Rapid Deployment Building System

Abstract

A building system for rapid deployment. In one embodiment, the building system comprises: a first panel having a front surface, a back surface, an edge surface, and at least one structural element; a second panel having a front surface, aback surface, an edge surface, and at least one structural element; and at least one clip for connecting the first panel to the second panel, wherein the first panel and the second panel are formed of expanded polystyrene.

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TECHNICAL FIELD[0001]This invention relates generally to building components and more particularly to panels used to create building walls, floors, and ceilings.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]Building structures are typically constructed on-site from wood, brick, stucco, and steel, as well as other materials. Wood has always been a favorite because of its easy availability, its hardiness and the ease with which it can be formed and connected to make different shaped building structures. Wood is still the most common element use as the basis for creating building walls and building roofs in homes and smaller industrial buildings. Brick and concrete blocks are also commonly used for walls in homes and commercial buildings, and steel is used as the structural element in some homes and in most commercial construction. In recent years the construction industry has been working to develop building construction techniques and material which are environmentally friendly during both constr...

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Benefits of technology

[0007]The present invention relates to building components, and more particularly to panels used to form walls, floors, and roofs of buildings. The buildings constructed from these panels can be homes, offices, storage facilities, or any other type of building structure. The present invention discloses a building system comprising a first panel formed of expanded polystyrene with a front surface, a back surface, and an edge surface, and a second panel formed of expanded polystyrene with a front surface, a back surface, and an edge surface, wherein the first panel and the second panel are used to form a portion of a building. In some embodiments the first panel has a tongue, and the second panel has a groove, and the tongue and the groove are used to couple the first panel and the second panel together. In some embodiments the tongue and groove are coupled together with a latch mounted in the tongue of the first panel and a latch receiver mounted in the groove of the second panel. The first panel and the second panel can be formed by molding the expanded polystyrene, In some embodiments the first and the second panel are formed by molding other moldable materials. In some embodiments structural elements are molded into the first or the second panel. The structural element can be formed of light gauge steel.

Problems solved by technology

The use of wood is not always ideal because it uses the natural resource of trees and there is much waste when the wood is cut and much of it is discarded on the building site.

This can require a high level of manpower and energy consumption at the building site to construct the building, and can result in wasted raw materials.

The construction and maintenance of temporary shelters also pose several problems.

When tents are used the tents are not energy efficient and die wails are not sturdy.

When wooden structures are used as temporary shelters, the temporary building is difficult to reuse due to nails and other connecting means which are hard to efficiently separate from the building material once the structure is taken down after the first use.

Much of the building material is wasted and often the structure can only be used once.

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