CA2132407C - Cargo units of panels - Google Patents
Cargo units of panelsInfo
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D90/00—Component parts, details or accessories for large containers
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Abstract
A rigid assemblage of a plurality of elongated parallel build-ing construction components adapted to function as an ocean cargo unit, the assemblage including four parallel vertical load bearing beams having at each end of each beam a fitting with a plurality of lifting eyes with all of the fittings and the beams forming three.
pairs of parallel planes which enclose a right prismatic space wherein all of the elongated members, are held rigidly in parallel arrangement when the assemblage is suspended by a lifting force, applied simultaneously to all beams.
pairs of parallel planes which enclose a right prismatic space wherein all of the elongated members, are held rigidly in parallel arrangement when the assemblage is suspended by a lifting force, applied simultaneously to all beams.
Description
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_ R~CK~ROUND OF THE lNV~N~ lON
During the last 40 years many innovations have been made in the industry of factory built housing and buildings. These industries are generally divided into three basic categories which are known as modular, panelized, and component. In the modular system, houses, buildings or portions of either are constructed which include a floor, walls, and roof and enclose a living space.
The panelized system is different in that no enclosed living space is produced in the factory. Instead, finished wall, floor, ceiling and roof panels are built in a factory and are then transported to a housing or building site where they are assembled to enclose a living space. The component segment of the industry produces the least finished manufactured parts of building structures which are mostly assembled structural frames built of wood and would include wall frames, flooring systems, and roof trusses. The finished and precut logs used to build log homes can also be considered components.
In my prior U.S. Patent No. 5,193,325 there are disclosed methods and systems for making modular buildings stackable and more transportable. The systems disclosed in the present application provide similar new efficiencies for shipping building panels and building components.
In the instances where panelized buildings for housing are shipped overseas, the completed or semi-finished panels have in the past been shipped inside a standard overseas container, sometimes with walls and floors and ceilings hinged to each other as in U.S. Patent No. 4,891,919. This also has been the method for shipping components. As is well known, there exists a worldwide infrastructure of equipment and ocean going ships specially designed for transporting these standard overseas shipping containers.
It is an object of this invention to provide articles of manufacture as well as accompanying methods for facilitating the road transportation and overseas shipping of both construction 8g/8p --1--2132~07 panels and otl~er elongated construction components, using the existillg worl~wide trannporta~iol1 inLra~ructurc for Ml~ipuing overseas contaillers. It is another object to provide ~rletllods and equiplnent wllereby pallels an~ compollellts may be stacked anrl trans-ported without the need for utilizing an overseas container. These inventiolls also provide for the most economical shipment of panels and components, wllicll, because of their size, cannot fit witllin the inside dimellsiolls of a standard overseas container. Other objects of this invelltion include more efficient use of cargo space aboard ships, tlle ability to stack the8e new cargo units in storage, and the ability to trallsport tllem over tlle lligllways on tlle salne 6emi-trailers used for transportillg overseas containers. Tl~ese inven-tions provide new sl~ipping e~ficiencie~ by elimillatirlg tlle need for an overseas contairler and by using the structure and dimensions of tlle cargo itsel~ to position tl~e material llandlillg hardware.
~ F SUM~Y OF TliE INVENTION
Tllis invention relates to a system for transportirlg an ocean cargo of elongated construction componellts wllich comprises assem-bling a plurality of identical elongated construction compollents in parallel, spaced, rigid relations}lip, witll tlle assemblage being supported by ~our parallel, vertical load bearing beams, each end of each beam termirlatillg in a fitting with a plurality o~ lifting eyes, the fittillgs being positioned to define three pairs of paral-lel planes enclosing a right prismatic, parallelepipedic space meeting the dimensiolls of standard shipping containers for use on ocean-going vessels.
In specific and preferred ernbodiments of the invention the construction components may be panels, trusses, or the like; the end frames may be rectangular structures of load supporting beams;
the lifting eyes must meet ISO standards; the end frames may have telescopic, extendable vertical beams; and the construction cormpo-nents may be screwed or bolted directly to the end frames.
-2132gO7 B~IEF D~SCRIPTION OF T~E Dn~WINGS
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 be best understood by reference to the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings in which:
FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of the end frame of this invention;
FIG. 2 is a bot~om plan view of tlle rectangular end frame of FIG. l;
FIG. 3 is a side elevational view of the end frame of FIG. 1;
FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the end frame of FIG. 1 as it is used to package construction panels for shipment as cargo frei.gl~t;
FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken at 5-5 of FIG. 4;
FIG. 6 is a front elevational view showing the end frame attached by lag screws to the individual log components;
FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing the end frame of this invention modified to include a clamping mechanism for holding a plurality of roof trusses in parallel arrangement;
FIG. ~ is a front elevational view of the end frame attached to the mechanical core, floor sections, walls, and roof sections of a pre-fa~ricated panelized home or building; and FIG. 9 is an exploded perspective view of the bundle of pre-fabricated panels assembled as shown in FIG. 8, and separated to indicate how those panels are assembled to prepare a finished building.
DET~ILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a system for packaging a plurality of elongated parallel objects to make them easily shippable as cargo freight. It has already been mentioned that cargo freight is ' -21~2407 shipped via vessel, truck and airplane in closed cargo containers that are standard sizes and are equipped with standard lifting eye fittings. Tllese containers are ~ ft. by a.s ft. by 20, 30 or 40 ~t. long. It is the purpose of this invention to make a package that is fully compatible with closed cargo containers but is less bulky, less weighty, and less expensive than the use of closed cargo containers. The package does not enclose the shipped material, although, if desired, thq shipped material, may be enclosed in thin plastic film to protect finishes that might be harmed by flying dust.
In ~IGS. 1-3 there is shown an end frame. In the preferred embodimer.t of this invention the package requires a pair of such end frames as well as a plurality of fasteners, such as bolts and nuts, or lag screws. Each end frame comprises two vertical load supporting beams 10, preferably L-beams or angle beams, although other shaped beams are entirely suitable. Horizontal beams 11 or horizolltal plates 12 are necessary to ~orm a rigid, rectangular frallle. 1'referably lower beam 11 is an angle beam or L-beam so as to provide a horizolltal ledge or shelf upon whicll the shipped componellts may rest. Two lateral, horizontal spaced plates 12 are needed with a plurality of spaced holes 13 to receive fasteners to support the individual elongated members being pack-aged for shiplllellt. The construction of the el!d frame preferably is by welding beams 10 to beam 11 and plates 12, althougll bolting is a feasible alternative. Welding is preferred so as to make a planar surface for contact with the shipped components.
On each of the four corners of each frame there is a fitting 14 with a plurality of lifting eyes. The fitting must conform in dimensions to the standards of the International Organization for Standardization, ISO 1161. Such fittings 14 are available in the open mar]cet as steel castings that are welded to the ends of verti-cal beams 10, which may be telescopic beams 10'. These fittings 14 are used for lifting the package by a crane havinq a cable with four hooks. These fittings are also ~1_ !
2132~07 used for stacking one container or package on top of another for shippillg. ~ special locking bolt not shown) connects eye-to-eye in adjacent con~ainers or packages to produce stable stacks of con-talners or packages.
The manner in whicil the end frames of FIGS. 1-3 is used to package components that are in the form of panels is shown in FIG. 4. The panels 15 are assembled in spaced parallel relation-ship, and an end frame is rigidly attached at each end of the assemblage of panels 15 to make the package of FIG. 4. The connection between the end frame and each panel 15 is made by lag screws 16 whicll extend through predrilled holes 13 in each hori-zontal plate member 12 and into the end of the respective panel.
If the panel 15 ha3 a ledge, a recess, or other feature to accept it, tlle lag screw 13 may be replaced by a bolt and nut or other clamping mealls that will rigidly tighten panel 15 to horizontal pla-te 12. It will be appreciated that when all panels 15 are rigidly a~aclle~ at both ends to all end frame, the result is a rigid package that can completely replace a closed cargo container filled with such panels. In some special instances lower plate 12 may not be needed, if beam 11 has a sufficiently long vertical leg to receive a plurality of drilled holes 13, througll which lag screws 16 or bolts can be applied to connect panels 15 tightly to beam 11.
FIG. 5 shows a cross-sectional view to indicate how the panel 15 is placed against and held tightly to the end framq. Lower angle beam 11 serves as a shelf or ledge on whicll each panel 15 rests while lag screws 16 tighten the panel 15 against the inside surface of horizontal plate 12.
FIG. 6 shows how a plurality of logs might be shipped using the end frames of this invention. Each log 17 has a lag screw 16 tightelled into the end of the log 17, except those logs 17 in the middle of the assemblage. By adding a sheet of plastic, wood, fiberboard, or the like, between the ends of the logs 17 and the end frame, only the logs around the perimeter need be attaclled by a lag screw 16. This modification is shown in FIG. 6. It should also be noted tllat lower plate 12 i9 omitted in FIG. 6 becau~e the logs 17 are small enough to permit lag screws 16 through holes in the vertical leg of hori~ontal L-beam 11. If such were not suffi-cient, lower plate 12 could be added as is the case in FIGS. 1-4.
FIG. 7 shows a package of roof trusses which do not lie flat against very much of the end frame. In this case a clamp means is employed with a movable plate 19 forming one jaw of a clamp with the stationary plate 12 of the end frame serving as the other jaw of the clamp. Long bolts 20 arid nuts 21 are assembled to provide the clamping force. All that is necessary is that there be a suitable purchase for clamping plate l9 to tighten against.
FIG. 8 shows a front elevational view which reveals a cross section of how a pre-fabricated paneli~ed home or building can be packaged for shipping. The building shown consists of a mechanical core 22, whicll would likely include a finished kitchen and bathroom under a fixed rool section 23. In this embodiment, surrounding the core and held in suspension at theirlends, as described above with respect to FIGS. 1-5, are finished interior wall panels 24, exteri-or side and end panels 25 and 26, floor panels 27 and 28, and finished roof panels 29 and 30. With panels packaged in this fashion tl.e fixed roof section 23 and the roof panels 29 and 30 are placed on the outside locations of the package to protect the balance of the panels from exposure to the elements of weather in shipping. The interior wall panels 24 and 25, the fixed roof section 23, and the finished floor section 31 over its entire length, preferably are affixed to each other to provide a rigid assembly to support the package, and will remain in that assembly when tlle house is later assembled at the building site. ~lterna-tively these panels, and/or other panels may be supported in ship-ping by temporary attachments to any or all of the other panels held in suspension frorn their ends on end frames as in FIGS. 1-4.
~3~4~7 The panels in this packaged bundle can be completely finished in the manufacturing plallt, including installed doors and windows and interior and exterior wall coverings.
FIG. 9 shows a perspective view of the package of panels in FIG. ~, and also how, at delivery of the package to the building site, the end frames 32 are removed and eacll of the panels 25-30 are then fastened into place around core 22 to form a finished prefabricated building or house.
It should be apparent that the features of this invention may be applied to package almost any elongated construction component whether they nest together neatly or not, and whether planar or not. Other planar cargoes might include solar panels or pre-stressed hollow core concrete slabs. Nonplanar cargoes might include large diameter steel oil field pipe or large diameter concrete storm drainage pipe. Cargoes, other than construction materials, may similarly benefit from being packaged and shipped utilizing this system.
While the invention has been described with respect to certain specific embodiments, it will be appreciated that many modifica-tions and changes may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of the invention. It is intended, there-fore, by the appended claims to cover all suc}i modifications and changes as fall within the true spirit and scope of the invention.
What is claimed as new and what it is desired to secure by Letters Patent of the ~nited States is:
_ R~CK~ROUND OF THE lNV~N~ lON
During the last 40 years many innovations have been made in the industry of factory built housing and buildings. These industries are generally divided into three basic categories which are known as modular, panelized, and component. In the modular system, houses, buildings or portions of either are constructed which include a floor, walls, and roof and enclose a living space.
The panelized system is different in that no enclosed living space is produced in the factory. Instead, finished wall, floor, ceiling and roof panels are built in a factory and are then transported to a housing or building site where they are assembled to enclose a living space. The component segment of the industry produces the least finished manufactured parts of building structures which are mostly assembled structural frames built of wood and would include wall frames, flooring systems, and roof trusses. The finished and precut logs used to build log homes can also be considered components.
In my prior U.S. Patent No. 5,193,325 there are disclosed methods and systems for making modular buildings stackable and more transportable. The systems disclosed in the present application provide similar new efficiencies for shipping building panels and building components.
In the instances where panelized buildings for housing are shipped overseas, the completed or semi-finished panels have in the past been shipped inside a standard overseas container, sometimes with walls and floors and ceilings hinged to each other as in U.S. Patent No. 4,891,919. This also has been the method for shipping components. As is well known, there exists a worldwide infrastructure of equipment and ocean going ships specially designed for transporting these standard overseas shipping containers.
It is an object of this invention to provide articles of manufacture as well as accompanying methods for facilitating the road transportation and overseas shipping of both construction 8g/8p --1--2132~07 panels and otl~er elongated construction components, using the existillg worl~wide trannporta~iol1 inLra~ructurc for Ml~ipuing overseas contaillers. It is another object to provide ~rletllods and equiplnent wllereby pallels an~ compollellts may be stacked anrl trans-ported without the need for utilizing an overseas container. These inventiolls also provide for the most economical shipment of panels and components, wllicll, because of their size, cannot fit witllin the inside dimellsiolls of a standard overseas container. Other objects of this invelltion include more efficient use of cargo space aboard ships, tlle ability to stack the8e new cargo units in storage, and the ability to trallsport tllem over tlle lligllways on tlle salne 6emi-trailers used for transportillg overseas containers. Tl~ese inven-tions provide new sl~ipping e~ficiencie~ by elimillatirlg tlle need for an overseas contairler and by using the structure and dimensions of tlle cargo itsel~ to position tl~e material llandlillg hardware.
~ F SUM~Y OF TliE INVENTION
Tllis invention relates to a system for transportirlg an ocean cargo of elongated construction componellts wllich comprises assem-bling a plurality of identical elongated construction compollents in parallel, spaced, rigid relations}lip, witll tlle assemblage being supported by ~our parallel, vertical load bearing beams, each end of each beam termirlatillg in a fitting with a plurality o~ lifting eyes, the fittillgs being positioned to define three pairs of paral-lel planes enclosing a right prismatic, parallelepipedic space meeting the dimensiolls of standard shipping containers for use on ocean-going vessels.
In specific and preferred ernbodiments of the invention the construction components may be panels, trusses, or the like; the end frames may be rectangular structures of load supporting beams;
the lifting eyes must meet ISO standards; the end frames may have telescopic, extendable vertical beams; and the construction cormpo-nents may be screwed or bolted directly to the end frames.
-2132gO7 B~IEF D~SCRIPTION OF T~E Dn~WINGS
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 be best understood by reference to the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings in which:
FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of the end frame of this invention;
FIG. 2 is a bot~om plan view of tlle rectangular end frame of FIG. l;
FIG. 3 is a side elevational view of the end frame of FIG. 1;
FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the end frame of FIG. 1 as it is used to package construction panels for shipment as cargo frei.gl~t;
FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken at 5-5 of FIG. 4;
FIG. 6 is a front elevational view showing the end frame attached by lag screws to the individual log components;
FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing the end frame of this invention modified to include a clamping mechanism for holding a plurality of roof trusses in parallel arrangement;
FIG. ~ is a front elevational view of the end frame attached to the mechanical core, floor sections, walls, and roof sections of a pre-fa~ricated panelized home or building; and FIG. 9 is an exploded perspective view of the bundle of pre-fabricated panels assembled as shown in FIG. 8, and separated to indicate how those panels are assembled to prepare a finished building.
DET~ILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a system for packaging a plurality of elongated parallel objects to make them easily shippable as cargo freight. It has already been mentioned that cargo freight is ' -21~2407 shipped via vessel, truck and airplane in closed cargo containers that are standard sizes and are equipped with standard lifting eye fittings. Tllese containers are ~ ft. by a.s ft. by 20, 30 or 40 ~t. long. It is the purpose of this invention to make a package that is fully compatible with closed cargo containers but is less bulky, less weighty, and less expensive than the use of closed cargo containers. The package does not enclose the shipped material, although, if desired, thq shipped material, may be enclosed in thin plastic film to protect finishes that might be harmed by flying dust.
In ~IGS. 1-3 there is shown an end frame. In the preferred embodimer.t of this invention the package requires a pair of such end frames as well as a plurality of fasteners, such as bolts and nuts, or lag screws. Each end frame comprises two vertical load supporting beams 10, preferably L-beams or angle beams, although other shaped beams are entirely suitable. Horizontal beams 11 or horizolltal plates 12 are necessary to ~orm a rigid, rectangular frallle. 1'referably lower beam 11 is an angle beam or L-beam so as to provide a horizolltal ledge or shelf upon whicll the shipped componellts may rest. Two lateral, horizontal spaced plates 12 are needed with a plurality of spaced holes 13 to receive fasteners to support the individual elongated members being pack-aged for shiplllellt. The construction of the el!d frame preferably is by welding beams 10 to beam 11 and plates 12, althougll bolting is a feasible alternative. Welding is preferred so as to make a planar surface for contact with the shipped components.
On each of the four corners of each frame there is a fitting 14 with a plurality of lifting eyes. The fitting must conform in dimensions to the standards of the International Organization for Standardization, ISO 1161. Such fittings 14 are available in the open mar]cet as steel castings that are welded to the ends of verti-cal beams 10, which may be telescopic beams 10'. These fittings 14 are used for lifting the package by a crane havinq a cable with four hooks. These fittings are also ~1_ !
2132~07 used for stacking one container or package on top of another for shippillg. ~ special locking bolt not shown) connects eye-to-eye in adjacent con~ainers or packages to produce stable stacks of con-talners or packages.
The manner in whicil the end frames of FIGS. 1-3 is used to package components that are in the form of panels is shown in FIG. 4. The panels 15 are assembled in spaced parallel relation-ship, and an end frame is rigidly attached at each end of the assemblage of panels 15 to make the package of FIG. 4. The connection between the end frame and each panel 15 is made by lag screws 16 whicll extend through predrilled holes 13 in each hori-zontal plate member 12 and into the end of the respective panel.
If the panel 15 ha3 a ledge, a recess, or other feature to accept it, tlle lag screw 13 may be replaced by a bolt and nut or other clamping mealls that will rigidly tighten panel 15 to horizontal pla-te 12. It will be appreciated that when all panels 15 are rigidly a~aclle~ at both ends to all end frame, the result is a rigid package that can completely replace a closed cargo container filled with such panels. In some special instances lower plate 12 may not be needed, if beam 11 has a sufficiently long vertical leg to receive a plurality of drilled holes 13, througll which lag screws 16 or bolts can be applied to connect panels 15 tightly to beam 11.
FIG. 5 shows a cross-sectional view to indicate how the panel 15 is placed against and held tightly to the end framq. Lower angle beam 11 serves as a shelf or ledge on whicll each panel 15 rests while lag screws 16 tighten the panel 15 against the inside surface of horizontal plate 12.
FIG. 6 shows how a plurality of logs might be shipped using the end frames of this invention. Each log 17 has a lag screw 16 tightelled into the end of the log 17, except those logs 17 in the middle of the assemblage. By adding a sheet of plastic, wood, fiberboard, or the like, between the ends of the logs 17 and the end frame, only the logs around the perimeter need be attaclled by a lag screw 16. This modification is shown in FIG. 6. It should also be noted tllat lower plate 12 i9 omitted in FIG. 6 becau~e the logs 17 are small enough to permit lag screws 16 through holes in the vertical leg of hori~ontal L-beam 11. If such were not suffi-cient, lower plate 12 could be added as is the case in FIGS. 1-4.
FIG. 7 shows a package of roof trusses which do not lie flat against very much of the end frame. In this case a clamp means is employed with a movable plate 19 forming one jaw of a clamp with the stationary plate 12 of the end frame serving as the other jaw of the clamp. Long bolts 20 arid nuts 21 are assembled to provide the clamping force. All that is necessary is that there be a suitable purchase for clamping plate l9 to tighten against.
FIG. 8 shows a front elevational view which reveals a cross section of how a pre-fabricated paneli~ed home or building can be packaged for shipping. The building shown consists of a mechanical core 22, whicll would likely include a finished kitchen and bathroom under a fixed rool section 23. In this embodiment, surrounding the core and held in suspension at theirlends, as described above with respect to FIGS. 1-5, are finished interior wall panels 24, exteri-or side and end panels 25 and 26, floor panels 27 and 28, and finished roof panels 29 and 30. With panels packaged in this fashion tl.e fixed roof section 23 and the roof panels 29 and 30 are placed on the outside locations of the package to protect the balance of the panels from exposure to the elements of weather in shipping. The interior wall panels 24 and 25, the fixed roof section 23, and the finished floor section 31 over its entire length, preferably are affixed to each other to provide a rigid assembly to support the package, and will remain in that assembly when tlle house is later assembled at the building site. ~lterna-tively these panels, and/or other panels may be supported in ship-ping by temporary attachments to any or all of the other panels held in suspension frorn their ends on end frames as in FIGS. 1-4.
~3~4~7 The panels in this packaged bundle can be completely finished in the manufacturing plallt, including installed doors and windows and interior and exterior wall coverings.
FIG. 9 shows a perspective view of the package of panels in FIG. ~, and also how, at delivery of the package to the building site, the end frames 32 are removed and eacll of the panels 25-30 are then fastened into place around core 22 to form a finished prefabricated building or house.
It should be apparent that the features of this invention may be applied to package almost any elongated construction component whether they nest together neatly or not, and whether planar or not. Other planar cargoes might include solar panels or pre-stressed hollow core concrete slabs. Nonplanar cargoes might include large diameter steel oil field pipe or large diameter concrete storm drainage pipe. Cargoes, other than construction materials, may similarly benefit from being packaged and shipped utilizing this system.
While the invention has been described with respect to certain specific embodiments, it will be appreciated that many modifica-tions and changes may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of the invention. It is intended, there-fore, by the appended claims to cover all suc}i modifications and changes as fall within the true spirit and scope of the invention.
What is claimed as new and what it is desired to secure by Letters Patent of the ~nited States is:
Claims (15)
1. A system for transporting elongated construction components which comprises an assemblage of a plurality of elongated discrete, unattached construction components in parallel spaced relationship with ends thereof rigidly attached respectively, to two lateral rectangular load bearing end frames to produce a rigid structure having four vertical corner beams, each having a fitting with a plurality of lifting eyes, said fittings being positioned to define three pairs of spaced parallel planes enclosing a right prismatic, parallelepipedic space meeting the dimensions of standard overseas shipping containers for use on ocean-going vessels.
2. The system of Claim 1 wherein said construction components are panels.
3. The system of Claim 1 wherein said components are attached to said end frames by screw thread means.
4 . The system of Claim 3 wherein said screw thread means is a lag screw.
5 . The system of Claim 3 wherein said screw thread means is a bolt and nut.
6. The system of Claim 1 wherein said components are attached to said end frames by a clamping means wherein said end frame cooperates with a movable member to clamp a portion of said component therebetween.
7. The system of Claim 1 wherein each said end frame comprises two spaced vertical beams rigidly attached to two spaced horizontal beams, each said vertical beam having on each of its two ends a fitting with three oval lifting eyes conforming to the design of standard fittings for ocean-going cargo.
8. The system of Claim 1 wherein each said vertical beam is telescopically extendable.
9 . The system of Claim 1 wherein said construction components are prefabricated to be assembled into a building.
10. The system of Claim 9 wherein one of said construction components is a core component to which are attached small pieces of equipment to be used in the finished building.
11. The system of Claim 10 wherein said core component includes a space enclosed by wall, floor, and roof construction components, with said equipment in said enclosed space.
12. The system of Claim 1 wherein said construction components are postitioned with roof panels on the outside of said plurality of components so as to protect inside panels from effects of weather on said plurality.
13. The system of Claim 9 wherein said construction component intended for use as a horizontal floor section of said prefabri-cated building is rigidly attached horizontally to said construc-tion component intended for use as a vertical panel of said prefab-ricated building and wherein said vertical panel is held in suspen-sion between said end frames.
14. The system of Claim 9 wherein said component core is sup-ported by attachment to at least one said vertical panel suspended between said end frames.
15. The system of Claim 9 wherein all said construction compo-nents and said equipment needed to erect a completed building are contained in a single, shippable ocean cargo assemblage of said components.
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