tubular members.

10. The unit of claim 1 wherein the connection means to connect the end walls to two arch shaped ribs positioned proximate opposite ends of the unit comprises bolts through oversize holes in the flexible sheet aligned with holes through an upper section of the peripheral flange extending inwardly from the end wall sections and the rib members.

11. A house unit comprising two ends and a length along two sides, the unit comprising:

(A) a skeletal structure comprising;

p2 (i) a pair of "L" shaped cross sectioned longitudinal base members aligned lengthwise along each side of the unit, wherein one side of the "L" shape of each longitudinal base member is upstanding along an outside lower edge of the unit and a remaining side of the "L" shape positioned horizontally extended inwardly to the unit,

(ii) a multiplicity of vertical tubular members each comprising an open top and an open bottom, each vertical tubular member welded to the upstanding side of the longitudinal base members at intervals spaced apart along the length of the longitudinal base members positioning the open bottom proximate the remaining side of the longitudinal base members, wherein the vertical tubular members are spaced apart forming complementary pairs across from each other laterally positioned equidistant along the length of opposite longitudinal base members,

(iii) a multiplicity of arch shaped rib members each having one end inserted in an open top of a first vertical tubular member and an opposite end inserted in an open top of a second vertical tubular member that is paired with the first vertical tubular member,

(iv) a pair of longitudinal purlin support members aligned lengthwise along each side of the unit attached to an inside surface of the rib members at a height above each longitudinal base member, and

(v) a top purlin support member aligned lengthwise along each side of the unit attached to an inside surface of the rib members at an uppermost height,

(B) two vertical end walls each having a bottom edge and an arch shaped side and top edge, each end wall comprising;

(i) a plurality of integral composite wall sections each comprising;

(a) an outside surface facing outwardly, an inside surface facing inwardly, and a peripheral edge, and

(b) a peripheral flange extending inwardly from the peripheral edge, wherein the peripheral flange comprises at least one vertical section when the composite wall section is disposed vertically, and

(ii) attachment means to attach adjacent vertical sections of juxtaposed composite wall sections,

(C) connection means to connect the end walls to two arch shaped ribs positioned proximate opposite ends of the unit,

(D) a flexible sheet bent in an arch shape to conform against the rib members, comprising a plurality of extruded thermoplastic polymer structured integral panels each comprising two face sheets spaced apart by a multiplicity of webs joining the face sheets, the webs being aligned to bend over the rib members, wherein the flexible sheet comprises two first edges of a length proximate that of the base members and a width proximate the length of the arch shaped rib members, and

(E) holding means to attach the first edges of the flexible sheet to the skeletal frame proximate opposite base members.

12. The unit of claim 11 further comprising foundation means to support the unit comprising a frame of treated wood planks attached to the longitudinal base members.

13. The unit of claim 11 wherein the holding means to attach the first edges of the flexible sheet to the skeletal frame comprises bolts through oversize holes in the flexible sheet aligned with horizontal holes through the longitudinal base members, the rib members, and the vertical tubular members.

14. The unit of claim 11 wherein the connection means to connect the end walls to two arch shaped ribs positioned proximate opposite ends of the unit comprises bolts through oversize holes in the flexible sheet aligned with holes through an upper section of the peripheral flange extending inwardly from the end wall sections and the rib members.