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Highly wind resistant pre-assembled relocatable building structure

  • US 5,826,379 A
  • Filed: 12/30/1992
  • Issued: 10/27/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/30/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A pre-assembled, relocatable building structure which is highly resistant to the effect of high velocity winds, which can be transported on transport means in a completed and which can be set on foundation members, comprising:

  • a metallic skeleton formed of a plurality of pairs of vertically extending metallic column members, longitudinally extending metallic side beam members and laterally extending metallic cross beam members, said side beam and cross beam members being permanently connected to said column members at a level proximate the lower end thereof, said skeleton further including a plurality of angled portions, each of said angled portions being permanently connected to the upper ends of a pair of said column members;

    a plurality of horizontally extending anchor pads which are each permanently secured to a bottom of a column member, each anchor pad being formed with a hole through which a bolt which is set in a foundation member and which extends vertically upward, can be inserted, said anchor pads being arranged to seat on said foundation members and to elevate said side beam members so as to define a small clearance between the lower surface of said side beam members and the upper surface of said foundation members;

    a floor structure supported on said side and cross beam members;

    a wall structure disposed between said vertically extending column members,a roof structure disposed between said angled portions;

    encapsulating means for sealing off openings which are defined between panels and into which high velocity winds can force their way and produce pneumatic forces which pry panels away from their positions; and

    a plurality of elongate horizontally extending metal plates which are each permanently fixed to the top horizontal surface of a side beam, said metal plates supporting headers and the ends of floor joists which form part of said floor structure.

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