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US3992848A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 24, 1974
Grant dateNov 23, 1976
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 24, 1994

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
  • CPC primaryE04B1/34823
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A prefabricated transportable room element for use in the erection of a building comprising a plurality of such room elements, said room element forming a load-bearing unit and comprising a load bearing frame or chassis consisting of a load-bearing floor panel structure and at least one load-bearing vertical structure, and at least one prefabricated, self-supporting cell unit incorporating such electrical, plumbing, gas and like installations as would normally be present in that region of a finished building, said unit being factory assembled with said load-bearing frame or chassis to form a room element ready for transport.

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