US2000638A

US2000638A - Cabin construction

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Publication number: US2000638A
Application number: US580995A
Authority: US
Inventors: Raymond A Hollingsworth; Bjarne H Moe
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1931-12-14
Filing date: 1931-12-14
Publication date: 1935-05-07
Anticipated expiration: 1952-05-07

Description

y 1935. R. A. HOLLINGSWORTH ET AL 2,000,638

CABIN CONSTRUCTION Filed Dec. 14, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 ATTORNEY Patented May 7, 1935 w v v 1 cmmw mwm Mam; alarms-1;:

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This invention relates-- to :cabin construction, especially residing in'the mannefof producing the material therefor in the accommodation to a most rapid and advantageous erection of the same.

Generally stated, it is a primary object of the invention to eliminate any necessity for skilled carpentry work in constructing the building.

Said objective, together with further and more particular objects and advantages such as pertains to rigidity, durability and attractiveness, should become apparent in the course of the following detailed description and claims, the invention consisting in the method of assemblage, and in the novel construction, adaptation and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation portraying a log cabin constructed in accordance with the present invention.

Figure 2 is a vertical section thereof, taken through an end wall and Figure 3 is a horizontal section.

Figures 4 and 5 are detail transverse vertical sections of the preferred window and door arrangement, taken to an enlarged scale.

Figure 6 is a perspective view, parts being broken away, to indicate the preferred form of siding, and

Figures 7 and 8 are enlarged detail horizontal sections taken through window and corner structure.

Generally speaking, the invention resides in the peculiar design of corner posts and siding admitting of an interlocking engagement of one to another. To such end said posts, indicated by the numeral l 0, are formed to present right-angularly disposed faces I I, I2 each of which are slotted longitudinally for the reception of vertically dovetailed terminals I3 of siding such as M. Said siding are preferably formed in the similitude of log slabs, upper edges providing tongue elements I5 arranged for interfitting engagement in a rabbet grooved from the lower edge of a succeeding siding adapted to be superposed thereover.

As indicated, the cabin foundation may comprise horizontal beams I6 supported on cement or other suitable blocks H, the posts I 0 being supported perpendicularly above the four corners of the same by dowel pins l8 introduced in sockets of the respective members. In assembling the walls therewith, the dove-tail joints of the successive siding are introduced from the top, re-

seems lower eage f-a naga n gftha sng' s ti It is in the accommodation to door and window structure in the front wall of the cabin that we provide, indicated by 20, 2I apair of posts, hereinafter termed window and door posts, respectively, having their opposite edges slotted similarly to that of the corner posts and supported against lateral displacement through dowel pins 23, said posts co-operating with a cen ter' post 22 introduced therebetween to support window and door frames. More particularly to said door frame, the same consists in the conventional head member and side jambs 24, 25 supported over a sill 26, the door 21 being suitably hung for swinging movement therein. The window frame, including a sill 28, a head member 29, and a plurality of jambs30,supports, in the intervals therebetween, window sashes 3|. In assemblingsaid front wall, the siding is introduced in the space between the corner and door post 2| on the one side and the corner and window post 20 on the other side, the space between said latter post and the center post receiving siding to the level of the window sill. The window and door frames are secured, and siding including a trim member 32, jointed similarly to the slab siding, is introduced over the same. A dowel pin 33 connects the upper end of the center post with the trim member 32. The rear wall, as is believed evident, is similarly built up to accommodate introduction of windows.

The roof of suitable construction, may include head cleats 34 for beams 35, rafters 36, a sheathing 31 thereover, and a shingle or shake surfacing. 38 indicates fillers between the successive rafters.

With respectto the flooring, indicated by 40, such may be laid over base cleats 39 secured interiorly about the beams l6 to co-operate with the conventional joists (not shown) While representing the door and window posts slotted co-extensive of their lengths, such may be cut to conform to the actual introduction of, the siding only.

The invention should be clear from the foregoing. Such, however, partakes of various modified forms of construction and it is accordingly our intent to in no way confine the same except as by the scope of the hereto annexed claims.

What we claim is:

1. Side wall construction for a portable cabin comprising, in combination with a foundation including horizontal beams, stud posts seating over said beams, said beams and stud posts being connected by vertical dowel pins in affording swivel action of the stud posts for aligning the several stud posts, one as respects another, said posts being solid and having dovetail grooves cut into the same to extend vertically throughout the length of the posts, and siding extending between the successive posts, said siding having a tongue-and-groove connection between the lateral edges thereof and being provided at the respective: endswith vertical dovetail tongues, thesi'ding being introduced in the formation of the cabin walls by slidably insert-.

ing the dove-tail tongues into the post grooves from the upper ends of the posts. 7-; 2. Side wall constructionfor a portable cabin comprising, in combination-with 'a foundation in cluding horizontal beams,stud posts seating over and connected to said beams,"- said gposts being thereof and provided at the respective ends with vertical dove-tail tongues, the siding being introduced in the formation of the cabin walls by slidably inserting the dove-tail tongues into the post grooves from the upper ends of the posts for interlocking the posts with the siding.

3. Side wall construction for a portable cabin comprising, in combination with a foundation including horizontal beams, studposts seating over and'connec'ted to said beams, said posts being solid and having dove-tail grooves cut into the same to extend vertically throughout the length '"ofthe posts, and siding provided at the respective ends with vertical dove-tail tongues adapted for reception in said dove-tail grooves for interlocking the sidingand the posts, the siding being introduced in the formation of the cabin walls by slidably inserting the dove-tail tongues of each succeeding siding slab into the post grooves from the upper-end of the posts.

V RAYMOND A. HOLLINGSWORTH.

I BJARNE H. MOE;