Building structure and method of use
First Claim
1. An improved building system including a dimensionally stable, monolithic wall structure, said wall structure comprising:
- an elongate, generally U-shaped track defining a bottom wall which is extended along and attached to a horizontal foundation means and opposing side walls extending upwardly from said bottom wall, said bottom wall including a plurality of preformed, linearly aligned bottom wall apertures disposed therein at predetermined locations along the track;
a plurality of elongate, vertical posts of predetermined lengths having top ends and bottom ends, said bottom ends being attached to said track at said predetermined locations along the length thereof and including recesses disposed therein to receive portions of fasteners;
at least one elongate, horizontal header beam attached to the top ends of said posts; and
a plurality of pre-fabricated wall sections, each of said wall sections being disposed between a pair of adjacent posts and including first and second vertical edges which each abut a respective post of the post pair;
said posts and said wall sections being fabricated from materials having selected compressive, tensile and shear force properties so that when interacted with each other by the abutment of said first and second vertical edges of the wall sections against the posts, a monolithic wall structure is formed.
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Abstract
An improved building structure and method of use comprising separately fabricated floor, wall and ceiling structures capable of withstanding shear and seismic forces. The floor and ceiling structures of the present invention generally comprise I-beams having foam panels extending therebetween. The wall structure comprises an elongate track rigidly secured to the foundation structure of the building having a plurality of posts secured thereto. Disposed between the posts are a plurality of interlocking foam wall sections which encapsulate the posts of the wall structure. Attached to the top surfaces of the posts are header beams which serve as a support structure for the ceiling structure.
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1. An improved building system including a dimensionally stable, monolithic wall structure, said wall structure comprising:
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an elongate, generally U-shaped track defining a bottom wall which is extended along and attached to a horizontal foundation means and opposing side walls extending upwardly from said bottom wall, said bottom wall including a plurality of preformed, linearly aligned bottom wall apertures disposed therein at predetermined locations along the track; a plurality of elongate, vertical posts of predetermined lengths having top ends and bottom ends, said bottom ends being attached to said track at said predetermined locations along the length thereof and including recesses disposed therein to receive portions of fasteners; at least one elongate, horizontal header beam attached to the top ends of said posts; and a plurality of pre-fabricated wall sections, each of said wall sections being disposed between a pair of adjacent posts and including first and second vertical edges which each abut a respective post of the post pair; said posts and said wall sections being fabricated from materials having selected compressive, tensile and shear force properties so that when interacted with each other by the abutment of said first and second vertical edges of the wall sections against the posts, a monolithic wall structure is formed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An improved building system including a dimensionally stable, monolithic wall structure, said wall structure comprising:
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an elongate, generally U-shaped track defining a bottom wall which is extended along and attached to a horizontal foundation means and opposing side walls extending upwardly from said bottom wall, said bottom wall including a plurality of pre-formed, linearly aligned bottom wall apertures disposed therein at predetermined locations along the track; a plurality of elongate, vertical posts of predetermined lengths having top ends and bottom ends, said bottom ends being attached to said track at said predetermined locations along the length thereof; a lower header attached to the top ends of said posts; an upper header attached to said lower header; and a plurality of pre-fabricated wall sections, each of said wall sections defining; a first vertical edge having a vertical tongue formed therealong; a second vertical edge having a vertical slot formed therewithin which defines an interior surface; a lower edge having a pair of parallel grooves formed therein for receiving the opposing side walls of said track; and an upper edge having a horizontal slot formed therein for receiving a portion of said lower header; each of said wall sections being disposed between a pair of adjacent posts such that the vertical tongue thereof abuts one of the posts of the pair and the interior surface of the vertical slot thereof abuts the other post of the post pair which, together with the vertical tongue of a previously installed adjoining wall section, is received into and encapsulated by the vertical slot; said posts and said wall section being fabricated from materials having compressive, tensile and shear force properties so that when interacted with each other by the abutment of the vertical tongues and the interior surfaces of the vertical slots of the wall sections against the posts, a monolithic wall structure is formed. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An improved building system including a dimensionally stable, monolithic wall structure, said wall structure comprising:
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an elongate track which is extended along and attached to a horizontal foundation means; a plurality of elongate, vertical posts of predetermined lengths having top and bottom ends, said bottom ends being attached to said track at predetermined locations along the length thereof; at least one, horizontal header beam attached to the top ends of said posts; and a plurality of pre-fabricated wall sections, each of said wall sections defining; a first vertical edge having a vertical tongue formed therealong; and a second vertical edge having a vertical slot formed therewithin which defines an interior surface; each of said wall sections being disposed between a pair of adjacent posts such that the vertical tongue thereof abuts one of the posts of the pair and the interior surface of the vertical slot thereof abuts the other post of the post pair which, together with the vertical tongue of a previously installed adjoining wall section, is received into and encapsulated by the vertical slot; said posts and said wall sections being fabricated from materials having selected compressive, tensile and shear force properties so that when interacted with each other by the abutment of the vertical tongues and the interior surfaces of the vertical slots of the wall sections against the posts, a monolithic wall structure is formed. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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