US 12,404,674 B2
Frame arrangement for wood framed buildings
Kyle Tompane, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by Kyle Tompane, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/208,609.
Application 18/208,609 is a continuation of application No. 17/394,720, filed on Aug. 5, 2021.
Application 18/208,609 is a continuation of application No. 17/394,737, filed on Aug. 5, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/109,525, filed on Nov. 4, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/109,528, filed on Nov. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0392373 A1, Dec. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. E04B 1/26 (2006.01); E04B 2/70 (2006.01); E04B 5/12 (2006.01); E04B 7/02 (2006.01)
CPC E04B 5/12 (2013.01) [E04B 1/2612 (2013.01); E04B 2/70 (2013.01); E04B 7/022 (2013.01)] 2 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wood frame building structure having a wood frame and a building length axis, the wood frame building structure comprising:
a plurality of floor modules coupled to the wood frame;
a plurality of roof modules coupled to the wood frame; and
a plurality of ceiling modules coupled to the wood frame; wherein
each said floor module has a module length axis oriented perpendicularly to the building length axis, a bounded wood perimeter and a plurality of floor joists oriented perpendicularly to the module length axis and surrounded by the bounded wood perimeter of said floor module;
each said roof module has a module length axis oriented perpendicularly to the building length axis, a bounded wood perimeter and a plurality of roof rafters oriented perpendicularly to the module length axis and surrounded by the bounded wood perimeter of said roof module;
each said ceiling module has a module length axis oriented perpendicularly to the building length axis, a bounded wood perimeter and a plurality of ceiling joists oriented perpendicularly to the module length axis and surrounded by the bounded wood perimeter of said ceiling module;
each said floor module abuts another said floor module when installed to the frame;
each said ceiling module abuts another said ceiling module when installed to the frame; and
each said roof module abuts another said roof module when installed to the frame;
the floor modules, the ceiling modules, and the roof modules are identical in length and width, and are identical in spacing apart of floor joists, ceiling joists, and roof rafters; and
wherein the floor joists of each of said floor modules and the ceiling joists of each of said ceiling modules comprise upper joist boards and lower joist boards parallel to upper joist boards and lower joist boards of every other respective said floor module or ceiling module, wherein for each of said floor modules and each of said ceiling modules, a top edge of the upper joist boards is not coplanar to a top edge of the lower joist boards.