Appeal No. 96-1293
Application 07/998,673
APPENDIX
1. A pre-assembled, relocatable building structure
which is highly resistant to the effect of high velocity winds,
which can be transported on transport means in a completed form
and which can be set on foundation members, comprising:
a metallic skeleton formed of a plurality of pairs of
vertically extending metallic column members, longitudinally
extending metallic side beam members and laterally extending
metallic cross beam members, said side beam and cross beam
members being permanently connected to said column members at a
level proximate the lower end thereof, said skeleton further
including a plurality of angled portions, each of said angled
portions being permanently connected to the upper ends of a pair
of said column members;
a plurality of horizontally extending anchor pads which
are each permanently secured to a bottom of a column member, each
anchor pad being formed with a hole through which a bolt which is
set in a foundation member and which extends vertically upward,
can be inserted, said anchor pads being arranged to seat on said
foundation members and to elevate said side beam members so as to
define a small clearance between the lower surface of said side
beam members and the upper surface of said foundation members;
a flooring structure supported on said side and cross
beam members;
a wall structure disposed between said vertically
extending column members,
a roof structure disposed between said angled portions;
and
encapsulating means for sealing off openings which are
defined between panels and into which high velocity winds can
force their way and produce pneumatic forces which pry panels
away from their positions.
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