US3479781A - Multiple-dwelling structure - Google Patents

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US3479781A
US3479781A US715042A US3479781DA US3479781A US 3479781 A US3479781 A US 3479781A US 715042 A US715042 A US 715042A US 3479781D A US3479781D A US 3479781DA US 3479781 A US3479781 A US 3479781A
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  • the invention relates to family dwellings, and more particularly to an arrangement of a number of such dwellings on a single residential lot.
  • zoning regulations for residential areas of individual, single-family homes. Typically, such a residential lot is 50 feet frontage on the street by 135 feet deep. Typical zoning regulations as to the permissible size, location, and shape of a home on such a lot are: feet minimum depth of front yard (setback), 4 feet minimum width of each side yard, 20 feet minimum depth of rear yard, and a maximum coverage of the lot by the house of percent.
  • the multiple-dwelling structure comprises a first family dwelling including a blank wall, and a second family dwelling spaced from the first family dwelling and having exposed thereto the blank wall of the first family dwelling, whereby a private area is accorded the second family dwelling between the first and second family dwellings.
  • a walkway extending past the second family dwelling to adjacent the first family dwelling.
  • a driveway extending past the second family dwelling to adjacent the first family dwelling, the second family dwelling being disposed between the walkway and driveway.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the multiple-dwelling structure
  • FIG. 2 is another perspective view of the multipledwelling structure
  • FIG. 3 is a schematic floor plan of the first floor of an embodiment of the structure in accordance with the invention.
  • FIG. 4 is a schematic floor plan of the second floor of the structure of FIG. 3 in accordance with the invention.
  • FIG. 5 is a schematic floor plan of the first floor of another embodiment of the structure in accordance with the invention.
  • FIG. 6 is a schematic floor plan of the second floor of the structure of FIG. 5 in accordance with the invention.
  • FIG. 7 is a schematic floor plan of the first floor of yet another embodiment of the structure in accordance with the invention.
  • FIG. 8 is a schematic floor plan of the second floor of the structure of FIG. 7 in accordance with the invention.
  • FIGS. 1 and 2 A multiple-dwelling structure 10 is shown generally in FIGS. 1 and 2.
  • the particular structure 10 shown is made up of first, second, third and fourth family dwellings, 12, 14, 16, and 18, which are disposed substantially in a row on a lot 20 with dwelling 18 being closest to street 24. While the preferred embodiments of this invention each include four separate family dwellings, it will be understood that the concept could be applied with similar advantage to a structure with two or three or more than four family dwellings.
  • FIGS. 3 and 4 A typical plan for the ground and second floors is shown in FIGS. 3 and 4.
  • a driveway 22 leads from street 24 and extends past the fourth, third and second dwellings, 18, 16, 14 to adjacent the first dwelling 12.
  • the dwellings 12, 14, 16, 18 are provided with garages 26, 28, 30, 32 respectively which are disposed along the driveway 22.
  • the driveway 22 is thus positioned to provide access to the garages 26, 28, 30, and the garage 32 can be reached directly from street 24.
  • a walkway 34 runs from street 24 past dwellings 18,
  • the walkway 34 and driveway 22 provide two separate groundfioor pedestrian entrances to each of the dwellings 12, 14, 16, 18.
  • the dwellings 12, 14, 16, 18 are provided with second floors as shown in FIG. 4.
  • the first and second floors of the dwellings 12, 14, 16, 18 are connected by stairs 36, 38, 40, 42 respectively.
  • dwellings 12 and 14 are spaced apart, and that dwelling 12 has a blank wall 44 which is exposed to the dwelling 14.
  • a private yard 46 is accorded the dwelling 14 between the dwelling 12 and dwelling 14.
  • the yard 46 is screened from walkway 34 by a fence 47 and from driveway 22 by garage 28.
  • the dwelling 12 has its own yard 48 opposite the yard 46, which is made private by surrounding fence 49.
  • Dwelling 16 shares a common blank wall 50 with dwelling 14.
  • Dwelling 18 is spaced from dwelling 16, and has a bank wall 52 which is exposed to dwelling 16.
  • a private yard 54 is accorded the dwelling 16 between the dwellings 16 and 18.
  • the yard 54 is screened from walkway 34 by a fence 51 and from driveway 22 by garage 30.
  • the dwelling 18 has its own yard 56 opposite yard 54, which is made private by a surrounding fence 57.
  • a deck 58 extends from the blank wall 44 of dwelling 12 at the second story level thereof to the dwelling 14 at the second story level thereof to the dwelling 14 at the second story level thereof.
  • the deck 58 is thus private to dwelling 14.
  • a deck 60 extends from the blank wall 52 of the dwelling 18 at the second story level thereof to the dwelling 16 at the second story level thereof.
  • the deck 60 is thus private to dwelling 16.
  • Stairway 36 of dwelling 12 is disposed adjacent the blank wall 44 thereof.
  • stairway 42 of dwelling 18 is disposed adjacent the blank wal 52 thereof.
  • Stairways 38, 40 of dwellings 14, 16 are disposed adjacent the blank, common wall 50. This placing of the stairways next to blank walls insures that walls with openings therein are not blocked, so that maximum design efficiency is achieved.
  • FIGS. 5 and 6, and 7 and 8 provide different floor plans for the second and third stories, but the features pointed out previously are still present. That is, driveways 22A, 22B and walkways 34A, 34B are similarly positioned relative to dwellings, 12A, 14A, 16A, 18A (FIGS. 5 and 6) or dwellings 12B, 14B, 16B, 18B (FIGS. 7 and 8). Private yards 46A, 48A, 54A, 56A are provided (FIGS. 5 and 6), similar to the previous design, as are private yards 46B, 48B, 54B, 56B (FIGS. 7 and 8). The stairs 36A, 38A 40A, 42A are positioned against blank walls (FIGS.
  • Private decks 58A, 60A (FIGS. 5 and 6) and private decks 58B, 60B (FIGS. 7 and 8) are provided, similar to decks 58, 60. Each dwelling is again provided with its own garage.
  • each dwelling has a private yard, and a private garage with convenient access thereto.
  • a walkway is also provided, and it and the garages may be used as entrances.
  • each interior dwelling is provided with a private deck, and no dwelling is more than two stories high.
  • each dwelling is exposed to air and light on three sides, and yet no dwelling looks into another, or into the yard of another from either the first or second floor. This is achieved without the use of high fences.
  • dwellings 12 and 18 have 1105 square feet of floor area each, and dwellings 14 and 16 have 1098 square feet of area each.
  • the yard 48 of dwelling 12 is 1000 square feet in area, and the yard 56 of dwelling 18 is 434 square feet in area.
  • the deck 58 and yard 46 of dwelling 14 total 454 square feet and the deck 60 and yard 54 of dwelling 16 total 454 square feet also.
  • Each dwelling is provided with a garage of 166 square feet area.
  • a multiple-dwelling structure comprising (a) a first family dwelling including a blank wall;
  • each dwelling has first and second stories, and wherein is provided a deck extending from the blank wall of the first family dwelling at the secondfloor level thereof to the second family dwelling at the second-floor level thereof, whereby a private deck is accorded the second family dwelling between the first and second family dwellings.
  • a multiple-dwelling structure wherein is included a third family dwelling disposed adjacent the second family dwelling on the side thereof opposite the first family dwelling, the second and third family dwellings sharing a common blank wall, the third family dwelling having first and second stories.
  • a multiple-dwelling structure wherein are included a first stairway running from the first to the second story of the first family dwelling and positioned along the blank wall thereof, a second stairway running from the first to the second story of the second family dwelling and positioned along the common blank wall of the second and third family dwellings, and a third stairway running from the first to the second story of the third family dwelling and positioned along the common blank wall of the second and third family dwellings.
  • a multiple-dwelling structure comprising:
  • a fourth family dwelling spaced from the third family dwelling and disposed on the side of the third family dwelling opposite the second family dwelling, the fourth family dwelling including a blank wall exposed to the third family dwelling, whereby a private area is accorded the third family dwelling between the third and fourth family dwellings.
  • a multiple-dwelling structure wherein are included a first stairway running from the first to the second story of the first family dwelling and positioned along the blank wall thereof, a second stairway running from the first to the second story of the second family dwelling and positioned along the common blank wall of the second and third family dwellings, a third stairway running from the first to the second story of the third family dwelling and positioned along the common blank wall of the second and third family dwellings, and a fourth stairway running from the first to the second story of the fourth family dwelling and positioned along the blank wall thereof.
  • a multiple-dwelling structure wherein is included a walkway extending past the fourth, third, and second family dwellings to adjacent the first family dwelling.
  • a multiple-dwelling structure wherein is included a driveway extending past the fourth, third, and second family dwellings to adjacent the first family dwelling, the second, third and fourth family dwellings each being disposed between the Walkway and driveway.

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US5553429A (en) * 1994-08-10 1996-09-10 Schuster; Jerry W. Bi-directional building arrangement
US6155012A (en) * 1996-03-18 2000-12-05 Dominique Halbitte Mixed-use building, for example for habitation and for business use
US5806260A (en) * 1996-09-25 1998-09-15 Quaintance-Weaver Hotels, L.L.C. Restaurant and hotel combination
US6141924A (en) * 1996-09-25 2000-11-07 Quaintance-Weaver Hotels, L.L.C. Restaurant and hotel combination
US6079171A (en) * 1997-12-12 2000-06-27 Burke; Donald J. Disabled or handicapped accessible non-elevator building and method for making
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US7036281B2 (en) 2000-10-10 2006-05-02 S&T Joint Venture Multi-story multiple dwelling complex with semi-private garage to apartment entry and exit pathways
US6405496B1 (en) 2000-10-10 2002-06-18 Jerry W. Stewart Multi-story multiple dwelling complex with semi-private garage to apartment entry and exit pathways
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US7497055B2 (en) 2000-10-10 2009-03-03 S&T Joint Venture Multi-story multiple dwelling complex with semi-private garage to apartment entry and exit pathways
US20040206018A1 (en) * 2002-02-22 2004-10-21 Stewart Jerry W. Multistory apartment module with stairways to single corridor
US7779586B2 (en) 2002-02-22 2010-08-24 S&T Joint Venture Multistory apartment module with stairways to single corridor
US7036276B1 (en) 2003-09-17 2006-05-02 Directed Lifestyle, Llc Directed lifestyle residential housing structures
US7320200B1 (en) * 2005-06-03 2008-01-22 Eisner Richard S Multiplex housing with central and peripheral dwelling units
US20080289265A1 (en) * 2006-11-01 2008-11-27 Christian Lessard Multi-family, multi-unit building with townhouse facade having individual garages and entries
US7676998B2 (en) * 2006-11-01 2010-03-16 The Lessard Group, Inc. Multi-family, multi-unit building with townhouse facade having individual garages and entries
US20100043324A1 (en) * 2007-04-13 2010-02-25 Tong Kay Lim Multi-storey building design
US8381453B2 (en) * 2007-04-13 2013-02-26 Tong Kay Lim Multi-storey building design
US8474203B1 (en) 2010-05-27 2013-07-02 STB Architects and Planners Multistory residential building with private stairway accessible units

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