CA2124332C - Standardized portable housing unit - Google Patents

Standardized portable housing unit

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CA2124332C
CA2124332C CA 2124332 CA2124332A CA2124332C CA 2124332 C CA2124332 C CA 2124332C CA 2124332 CA2124332 CA 2124332 CA 2124332 A CA2124332 A CA 2124332A CA 2124332 C CA2124332 C CA 2124332C
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Robert S. Allison
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    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04BUILDING
    • E04BGENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS
    • E04B1/00Constructions in general; Structures which are not restricted either to walls, e.g. partitions, or floors or ceilings or roofs
    • E04B1/348Structures composed of units comprising at least considerable parts of two sides of a room, e.g. box-like or cell-like units closed or in skeleton form
    • E04B1/34815Elements not integrated in a skeleton
    • E04B1/3483Elements not integrated in a skeleton the supporting structure consisting of metal

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Abstract

A transportable enclosed housing unit (11) including rectangular load bearing structures (12) at the two ends thereof, a sloping roof (30), front and back walls (28), end walls (29), a floor member (27), and lifting eyes (26); said lifting eyes located at the corners of each unit such that said unit can be stacked vertically on another such unit for transportation.

Description

2 ~ 24332 8T~ND~nIZED PORTABLE HOUSING UNIT

TECHNICAL FIELD
This invention relates to housing units which may be lifted, stacked, and transported from place to place.

BACKGROUND QF THB lNV :N'l'lON
Mobile home units are well known in this country and elsewhere in the world. For the most part these units are on a permanently attached frame with wheels and axles and are transported along the highways by being pulled behind a prime mover of some sort, e.g., a truck tractor. In more recent times one or more home units are transported from the manufacturer to a site where the home unit is placed on a suitable foundation. Such units are lifted from the ground at the manufacturing location, to a highway truck and from the highway truck to the ground at the eventual home site. These housing units are capable of being transported by ship but are not capable of being stacked as are cargo containers. In my copending Canadian patent application Serial No. 2,132,407 filed September 19, 1994, there is disclosed a housing unit supported in a frame having a horizontal base and two vertical end structures, the entire structure being transportable and stackable.
It is an object of this invention to provide an improved portable housing unit which is capable of shipment as standardized marine cargo. It is another object of this invention to provide a standardized house as a cargo unit that is readily transferred from a ship to a truck for delivery and set-up at a home site. Still other objects will become apparent in the more detailed description which follows.

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BRIEF SUMM~RY OF THE lNv~NllON
Generally speaking, the present invention provides a method for transforming a prefabricated housing unit having four vertical corners into a standardized transportable stackable housing unit which comprises attaching to each corner of the prefabricated housing unit a weight-supporting rigid beam having a plurality of lifting eyes at each end of the beam and being positioned such that the beam ends adjacent the eyes lie in three pairs of parallel planes defining a prismatic space which completely encloses the standardized housing unit and has outside dimensions identical to those of standard cargo containers.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The novel features believed to be characteristic of this invention are set forth with particularity in the appended claims. The invention itself, however, both as to its organization and method of operation, together with further objects and advantages thereof, may best be understood by reference to the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings in which:
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the housing unit of this invention with separate rectangular end structures attached to the ends of the housing unit;
FIG. 2 is a top plan view of the end structure of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a front elevational view of the end structure of FIG. 2;
FIG. 4 is a side elevational view of the end structure of FIGS. 2 and 3;
FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a housing unit of this invention with built-in end structure;

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-2a- 2 1 2 4 3 3 2 FIG. 6 is a cross sectional view taken at 6--6 of FIG. 5;
FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the housing unit of this invention with an individual pole beam attached at each corner;
FIG. 8 is a cross sectional view taken at 8--8 of FIG. 7; and Icd:~v S ~093/11328 2 1 2 ~ 3 3 2 PCT/US91/0X93X

FIG. 9 is an enlarged perspective view of an ISO
fitting with ovals, for use at the ends of the corner pole structures of FIGS. 1-9.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF TEIE INVENTION
The novel features of this invention are best under-stood by reference to the attached drawings.
In FIG. 1 there is shown a housing structure 10 which, in essence is a housing unit 11 with an end structure 12 attached to each of the ends of the housing unit 11. The housing unit 11 may be a portable home unit (i.e. a mobile home without the wheeled chassis) or other structure for residence, for storage, for office space, or the like, with all interior walls, appliances, etc. installed. This inven-tion does not relate to the housing unit design or its struc-ture except as it is modified by end structures 12 to make it transportable. The requirements that make the housing unit transportable are those of overall dimensions which are spec-ified for cargo units that are transportable by truck, ship, or airplane. In general, the housing unit is transportable by truck, by ship, and even by airplane. The size regula-tions for ship ~reight are set forth by the International Standards Organization as ISO 668-1979(E) for freight con-tainers 20 feet, 30 feet, or 40 feet long. The largest size is most suitable for a housing unit and is approximately 40 feet long, 8 feet wide and 9~ feet high. These dimensions are ones which are preferred for the overall dimensions of the housing structure of this invention.
End structures 12 are rectangular, sufficiently tall vertically to exceed the height of housing unit 11 and suf-ficiently strong to be supports for another housing struc-ture which may be stacked above. The entire structure of housing unit 11 and two end structures 12 occupy the same prismatic space as a marine cargo container of the standard ISO dimensions. At each of the eight corners of that pris-matic space is an arrangement of lifting eyes 20, preferably ISO corner fittings as shown in FIG. 9 having three oval eyes on three contiguous planes of the fitting. These eyes may be WO93~11328 2 1 2 4 3 3 2 PCT/~Sgl/OX~

m~ined, torch burned, or otherwise built into the end structures 12. In FIG. 1 end structures 12 are detachably attached to housing unit 11, as by bolting; and in FIG. 5 end structures 25 are built into the housing unit 24.
In the embodiment of FIG. 1 end structures 12 comprise a rectangular arrangement of structural beams, preferably steel or aluminum, but may be wood, plastic, a composite fiberglass~ or a combination of such materials. Preferably end structures 12 are welded structures of steel beams, such as I-beams, L-beams, H-beams, channel beams, box beams, or the like. Cross bracing or corner gusset plates are optional additions. The finished structure 12 is shown in FIGS. 2-4 with drilled bolt holes 42 in lower horizontal beam 17 and the two vertical front and back beams 19 to accommodate bolts or lag screens 41 for fastening end structures 12 to the corner studs in house-unit 11. It m~y be necessary to make corner studs larger than is usually the case for a mobile home so as to accommodate bolts or screws 41 while retainina maximum strength in housing unit to resist the stresses of lifting and moving housing unit 11 as it is transported from place to place or stacked.
The four corners of the end structures 12 contain lifting eves 20 to fit the lifting means available on the transportation svstem. Preferably these lifting eyes 20 are made to meet ISO specifications (ISO-1161) which are oval eyes that cooperate with oval twist pins that provide quick, secure locking and unlocking by twisting the pin when engaged with the eye. These ISO oval eyes 20 are used in ship liftina operations, in securing the cargo to a truck container chassis trailer, in employing jacks for lifting, and in securing one housing unit 11 to another contiguous housing unit 11.
In FIGS. 5 and 6 there is shown a housing unit 24 having end structures 25 built into the housing unit 11 such that when completed, the outer dimensions of housing uni' 11 anc end structures 12 of FIG. 1 are identical to those of housing unit 24 and end structures 25 of FIG. 5. End struc-tures 25 are, as described above for end structures 12, made of structural beams of metal, wood, plastic, composites, or the like. The difference is that end structures 25 are not detachable from housing unit 24 and are therefore shown to be totally enclosed and may be covered by siding like the remainder of the housing unit 24. There must of course be the same arrangement of lifting eyes 26 as in the embodiment of FIG. 1. Housing unit 24 has a bottom and floor member 27, front and back walls 28, end walls 29, sloping roof 30, and is built like any other modular residence as shown in FIG. 6.
The housing unit structure of FIG. 6 is descriptive of housing unit 11 as well as housing unit 24. This structure includes floor joists 31, vertical studs 32, outside siding 33, insulation layers (not shown), inside walls 34, flooring 35, rafters 36, ceiling joists 37, reinforcing braces 38, ceiling 39, and roofing 43. In order for a housing unit 24 to be transported level it may be necessary to cut out a portion 40 of end wall 29 and/or end structure 25 because some flat bed trucks have a step in the forward portion of the bed. Another feature that may optionally be included is a port 40 for a lifting jack which may be located adjacent the lower portion of an end wall, e.g., 29. The purpose of such lifting may be to provide space to place a roller under the housing unit so as to roll the unit off the chassis truck trailer at the destination of the housing unit.
End structure 12 as shown in FIGS. 2-4 is particularly important in this invention since it may be used to convert nontransportable construction units like 11, whether or not used for residential purposes, storage purposes, business office purposes, into standardized transportable units. Of course, the unit must be of such dimensions that it will, when modified by end structures 12 be of standardized size for transportation.

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-5a-In FIGS. 7 and 8 there is shown another embodiment of the housing unit of this invention. In this embodiment four individual vertical beams 45 are employed, one at each Icd:~

~ 2 ~32 -6-vertical corner of the unit. It is not important as to whether the beam 45 is wood, metal, plastic, or a combination of two or more components so long as the beam is rigid and capable of being a load supporting structure, e.g., capable of supporting at least one-quarter of the weight of the housing unit. A typical structure is shown in FIG. 8 wherein a corner stud 4~ (one 4 x 4 or two 2 x 4's) is combined with a steel L-beam structure 45 by a plurality of lag bolts 47.
Siding panels 48 are attached to vertical studs by nailing, bolting, or gluing. At each end (upper and lower) of beam 45 is a fitting 46 meeting ISO standards, and having the gen-eral characteristics shown in FIG. 9. On three adjoining faces of fitting 46 are oval eyes 49H (horizontal top or bottom face) and 49V (vertical faces at front, back, or end).
Fitting 46 is preferably welded to the ends of steel L-beam 45. The positioning of fittings 46 and corner beams 45 is critical in that the faces of all eight fittings 46 define three pairs of parallel planes intersecting with each other to form an enclosed right prismatic space (or a parallelopi-pedic space) which includes all parts of the housing unit inside of those intersecting planes. By appropriate bolting and clamping between adjacent fittings 46, two or more housing units may be stacked on top of each other for transportation.
In such stacking, only fittings 46 of adjoining housing units touch each other.
While the invention has been described with respect to certain specific embodiments, it will be appreciated that many modifications and changes may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of the invention. It is intended, therefore, by the appended claims to cover all such modifications and changes as fall within the true spirit and scope of the invention.

Claims (6)

THE EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION IN WHICH AN EXCLUSIVE
PROPERTY OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
1. A method for transforming a prefabricated housing unit having four vertical corners into a standardized transportable stackable housing unit which comprises attaching to each said corner of the prefabricated housing unit a weight-supporting rigid beam having a plurality of lifting eyes at each end of said beam and being positioned such that the beam ends adjacent said eyes lie in three pairs of parallel planes defining a prismatic space which completely encloses said standardized housing unit and has outside dimensions identical to those of standard cargo containers.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein two of said beams are joined together into a single rigid structure attachable to the end of said housing unit.
3. The method of claim 2 wherein said two beams are joined by two spaced horizontal beams to form a rectangular structure.
4. The method of claim 1 wherein said dimensions of standard cargo containers are 8 feet wide, 20-40 feet long and 8-9 feet high.
5. The method of claim 1 wherein said rigid beam is detachable from said housing unit.
6. The method of claim 1 wherein each said beam end has three lifting eyes, one eye in each said plane that intersects at said beam end.
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Cited By (1)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2951213A1 (en) * 2009-10-09 2011-04-15 Exaitec Parallelepiped modular construction structure for construction of building, has vertical angle posts whose upper parts are provided with fixing units for fixing loading unit in order to authorize lifting

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2951213A1 (en) * 2009-10-09 2011-04-15 Exaitec Parallelepiped modular construction structure for construction of building, has vertical angle posts whose upper parts are provided with fixing units for fixing loading unit in order to authorize lifting

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