Relocatable building wall construction

Abstract

A relocatable wall construction includes a center sheet (preferably magnesium oxide), vertical strips, floor and ceiling attachment strips, and tongue-and-groove connectors for joining adjacent aligned panels (also called vertical strips). Fasteners connect components together, and can include magnets, bolts, screws clips, and / or hook-tabs. Magnetic tape can be used for releasable attachment to outer sheets, along with fibrous sound-deadening material for noise reduction and slots for providing adjustment for non-uniform floors and ceilings.

Description

[0001]This application claims benefit under 35 U.S.C. § 119(e) of provisional application Ser. No. 61 / 053,200, filed May 14, 2008, entitled RELOCATABLE BUILDING WALL CONSTRUCTION, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.BACKGROUND[0002]The present invention concerns relocatable building walls configured for utilities.[0003]The walls of traditional houses and commercial buildings are permanent, making it difficult to rearrange and reallocate their interior space. Further, it is difficult and expensive to access, maintain and / or add services and utilities (e.g., electrical, communications, and plumbing). However, the inhabitants of buildings undergo changing lifestyles. In homes, as the family grows, there is a need for more rooms and / or different rooms as well as different utilities. As the family leaves, the home may have other needs, such as the need for home offices and / or grandparent apartments. In condos, there may be owners that want more or less space...

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Benefits of technology

[0004]An object of the present invention is to provide a wall that is accessible from either side for services without disturbing the other side. The wall is designed to have a low noise transmission coefficient with three or more planes and a noise-reducing blanket of fibrous material. The wall with its three rigid planes can be made very fire-resistant for meeting building codes.

[0006]Preferred materials for this invention are: a) magnesium oxide planar surfaces, b) mineral wool noise filler blanket reductions, c) steel studs to the center plane, d) magnets for attachment and for fixed attachment to the outer plane of the magnesium oxide sheets, and placed for magnetic adherence to the metal studs. However, other materials may be used to reduce cost, or that are preformed, or that are treated or made with performance enhancement, if found appropriate.

Problems solved by technology

The walls of traditional houses and commercial buildings are permanent, making it difficult to rearrange and reallocate their interior space.

Further, it is difficult and expensive to access, maintain and / or add services and utilities (e.g., electrical, communications, and plumbing).

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