Easily deployable and quick-to-assemble housing unit and method of transporting and assembling same

Abstract

A kit for assembling a housing unit includes packaging for storing and transporting building materials. The building materials are used to assemble the housing unit. The building materials may include a door, windows, beams for forming a frame, each having pre-formed symmetric holes, and sheets of material for forming walls, a roof, and a floor. The building materials also include a plurality of fasteners for connecting the beams to one another and for connecting the door and the sheets to the beams. The building materials also include a squaring strap to ensure that the beams are situated at fixed angles. Some of the building materials may form part of the packaging. The remaining building materials, if any, are included inside the packaging for storage and transport to the desired site for the housing unit.

1 . An easily deployable and quick-to-assemble housing kit for building a housing unit having a frame, walls, and a roof; the housing kit comprising: 
 a plurality of beams, each having pre-formed, symmetric holes, such that the plurality of beams are connectable to form the frame in one or more different orientations of the beams;    a plurality of sheets of material connectable to the frame to form the walls and the roof; and    a plurality of fasteners adapted to connect the beams to one another, and to connect the plurality of sheets of material to the frame.    
     
     
         2 . The housing kit of  claim 1 , further comprising: 
 a plurality of squaring straps adapted to connect to at least some of the plurality of beams, such that the plurality of squaring straps ensure that the plurality of beams are situated at fixed angles.    
     
     
         3 . The housing kit of  claim 1 , further comprising: 
 at least one door, wherein the plurality of fasteners is further adapted to connect the door to the frame; and    at least one window connectable to one of the walls.    
     
     
         4 . The housing kit of  claim 3 , wherein the window has channels, such that the window can engage the wall without the need for fasteners.  
     
     
         5 . The housing kit of  claim 1 , further comprising at least one flooring sheet connectable to the frame to form a floor, wherein the plurality of fasteners is further adapted to connect the flooring sheet to the frame.  
     
     
         6 . The housing kit of  claim 1 , further comprising: 
 all building materials necessary for assembling the housing unit; and    at least one tool.    
     
     
         7 . The housing kit of  claim 1 , further comprising packaging for transporting the housing kit, wherein the packaging is at least partially formed of at least one of the plurality of sheets of material, or at least one of the plurality of beams.  
     
     
         8 . The housing kit of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one of the plurality of sheets comprises pre-insulated rolled material.  
     
     
         9 . The housing kit of  claim 8 , wherein the pre-insulated rolled material is steel siding.  
     
     
         10 . The housing kit of  claim 1 , wherein the beams are galvanized steel.  
     
     
         11 . The kit of  claim 1 , having the dimensions of approximately 3′×5′×14′.  
     
     
         12 . An easily deployable and quick-to-assemble housing unit having a frame, walls, and a roof; the housing unit comprising: 
 a plurality of beams, each having pre-formed, symmetric holes, such that the plurality of beams connect to form the frame in one or more different orientations of the beams;    a plurality of sheets of material, connected to the frame to form the walls and the roof; and    a plurality of fasteners connecting the beams to one another, and connecting the plurality of sheets of material to the frame.    
     
     
         13 . The housing unit of  claim 12 , further comprising: 
 a plurality of squaring straps connected to at least some of the plurality of beams such that the plurality of squaring straps ensure that the plurality of beams are situated at fixed angles.    
     
     
         14 . The housing unit of  claim 12 , further comprising: 
 at least one door connected to the frame via the fasteners; and    at least one window connected to one of the walls.    
     
     
         15 . The housing unit of  claim 14 , wherein the window has channels, such that the window engages the wall without the need for fasteners.  
     
     
         16 . The housing unit of  claim 12 , further comprising at least one flooring sheet connected to the frame to form a floor.  
     
     
         17 . The housing unit of  claim 16 , wherein the at least one flooring sheet comprises plywood.  
     
     
         18 . The housing unit of  claim 12 , wherein the at least at least one of the plurality of sheets comprise pre-insulated rolled material.  
     
     
         19 . The housing unit of  claim 18 , wherein the pre-insulated rolled material is steel siding.  
     
     
         20 . A method of assembling a housing unit, the method comprising the steps of: 
 forming a frame from a plurality of beams, each having pre-formed, symmetric holes, such that the plurality of beams are connectable to form the frame in one or more different orientations of the beams; and    connecting a plurality of sheets of pre-insulated rolled material to the frame to form walls and a roof.    
     
     
         21 . The method of  claim 20 , wherein the step of forming a frame comprises the steps of: 
 placing floor beams in the location for the housing unit;    connecting the floor beams to one another with fasteners;    connecting wall beams to the floor beams with fasteners; and    connecting roof beams to the wall beams with fasteners.    
     
     
         22 . The method of  claim 20 , wherein the step of connecting a plurality of sheets to the frame comprises the steps of: 
 connecting at least one flooring sheet to the frame to form a floor with fasteners;    connecting at least one of the plurality of sheets to the frame to form at least one of the walls with fasteners; and    connecting at least one of the plurality of sheets to the frame to form the roof with fasteners.    
     
     
         23 . The method of  claim 20 , further comprising connecting a plurality of squaring straps to at least some of the plurality of beams, such that the plurality of squaring straps ensure that the plurality of beams are situated at fixed angles.  
     
     
         24 . The method of  claim 20 , further comprising the steps of: 
 connecting at least one door to the frame with fasteners; and    connecting at least one window to at least one of the walls.