Appeal No. 2004-0785 Page 9
Application No. 09/252,635
27, 28, 29 and 30 as illustrated in Figure 9. Gutters 32 are installed at the lowest edges
of the roofing at the point of intersection of the finished facade
33 and finished rear elevation 34. Finished facade 33 and rear elevation 34 are
composed of weatherboards, wood siding, vertical or horizontal tongue and groove
siding, aluminum siding, stucco, brick or other suitable building material. Figure 9
further depicts finished side wall 39 which provides a permanent weather-proof surface
covering the ends of lower core module 1, middle core module 4, upper core module 6,
panelized interior party wall elements 11 and 16, and second floor panelized interior
party wall elements 20 and 24.
Utilities servicing the structure are fed through the preformed trough depression
67 in the monolithic concrete slab 2, shown in Figures 10 and 12, until they intersect
and connect within lower module base pallet 112. The utility connections are more fully
shown in Figures 16, 17, 22, 23, 28, 29, 34, 35, and 37.
As shown in Figures 12 and 15-18, the lower core module 1 includes a lower
module base pallet (i.e., floor) 112 and four outer walls but no ceiling. As shown in
Figures 12, 15 and 22-24, the middle core module 4 includes a floored base pallet 123
and four outer walls but no ceiling. As shown in Figures 12, 15 and 28-30, the upper
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