Method and apparatus for designing, producing, manufacturing and delivering personalized living environments
US8364620B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 17, 2009 |
| Grant date | Jan 29, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 28, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
- CPC primaryE04B2001/2472
- WIPO fieldCivil engineering
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A method and apparatus for the creation, selection, ordering, shipping and constructing of personalized living environments with customized configurations through the use of an architectural process, unitized assemblies, and assembly joineries. The architectural process allows for the initial creation, design and selection of the unitized assembly collections based upon human factors behavioral based criteria. The unitized assemblies are fixed and/or flexible, trade-integrated modules in unitized, shippable configurations designed and incorporated with high touch finished crafts, allowing for dimensional flexibility. The unitized assembly and human factors behavioral analysis combine for an experience blueprint of a homeowner's lifestyle portrait. The assembly joineries, based upon the desired collections selection, provide finishing touches to the unitized assembly, efficient strength to weight ratios, and expressed, stylized configurations in hybrid materials. The combination of the physical constructs with the behavioral process allows for “mass customization” in the design, production, manufacturing and delivering of personalized living environments.
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