US 11,987,979 B2
Prefabricated wall module leveling assembly
Geoff W. Gosling, Calgary (CA); Thomas A. Brown, Calgary (CA); and Jeremy J. Klaas, Green Bay, WI (US)
Assigned to DIRTT ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS LTD., Calgary (CA)
Filed by DIRTT ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS LTD., Calgary (CA)
Filed on May 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/320,006.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/025,789, filed on May 15, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0355677 A1, Nov. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. E04B 2/74 (2006.01)
CPC E04B 2/7427 (2013.01) [E04B 2002/7487 (2013.01); E04B 2002/749 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A prefabricated wall system, comprising:
a prefabricated wall module, comprising:
a wall panel comprising a bottom edge, a top edge, and opposing vertical edges;
vertical extrusions that receive and secure to the opposing vertical edges; and
a base extrusion that receives and secures to the bottom edge, the base extrusion comprising a leveling channel;
a leveling collar retained within the leveling channel, the leveling collar being slidable along a length of the leveling channel, the levelling collar comprising:
a leveling collar opening extending through the leveling collar, the leveling collar opening comprising:
an unthreaded section; and
a threaded section, wherein the leveling collar is rotatable within the leveling channel about an axis extending through the leveling collar opening; and
a leveling stud, comprising:
a threaded body, comprising:
a first threaded section;
a second threaded section above the first threaded section, wherein threads of the second threaded section are threaded through the threaded section of the leveling collar and the first threaded section extends below the leveling collar, and wherein the leveling collar is rotatable about the leveling stud within the leveling channel about the axis extending through the leveling collar opening to facilitate height adjustment of the prefabricated wall module;
a top end; and
a bottom end, the threaded body extending between the top end and the bottom end, the bottom end comprising:
a flat bottom surface; and
a dig protrusion extending from a portion of the flat bottom surface.