Modular, transportable, insulated building, with water, and fire resistant floor, wall, and roof panel, pre-manufactured assemblies

Abstract

A small, heavy duty, transportable building having pre-manufactured panel assemblies made out of magnesium oxide for the floor, wall and roof that are quickly fastened together, on site, using common metal screws. All building materials are inorganic for extreme mold and mildew resistance. Furthermore, the building panels are configured and fastened together for inherent insulative fire and flood resistant properties. Commercial metal strut forms an economic protective perimeter around the magnesium oxide surface panels, and offer a fastening means to adjoining panels. The uses of the building (bunker, enclosure, shelter, shed, little-house, etc. . . . ) are myriad and not intended to be limited in usefulness. In addition, the building configurations and square footage options are limitless, single wide building ways, storied if desired. The design also allows manufacturing of the panel assemblies with common, hand tools, power tools, and welding equipment. No crane is needed for building erection.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A modular designed, screw together, semi-permanent, pre-manufactured transportable building (or bunker, enclosure, shed, shelter, little-house, tiny-house, etc. . . . ), designed, exclusively using non-combustible building materials, made primarily (by weight) of glass reinforced Magnesium Oxide (MGO) board, used in its construction, incorporating steel framed, wall, door and floor panel assemblies, thus allowing simple onsite assembly, disassembly, and transport of said building. 
     
     
         2 . An improved modular building as in  claim 1  wherein the pre-manufactured panel assemblies all weigh less than 200 lbs allowing site erection without the use of a crane. 
     
     
         3 . An improved modular building as in  claim 1  wherein the foundation can be concrete masonry blocks directly laid on undisturbed, organically cleaned, bare soil at different heights within a range of 2½″. 
     
     
         4 . An improved modular building as in  claim 1  wherein the subfloor may be adjusted to a horizontal plane by the use of common swivel foot levelers. 
     
     
         5 . An improved modular building as in  claim 1  wherein a 2nd story may be added to the building layout. 
     
     
         6 . An improved modular building as in  claim 1  wherein simple expansion is allowable in predesigned configurations, of the initial floor space configuration, based on future need. 
     
     
         7 . An improved modular building as in  claim 1  wherein the bare interior surfaces and materials are as fire, water and mold resistant as the exterior surfaces. 
     
     
         8 . An improved modular building as in  claim 1  wherein the fully assembled building, (less than 100 SF in size), may be air lifted via helicopter suspended from the vent holes at the top center of the end gables. 
     
     
         9 . An improved modular building as in  claim 1  wherein the panel assemblies have a minimum 1½ hr fire resistance rating as per ASTM E119. 
     
     
         10 . An improved modular building as in  claim 1  wherein the shipping design for the floor and wall panel assemblies may be pancake stacked, up to 25 high, without damage. 
     
     
         11 . Floor and wall panel assemblies of multi layered, glass reinforced Magnesium Oxide (MGO) boards, glued and mechanically fastened together (with screws, bolts, rivets, staples . . . etc), and at least one MGO panel is weld captured in a metal frame. 
     
     
         12 . An improved panel assemblage as mentioned in  claim 11  wherein the metal edge frame wraps around at least one MGO board and is for the edge protection of said boards 
     
     
         13 . An improved panel assemblage as mentioned in  claim 11  wherein the plain metal edge is match drilled and screwed together via brackets to adjacent panel assemblies using common drill point screws. 
     
     
         14 . An improved panel assemblage as mentioned in  claim 11  wherein at least ¼ of the resisting structural strength against normal vectored physical loads (wind, seismic, riot, flood, etc. . . . ) is derived by separating two MGO sheathing boards by short span, cross slats, of the same thickness MGO sheathing material, sandwiched, glued and fastened together. 
     
     
         15 . An improved panel assemblage as mentioned in  claim 11  wherein the panels have no bio-originated materials in their assembly, yielding a mold resistant, termite resistant, and water resistant panel. 
     
     
         16 . Using an assemblage of glass reinforced Magnesium Oxide (MGO) boards that are designed by their separation, in combination with at least one sandwich layered coarse metal screen acting as a thermal conductive brake, and including at least 2 boards, separated by multiple horizontal air pockets for the default design configuration to produce a highly thermally insulating panel for the given thickness. 
     
     
         17 . An improved thermal panel assemblage as mentioned in  claim 16  wherein common, commercially available, metal “strut” is used for the panel perimeter edge protection and is a component of the overall exoskeletal structure of a building. 
     
     
         18 . An improved thermal panel assemblage as mentioned in  claim 16  wherein at least one sandwich layered coarse metal screen thickness may be substituted with insertion of other materials to enhance other (than thermal) desired properties like additional structural stiffness, bullet resistance, blast resistance, electromagnetic resistance, radiation resistance etc.