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WO2014114299A1
WO2014114299A1 PCT/DK2014/050013 DK2014050013W WO2014114299A1 WO 2014114299 A1 WO2014114299 A1 WO 2014114299A1 DK 2014050013 W DK2014050013 W DK 2014050013W WO 2014114299 A1 WO2014114299 A1 WO 2014114299A1
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Anders BACH-SØRENSEN
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04H—BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
    • E04H1/00—Buildings or groups of buildings for dwelling or office purposes; General layout, e.g. modular co-ordination or staggered storeys
    • E04H1/12—Small buildings or other erections for limited occupation, erected in the open air or arranged in buildings, e.g. kiosks, waiting shelters for bus stops or for filling stations, roofs for railway platforms, watchmen's huts or dressing cubicles
    • E04H1/1205—Small buildings erected in the open air
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04H—BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
    • E04H17/00—Fencing, e.g. fences, enclosures, corrals
    • E04H17/14—Fences constructed of rigid elements, e.g. with additional wire fillings or with posts
    • E04H17/1413—Post-and-rail fences, e.g. without vertical cross-members
    • E04H17/1447—Details of connections between rails and posts
    • E04H17/1452—Details of connections between rails and posts the ends of the rails are fixed on the lateral sides of the posts
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04H—BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
    • E04H17/00—Fencing, e.g. fences, enclosures, corrals
    • E04H17/14—Fences constructed of rigid elements, e.g. with additional wire fillings or with posts
    • E04H17/16—Fences constructed of rigid elements, e.g. with additional wire fillings or with posts using prefabricated panel-like elements, e.g. wired frames
    • E04H17/165—Fences constructed of rigid elements, e.g. with additional wire fillings or with posts using prefabricated panel-like elements, e.g. wired frames using panels with rigid filling and frame
    • E04H17/166—Fences constructed of rigid elements, e.g. with additional wire fillings or with posts using prefabricated panel-like elements, e.g. wired frames using panels with rigid filling and frame with cross-members
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04H—BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
    • E04H6/00—Buildings for parking cars, rolling-stock, aircraft, vessels or like vehicles, e.g. garages
    • E04H6/02—Small garages, e.g. for one or two cars
    • E04H6/025—Small garages, e.g. for one or two cars in the form of an overhead canopy, e.g. carports

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  • the present invention relates to a building structure, such as a building or a fence, a set of building elements for building a building structure, and a method of assembling a building structure.
  • said modular wall comprising
  • a lower T-beam comprising a lower web part and a lower flange part
  • said upper T-beam being mounted to said first and second upright post by a first and second upper connection bracket with said upper web part facing downwards
  • said lower T- beam being mounted to said first and second upright post by a first and second lower connection bracket with said lower web part facing upwards
  • said upper T-beam positioned above said lower T-beam
  • One advantage of the invention may be that a light-weight, yet sufficiently solid structure may be obtained using a minimum of construction materials.
  • connection parts comprises through-holes in the flanges parts
  • such through-holes in the web part may be avoided or at least significantly reduced, thereby avoiding or at least significantly reducing such potentially negative effect on the structural stability of the T-beams that such through-holes may have.
  • a further advantage of the invention may be that the mounting one or more wall elements on the upper and lower T-beam may be relatively easy, even for the unskilled person, since the wall element, such as an espalier element, a glass plate, or a closed wall element, such as a wooden wall element, may first be positioned in contact with the upper and lower T-beam, more specifically in abutment with both the web part and the flange part of both the upper and lower T-beam, and then secondly be fixated to the T-beams by means of the predefined connection arrangements, such as e.g. through-holes, possibly additionally supported by screws, bolts, or other threated connection parts.
  • This two-step mounting may be
  • the wall element may be supported or at least partly supported by the upper and lower T-beam after the first step, and may thereby by kept in place by a moderate horizontal force, such as by a hand of a person assembling the building. Therefore, the person or persons assembling the building structure, e.g. a building or a fence, may perform the final fixation of the wall element to the upper and lower T- beam, e.g. by means of a nut and bolt or similar connection means, without at the same time having to lift the wall element, which may typically be rather heavy. Thereby, a building, which is easy to erect may be obtained, and such building may also be more assembled with higher accuracy due to the person or persons assembling it not having to carry the wall element while fixating it to the T-beams.
  • a moderate horizontal force such as by a hand of a person assembling the building. Therefore, the person or persons assembling the building structure, e.g. a building or a fence, may perform the final fixation of the wall element to the upper
  • said web part is being substantially vertical, and furthermore for the upper T-beam that an upper longitudinal edge of said web part is joined to the flange part along a longitudinal line of the web part, the longitudinal line running along the middle of a broad side of said flange part, and similarly for the lower T-beam that an lower longitudinal edge of said web part is joined to the flange part along a longitudinal line of the web part, the longitudinal line running along the middle of a broad side of said flange part.
  • a wall element may be understood as e.g. a wooden wall element, a glass wall element, closed wall elements, wall elements of other materials, such as e.g. steel or other metals, or more open structures, such as barred elements, such as espalier element.
  • Such wall elements may or may not comprise e.g. doors, windows and/or other suitable openings.
  • the at least one modular wall may only comprise a single wall element; such modular walls may typically comprise more than one wall element.
  • the at least one modular wall comprises three adjacent inner wall elements and three adjacent outer wall elements.
  • at least two wall elements may be fixated to the at least one modular wall, more specifically one wall element, which may be fixated to the inner flange parts, and one wall element, which may be fixated to the outer flange parts.
  • T-beam is an elongated beam, preferably a metal beam, such as a steel beam, having a T-shaped cross-section.
  • the building structure e.g. a building or a fence
  • the building structure may comprise more than one modular wall.
  • several of the of the spaces between two upright posts may be filled with a modular wall, especially for carports, where it may advantageous to leave one such space between two adjacent upright posts open allowing access to the enclosed space for a vehicle.
  • many advantage and/or embodiments described in relation to buildings may apply similarly to fences, and also that many advantage and/or embodiments described in relation to fences may apply similarly to buildings.
  • An advantage of the above embodiment may be that the modular wall may be connected to the upright posts, so that e.g. outer and/or inner horizontal bars for connecting the modular wall at the bottom and/or top of said upright posts may be avoided.
  • said threated connection parts comprise one or more of a bolt, a screw, and/or a threated rod, each of these possibly combined with nut if necessary.
  • said through-holes in the vertical part of said connection brackets are oblong through-holes having a vertical clearance when engaged with a threated connection part, and/or
  • connection brackets are oblong through-holes having a horizontal clearance along the longitudinal direction of the T-beams when engaged with a threated connection part.
  • An advantage of the above embodiment may be that the assembly of the building structure, e.g. a building or a fence, is easier while maintaining a sufficient structural strength and durability. Otherwise, e.g. when people assemble do-it-yourself buildings, especially people who are unskilled in construction, may find it difficult to assembly such buildings with sufficient precision. Therefore, such buildings may be built using an excess amount of time and/or with insufficient precision leading to lower quality and durability of such buildings. However, by means of the building structure, e.g.
  • a building or a fence in may be easier to construct such buildings or fences with sufficient precision due to the oblong through-holes and the resulting clearance, which may lead to reduced time consumption of assembling the building and/or to higher quality and durability of the assembled building.
  • said wall element comprises at least an upper and a lower horizontal plate, said upper and lower horizontal plates having through-holes for mounting said wall element to said T-beam by means of one or more threated connection parts, such as e.g. a bolt or a screw, wherein said through- holes have a clearance along the longitudinal direction of the horizontal plates.
  • threated connection parts such as e.g. a bolt or a screw
  • said upper and lower horizontal plates being part of an L-beam, e.g. a frame having at each point an L-shaped cross-section.
  • said upper and lower T-beam each have a length of between 1 and 5 meters, such as between 1 and 4 meters, such as between 1 and 3.5 meters, such as between 2 and 3.5 meters, such as between 2.5 and 3.5 meters, such as 3.0 meters.
  • the length of the upper and lower T-beam is up to 3 meters, e.g. being 3 meters, since this length may give an advantageous trade-off between structural strength on one hand and material use and weight on the other hand.
  • the at least one wall element has a height when mounted on said upper and lower T-beam of between 100 centimeters and 300 centimeters, such as between 150 and 250 centimeters, such as 175, 200 or 225 centimeters, and/or
  • the wall element has a width when mounted on said upper and lower T- beam of between 50 and 200 centimeters, such as 75, 100, or 125 centimeters.
  • the upper and lower web part has a thickness of between 3 and 10 millimeters, such as between 5 and 7 millimeters, such as 6 millimeters.
  • the width of the upper and lower flange part is between 25 and 75 millimeters, such as between 40 and 60 millimeters, such as 50 millimeters.
  • the width of the upper and lower web part is between 25 and 75 millimeters, such as between 40 and 60 millimeters, such as 50 millimeters.
  • An advantage of the above embodiment may be that an advantageous trade-off between using a minimum of material and therefore having a light-weight structure on one hand and having a sufficient length of the upper and lower T-beam, thereby having a building of sufficient size without adding additional upright posts and/or modular walls on the other hand.
  • the upper and lower T-beam comprises at least one threated rod in each end of the upper and lower T-beam, said threated rods extending from the upper surface of the upper flange part or from the lower surface of the lower flange part, the threated rods engaging through-holes of the connection brackets thereby fixating said upper and lower T-beam to said connection brackets.
  • the upper T-beam is mounted near the top of the first and second upright post, such as in the upper 50 % of the first and second upright post, such as in the upper 40 % of the first and second upright post, such as in the upper 30 % of the first and second upright post, such as in the upper 20 % of the first and second upright post, such as in the upper 15 % of the first and second upright post, such as in the upper 10 % of the first and second upright post.
  • the lower T-beam is mounted near the bottom of the first and second upright post, such as in the lower 50 % of the first and second upright post, such as in the lower 40 % of the first and second upright post, such as in the lower 30 % of the first and second upright post, such as in the lower 20 % of the first and second upright post, such as in the lower 15 % of the first and second upright post, such as in the lower 10 % of the first and second upright post.
  • said predefined connection arrangements comprises through-holes engaged by corresponding connection parts, such as threated connection parts.
  • connection parts such as threated connection parts.
  • said upper and lower T-beam are metal T-beams, such as steel T-beams.
  • said building structure is a building, such as a carport, or a free-standing building structure, such as a fence.
  • said building structure is a building.
  • Such buildings may comprise additional structural elements, such as e.g. a cross bar mounted to adjacent upright posts or other building elements.
  • said building structure is a fence.
  • Such a fence may comprise multiple upright posts positioned in a row, and modular walls being mounted between adjacent upright posts, thereby forming the fence.
  • said building structure is a building, such as a carport.
  • said building such as a carport, comprises
  • At least four upright posts said at least four upright posts comprising said first upright post and said second upright post,
  • enclosed space should of course not be understood a hermetically sealed space, since buildings of the invention, such as e.g. carports, may typically have at least one missing wall, e.g. for access of a vehicle, and even some of the applicable wall elements may be open structures, such as e.g. the espalier element, but rather preferable as a three-dimensional inner space defined by the parts of the building.
  • the building may comprise more than four upright posts, such as e.g. six or eight upright posts, or more upright posts.
  • the building comprises six upright posts in two parallel rows of three posts positioned opposite each other with equal distance between each adjacent post; this building furthermore comprising five modular walls; two modular walls covering each of the longer sides and one modular wall covering one of the two shorter end sides leaving the opposite end side open, e.g. for a vehicle.
  • said building is a domestic utility building, such as a carport, a greenhouse, or a garden shed.
  • said building is a carport.
  • the invention furthermore relates to a set of building elements that when assembled make up a building structure, such as a building or a fence, said set of building elements comprising
  • said modular wall for mounting on said first and second upright post, said modular wall comprising
  • an upper T-beam comprising a upper web part and an upper flange part
  • a lower T-beam comprising a lower web part and a lower flange part
  • At least one wall element at least one wall element, a first and second upper connection bracket and a first and second lower connection bracket,
  • said upper T-beam being adapted for mounting to said first and second upright post by said first and second upper connection bracket with said upper web part facing downwards,
  • said lower T- beam being adapted for mounting to said first and second upright post by said first and second lower connection bracket with said lower web part facing upwards
  • said upper and lower T- beam each has a plurality of predefined connection arrangements along both said outer flange parts and along said inner flange parts for connecting said at least one wall element to said upper and lower flange part.
  • the outer flange parts face the opposite way as the inner flange parts.
  • the inner flange parts face inwards towards the enclosed space.
  • the inner and the outer flange parts face in opposite directions, these directions being substantially perpendicular to the vertical surface defined by the web parts.
  • said set of building elements comprises the first and second upright post and the parts used to make the modular wall, such as the upper and lower T-beam, the first and second upper and first and second lower connection bracket, the at least one wall element, and any necessary connection means, e.g. threated connection parts for predefined connection arrangements, or other threated connection parts, or other connection parts.
  • any necessary connection means e.g. threated connection parts for predefined connection arrangements, or other threated connection parts, or other connection parts.
  • said set of building elements make up, when assembled, a building, such as a carport, forming an enclosed space, said set of building elements furthermore comprising at least four upright posts comprising said first upright post and said second upright post, and
  • outer flange parts are adapted for facing away from the enclosed space and said inner flange parts are adapted for facing inwards towards the enclosed space.
  • a building according to any embodiment of the invention may be built from the above set of building elements.
  • the invention furthermore relates to a method of assembling a building structure, such as a building or a fence, from a set of building elements,
  • said modular wall comprising
  • an upper T-beam comprising a upper web part and an upper flange part
  • a lower T-beam comprising a lower web part and a lower flange part
  • said upper and lower flange part each having an outer flange part facing one way and an inner flange part facing the opposite way
  • said method comprises the steps of mounting said upper T-beam to said first and second upright post by said first and second upper connection bracket with said upper web part facing downwards,
  • a building structure such as a building or a fence, according to any embodiment of the invention may be built from the set of building elements according to any embodiment of the invention by the above method.
  • a method according to any of the above embodiments of assembling a building structure is provided, such as a building, wherein said set of building elements furthermore comprises
  • At least four upright posts comprising said first upright post and said second upright post
  • said building forms an enclosed space
  • figure 1 illustrates a part of the building (1) according to an embodiment of the invention
  • figure 2 illustrates the mounting of an upper T-beam (6) to a second upright post (5) by a second upper connection bracket (14) according to an embodiment of the invention
  • FIG. 4A, 4B, and 4C illustrate a connection bracket (13, 14, 15, 16) according to an embodiment of the invention
  • FIG. 6A, 6B, and 6C illustrate an espalier element according to an embodiment of the invention
  • figure 7 illustrates the mounting of an upper T-beam (6) to a first upright post (4) by a first upper connection bracket (13) according to an embodiment of the invention
  • figure 8 illustrates the mounting of an upper T-beam (6) to a first upright post (4) by a first upper connection bracket (13) according to an embodiment of the invention
  • figure 9 illustrates a part of the building (1) according to an embodiment of the invention
  • the building 1 comprises a modular wall 2, and a roof 3, and further supporting posts.
  • the modular wall 2 comprises a first upright post 4, a second upright post 5, and three wall elements 12 fixated to the first and second upright posts 4, 5.
  • the three wall elements 12 shown in figure 1 are espalier type of wall elements, but other wall elements might be used in other embodiments.
  • the building 1 defines an enclosed space 25.
  • the modular wall 2 furthermore comprises an upper T-beam 6, and a lower T-beam 7.
  • the upper T-beam 6 is fixated in one end to the first upright post 4 by a first upper connection bracket 13 and in the opposite end to the second upright post 5 by a second upper connection bracket 14.
  • the lower T-beam 7 is fixated in one end to the first upright post 4 by a first lower connection bracket 15 and in the opposite end to the second upright post 5 by a second lower connection bracket 16.
  • the upper T-beam 6 is made up by a vertical upper web part 8, and a horizontal upper flange part 9.
  • One longitudinal edge of the upper web part 8 is connected to the bottom surface of the upper flange part 9 along the middle of this bottom surface, thereby forming the upper T-beam 6, the upper web part 8 of which faces downwards.
  • the lower T-beam 7 is made up by a vertical lower web part 10, and a horizontal lower flange part 11.
  • Each of the upper and lower flange part 9, 11 has an outer flange part 17 and an inner flange part 18 (see e.g. figure 2), where the outer flange part 17 faces away from the enclosed space 25, i.e. it is on the outside of the modular wall 2, while the inner flange part 18 faces inwards towards the enclosed space 25, i.e. it is on the inside of the modular wall 2.
  • a number of predefined connection arrangements 19 are positioned.
  • This connection bracket 14 being an L-shaped bracket, has a vertical part being connected to the second upright post 5 by threated connection parts 20 and a horizontal part being connected to the upper T-beam 6 by threated connection parts 20.
  • threated connection parts 20 may e.g. be screws, bolt and nut arrangements, or threated rods with nuts.
  • the threated connection parts 20 connecting the vertical part of the second upper connection bracket 14 to the second upright post 5 is screws
  • the threated connection parts 20 connecting the horizontal part of the second upper connection bracket 14 to the upper T-beam 6 is treated rods welded to the upper flange part 9 with nuts.
  • a wall element 12 is shown being a glass plate 21 and number of mounting parts 22 (only one shown), these mounting parts 22 being connected to the predefined connection arrangements 19 of the upper and lower T- beam 6, 7, and pressing the glass plate 21 towards the upper and lower web parts 8, 10 thereby fixating the glass plate 21 relative to the upper and lower T-beam 6, 7.
  • connection bracket 13, 14, 15, 16 is shown according to an embodiment of the invention.
  • connection bracket 13, 14, 15, 16 is shown in a front view where the horizontal part has oblong through-holes 23. These oblong through-holes 23 may ensure that the mounting of the connection bracket 13, 14, 15, 16 to an upright post 4, 5 can be performed both easily and precisely by the end user, even by end users unskilled in construction work.
  • connection bracket 13, 14, 15, 16 When mounting the connection bracket 13, 14, 15, 16 to the upright post 4, 5 with a threated connection part, such as a screw or another threated connection part, the screw may be inserted through the oblong through-holes 23 and into the upright post 4, 5 such that the screw is partly fixated to the upright post 4, 5, but allowing the connection bracket 13, 14, 15, 16 to move up and down so as to finely adjust the vertical position of the connection bracket 13, 14, 15, 16 before the final fixation to the upright post 4, 5 by screwing the screw completely into the upright post 4, 5.
  • the connection bracket 13, 14, 15, 16 is shown in a side view with the vertical and horizontal parts.
  • connection bracket 13, 14, 15, 16 is shown in a top-down view with oblong through-holes 23 for mounting the upper or lower T-beam 6, 7 to.
  • the upper connection brackets 13, 14 are first mounted to the upright posts 4, 5 as described above, then, the upper T-beam 6 is connected to the upper connection brackets 13, 14.
  • a glass mounting part 22 is shown according to an embodiment of the invention. On figure 5A the glass mounting part 22 is shown in a side view.
  • the glass mounting part 22 comprises a threated mounting part 20, here as a threated rod, and a through-hole 24, possibly with an inner threading.
  • the threated rod may engage predetermined connection arrangements 19 being through-holes on the T- beams and may thereafter be fixated thereto by a nut.
  • a fixation part such as a screw possibly combined with a flexible part, such as a piece of rubber, is inserted through the through-hole 24 of the glass mounting part 22 and onto the glass plate.
  • a wall element 12 according to an embodiment of the invention is illustrated in a side view, an end view, and a bottom-up view, respectively.
  • the wall element 12 is an espalier element comprises four L-beams together forming a frame and a plurality of horizontal bars. These horizontal bars may be used to control plant growth, or, alternatively, to mount one or more elements, such as e.g. containers for tools, plants, etc., or other functional and/or decorative elements, e.g. by simply hanging them on one or more of the horizontal bars.
  • the oblong through-holes shown on figure 6C are for fixating the wall element 12 to the T-beams 6, 7.
  • the through-holes 24 shown on figure 6B are for fixating adjacent wall elements to each other, e.g. by using of spacers to obtain a predetermined distance.
  • FIG 7 a part of a building 1 according to an embodiment of the invention is shown.
  • the upper T-beam 6 is connected to the first upright post 4 by the first upper connection bracket 13 and a number of threated connection parts 20, such as screws, bolts and nuts, and/or threated rods and nuts.
  • a mounting part 22 for mounting a glass plate 21 is connected to the outer flange part 17 of the upper T-beam 6.
  • a wall element 12 is mounted to the inner flange part 18 of the upper T-beam 6.
  • FIG 8 a part of a building 1 or a fence according to an embodiment of the invention is shown.
  • the upper T-beam 6 is connected to the first upright post by means of the first upper connection bracket 13 and threated connection parts 20 through the oblong through-holes 23 of the vertical and horizontal parts of the first upper connection bracket 13.
  • FIG 9 a part of a building 1 according to an embodiment of the invention is shown.
  • the building comprises a roof 3 and a modular wall 2, the modular wall 2 comprising three wall elements 12, an upper and a lower T-beam 6, 7, and a first and second upright post 4, 5.
  • the three wall elements 12 are connected to the upper and lower T-beam 6, 7.
  • the upper T-beam 6 is mounted on the first and second upright posts 4, 5 by first and second upper connection bracket 13, 14, respectively, while the lower T-beam 6 is mounted on the first and second upright posts 4, 5 by first and second lower connection bracket 15, 16, respectively.
  • To the right of the modular wall 2 another modular wall is shown (no references on figure 9), which may be described similarly to the above.

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A building structure, such as a building (1) or a fence, comprising a first upright post (4) and a second upright post (5), and at least one modular wall (2) mounted on said first and second upright post (4, 5), said modular wall (2) comprising an upper T-beam (6) and a lower T-beam (7) and at least one wall element (12), said upper T- beam (6) being mounted to said first and second upright post (4, 5) by a first and second upper connection bracket (13, 14), said lower T- beam (7) being mounted to said first and second upright post (4, 5) by a first and second lower connection bracket (15, 16), wherein said upper and lower T- beams (6, 7) each have a plurality of predefined connection arrangements (19) so as to connect said at least one wall element (12) to said upper and lower T-beam.

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BUILDING STRUCTURE
Field of the invention
The present invention relates to a building structure, such as a building or a fence, a set of building elements for building a building structure, and a method of assembling a building structure.
Background of the invention
It is known to build carports from modules. One example can be seen in the German utility model DE 20 2010 004 218 Ul .
However such modular carports may be difficult to assembly with sufficient quality and durability.
Brief description of the invention
It is therefore an object of the invention to provide a modular building, such as a carport, having improved characteristics in relating to simplicity of assembly and/or quality and durability of such assembled buildings.
Furthermore, it is an object of the invention to provide a modular building, which has a high degree of flexibility with attachment of various types of wall elements and combinations thereof.
The invention relates to a building structure, such as a building or a fence, comprising
a first upright post and a second upright post, and
at least one modular wall mounted on said first and second upright post,
said modular wall comprising
an upper T-beam comprising a upper web part and an upper flange part,
a lower T-beam comprising a lower web part and a lower flange part,
at least one wall element, said upper T-beam being mounted to said first and second upright post by a first and second upper connection bracket with said upper web part facing downwards, said lower T- beam being mounted to said first and second upright post by a first and second lower connection bracket with said lower web part facing upwards, said upper T-beam positioned above said lower T-beam, and
said upper and lower flange part each having an outer flange part facing one way and an inner flange part facing the opposite way,
wherein said upper and lower T- beams each have a plurality of predefined connection arrangements along both said outer flange parts and along said inner flange parts so as to connect said at least one wall element to said upper and lower flange part.
One advantage of the invention may be that a light-weight, yet sufficiently solid structure may be obtained using a minimum of construction materials.
Furthermore, an advantage of the invention may be that a building structure, e.g. a building, such as a carport, or a fence, having modular walls can be obtained with very versatile possibilities for mounting different wall elements or combinations of wall elements. On one hand, the possibility to mount one or more wall elements to inner flange parts of an upper and lower T-beam and at the same time independently mount one or more wall elements to outer flange parts of an upper and lower T-beam may give an advantageous and highly flexible building. This solution may be particularly advantageous for carports, since it may for carports be advantageous to close off part of the building opposite the vehicle entrance by closed outer wall composed of closed wall elements, such as e.g. glass plates or wooden wall elements, while still having a functional inner wall, which may e.g. be several wall elements with horizontal bars, such as espalier elements, such a functional inner wall being used for e.g. tool keeping, attachment of various containers for storage of smaller and/or larger items etc. Also, on the other hand it may be desired to have a relatively open structure, e.g. near the vehicle entrance, possibly while using a functional outer wall for e.g. attachment of containers for growing plants etc. This may be facilitated by using e.g. one or more espalier elements on the outer flange parts. These wide ranges of possibilities and many others may be realized by means of the invention, thereby providing a modular building, which have a high degree of flexibility with attachment of various types of wall elements and combinations thereof.
Furthermore, an advantage of the invention may be that a building structure, e.g. a building or a fence, may be obtained which is easy for the end-user to assemble, and which can obtain sufficient durability and structural integrity. One advantage of the invention may be that the wall elements are fixated to predefined connection parts in the flange parts, i.e. not in the vertical web part, which may contribute significantly more to the strength of the T-beams with respect to limiting the bending of the T-beams compared to the horizontal flange parts.
Therefore, especially in embodiments, where the predefined connection parts comprises through-holes in the flanges parts, such through-holes in the web part may be avoided or at least significantly reduced, thereby avoiding or at least significantly reducing such potentially negative effect on the structural stability of the T-beams that such through-holes may have. A further advantage of the invention may be that the mounting one or more wall elements on the upper and lower T-beam may be relatively easy, even for the unskilled person, since the wall element, such as an espalier element, a glass plate, or a closed wall element, such as a wooden wall element, may first be positioned in contact with the upper and lower T-beam, more specifically in abutment with both the web part and the flange part of both the upper and lower T-beam, and then secondly be fixated to the T-beams by means of the predefined connection arrangements, such as e.g. through-holes, possibly additionally supported by screws, bolts, or other threated connection parts. This two-step mounting may be
advantageous since the wall element may be supported or at least partly supported by the upper and lower T-beam after the first step, and may thereby by kept in place by a moderate horizontal force, such as by a hand of a person assembling the building. Therefore, the person or persons assembling the building structure, e.g. a building or a fence, may perform the final fixation of the wall element to the upper and lower T- beam, e.g. by means of a nut and bolt or similar connection means, without at the same time having to lift the wall element, which may typically be rather heavy. Thereby, a building, which is easy to erect may be obtained, and such building may also be more assembled with higher accuracy due to the person or persons assembling it not having to carry the wall element while fixating it to the T-beams.
It may preferably be understood that said web part is being substantially vertical, and furthermore for the upper T-beam that an upper longitudinal edge of said web part is joined to the flange part along a longitudinal line of the web part, the longitudinal line running along the middle of a broad side of said flange part, and similarly for the lower T-beam that an lower longitudinal edge of said web part is joined to the flange part along a longitudinal line of the web part, the longitudinal line running along the middle of a broad side of said flange part.
In the present context of the invention, a wall element may be understood as e.g. a wooden wall element, a glass wall element, closed wall elements, wall elements of other materials, such as e.g. steel or other metals, or more open structures, such as barred elements, such as espalier element. Such wall elements may or may not comprise e.g. doors, windows and/or other suitable openings.
It should be understood that while the at least one modular wall may only comprise a single wall element; such modular walls may typically comprise more than one wall element. In an example embodiment, the at least one modular wall comprises three adjacent inner wall elements and three adjacent outer wall elements. Generally, at least two wall elements may be fixated to the at least one modular wall, more specifically one wall element, which may be fixated to the inner flange parts, and one wall element, which may be fixated to the outer flange parts. It should be understood by the term T-beam that such T-beam is an elongated beam, preferably a metal beam, such as a steel beam, having a T-shaped cross-section.
Furthermore, it should be understood that the building structure, e.g. a building or a fence, may comprise more than one modular wall. Typically, several of the of the spaces between two upright posts may be filled with a modular wall, especially for carports, where it may advantageous to leave one such space between two adjacent upright posts open allowing access to the enclosed space for a vehicle. It should be understood in the context of the invention that many advantage and/or embodiments described in relation to buildings may apply similarly to fences, and also that many advantage and/or embodiments described in relation to fences may apply similarly to buildings. According to an embodiment of the invention, said first and second upper connection bracket and said first and second lower connection bracket each comprise an L- shaped bracket having a vertical part connected to said first or second post and a horizontal part connected to said upper or lower upright post. One advantage of the above embodiment may be that the assembly of the building structure, e.g. a building or a fence, may relatively easy, since the connection brackets may be fixated to the upright posts separately, and the T-beams being connected to the connection brackets afterwards. Therefore, it is possible to connect the relatively light-weight connection brackets to the upright posts in the correct height, and then but the T-beams in abutment with the connection brackets, before fixating the T-beams to the connection brackets, e.g. by using threated rods on the T- beams engaged with through-holes in the connecting brackets and afterwards engaging the threated rods by nuts. An advantage of the above embodiment may be that the modular wall may be connected to the upright posts, so that e.g. outer and/or inner horizontal bars for connecting the modular wall at the bottom and/or top of said upright posts may be avoided.
According to an example embodiment, each of said connection brackets are reshaped metal brackets having one or more through-holes in said vertical part for fixating said vertical part to said upright post by means of a bolt or screw, and having one or more through-holes in said horizontal part for fixating said horizontal part to said T-beam by means of a bolt or screw, thereby facilitating fixation of said T- beams to said upright posts.
According to an embodiment of the invention, said L-shaped brackets each comprise at least one through-hole in the vertical part connected to said upright posts by means of threated connection parts, and/or at least one through-hole in the horizontal part connected to said T-beams by means of threated connection parts.
According to an example embodiment, said threated connection parts comprise one or more of a bolt, a screw, and/or a threated rod, each of these possibly combined with nut if necessary. According to an embodiment of the invention, said through-holes in the vertical part of said connection brackets are oblong through-holes having a vertical clearance when engaged with a threated connection part, and/or
wherein said through-holes in the horizontal part of said connection brackets are oblong through-holes having a horizontal clearance along the longitudinal direction of the T-beams when engaged with a threated connection part.
An advantage of the above embodiment may be that the assembly of the building structure, e.g. a building or a fence, is easier while maintaining a sufficient structural strength and durability. Otherwise, e.g. when people assemble do-it-yourself buildings, especially people who are unskilled in construction, may find it difficult to assembly such buildings with sufficient precision. Therefore, such buildings may be built using an excess amount of time and/or with insufficient precision leading to lower quality and durability of such buildings. However, by means of the building structure, e.g. a building or a fence, according to the present embodiment, in may be easier to construct such buildings or fences with sufficient precision due to the oblong through-holes and the resulting clearance, which may lead to reduced time consumption of assembling the building and/or to higher quality and durability of the assembled building.
According to an embodiment of the invention, said at least one wall element comprises one or more espalier element.
According to an embodiment of the invention, said wall element comprises at least an upper and a lower horizontal plate, said upper and lower horizontal plates having through-holes for mounting said wall element to said T-beam by means of one or more threated connection parts, such as e.g. a bolt or a screw, wherein said through- holes have a clearance along the longitudinal direction of the horizontal plates.
E.g. said upper and lower horizontal plates being part of an L-beam, e.g. a frame having at each point an L-shaped cross-section.
According to an embodiment of the invention, said wall element comprise a glass plate and several mounting parts, said mounting parts each being connected to said upper or lower T-beam and fixating said glass plate against said upper and lower T- beam.
According to an embodiment of the invention, said upper and lower T-beam each have a length of between 1 and 5 meters, such as between 1 and 4 meters, such as between 1 and 3.5 meters, such as between 2 and 3.5 meters, such as between 2.5 and 3.5 meters, such as 3.0 meters. Typically, it may at least in some embodiments be preferred that the length of the upper and lower T-beam is up to 3 meters, e.g. being 3 meters, since this length may give an advantageous trade-off between structural strength on one hand and material use and weight on the other hand.
According to an embodiment of the invention, the espalier element comprises a frame of L-beams having an L-shaped cross-section, with a number of horizontal bars across the frame, the L-beams having two orthogonal sides, the orthogonal sides having a width of between 10 and 50 millimeters, such as between 20 and 40 millimeters, such as 25, 30, or 35 millimeters.
According to an embodiment of the invention, the at least one wall element has a height when mounted on said upper and lower T-beam of between 100 centimeters and 300 centimeters, such as between 150 and 250 centimeters, such as 175, 200 or 225 centimeters, and/or
wherein the wall element has a width when mounted on said upper and lower T- beam of between 50 and 200 centimeters, such as 75, 100, or 125 centimeters.
According to an embodiment of the invention, the upper and lower flange part has a thickness of between 3 and 10 millimeters, such as between 5 and 7 millimeters, such as 6 millimeters.
An advantage of the above embodiment may be that an advantageous trade-off between using a minimum of material and therefore having a light-weight structure on one hand and having a sufficient length of the upper and lower T-beam, thereby having a building of sufficient size without adding additional upright posts and/or modular walls on the other hand.
According to an embodiment of the invention, the upper and lower web part has a thickness of between 3 and 10 millimeters, such as between 5 and 7 millimeters, such as 6 millimeters. An advantage of the above embodiment may be that an advantageous trade-off between using a minimum of material and therefore having a light-weight structure on one hand and having a sufficient length of the upper and lower T-beam, thereby having a building of sufficient size without adding additional upright posts and/or modular walls on the other hand.
According to an embodiment of the invention, the width of the upper and lower flange part is between 25 and 75 millimeters, such as between 40 and 60 millimeters, such as 50 millimeters.
An advantage of the above embodiment may be that an advantageous trade-off between using a minimum of material and therefore having a light-weight structure on one hand and having a sufficient length of the upper and lower T-beam, thereby having a building of sufficient size without adding additional upright posts and/or modular walls on the other hand.
According to an embodiment of the invention, the width of the upper and lower web part is between 25 and 75 millimeters, such as between 40 and 60 millimeters, such as 50 millimeters.
An advantage of the above embodiment may be that an advantageous trade-off between using a minimum of material and therefore having a light-weight structure on one hand and having a sufficient length of the upper and lower T-beam, thereby having a building of sufficient size without adding additional upright posts and/or modular walls on the other hand.
According to an embodiment of the invention, the upper and lower T-beam comprises at least one threated rod in each end of the upper and lower T-beam, said threated rods extending from the upper surface of the upper flange part or from the lower surface of the lower flange part, the threated rods engaging through-holes of the connection brackets thereby fixating said upper and lower T-beam to said connection brackets.
In should be understood in connection with the above embodiment, that according to a preferred embodiment, the threated rods preferably engaged the mentioned through-holes and the threated themselves are being engaged by nuts so as to clamp the connection bracket between the nut and the flange part thereby facilitating the fixation. According to an embodiment of the invention, said upper and lower T-beam are mounted to said first and second upright post at the end of said upper and lower T- beam.
According to an embodiment of the invention, the upper T-beam is mounted near the top of the first and second upright post, such as in the upper 50 % of the first and second upright post, such as in the upper 40 % of the first and second upright post, such as in the upper 30 % of the first and second upright post, such as in the upper 20 % of the first and second upright post, such as in the upper 15 % of the first and second upright post, such as in the upper 10 % of the first and second upright post.
According to an embodiment of the invention, the lower T-beam is mounted near the bottom of the first and second upright post, such as in the lower 50 % of the first and second upright post, such as in the lower 40 % of the first and second upright post, such as in the lower 30 % of the first and second upright post, such as in the lower 20 % of the first and second upright post, such as in the lower 15 % of the first and second upright post, such as in the lower 10 % of the first and second upright post.
According to an embodiment of the invention, said predefined connection arrangements comprises through-holes engaged by corresponding connection parts, such as threated connection parts. According to an embodiment of the invention, there is a clearance between said at least one the wall element and the first and second upright post.
According to an embodiment of the invention, said upper and lower T-beam are metal T-beams, such as steel T-beams.
According to an embodiment of the invention, said building structure is a building, such as a carport, or a free-standing building structure, such as a fence. According to one embodiment of the invention it may be especially preferred that said building structure is a building. Such buildings may comprise additional structural elements, such as e.g. a cross bar mounted to adjacent upright posts or other building elements. According to one embodiment of the invention it may be especially preferred that said building structure is a fence. Such a fence may comprise multiple upright posts positioned in a row, and modular walls being mounted between adjacent upright posts, thereby forming the fence. According to an embodiment of the invention, said building structure is a building, such as a carport.
According to an embodiment of the invention, said building, such as a carport, comprises
at least four upright posts, said at least four upright posts comprising said first upright post and said second upright post,
a roof, and
at least one modular wall mounted on said first and second upright post, wherein said building forms an enclosed space, and
wherein said outer flange parts face away from the enclosed space and said inner flange parts face inwards towards the enclosed space. By enclosed space should of course not be understood a hermetically sealed space, since buildings of the invention, such as e.g. carports, may typically have at least one missing wall, e.g. for access of a vehicle, and even some of the applicable wall elements may be open structures, such as e.g. the espalier element, but rather preferable as a three-dimensional inner space defined by the parts of the building.
It should be understood in the context of the above embodiment that the building may comprise more than four upright posts, such as e.g. six or eight upright posts, or more upright posts. In an example embodiment, the building comprises six upright posts in two parallel rows of three posts positioned opposite each other with equal distance between each adjacent post; this building furthermore comprising five modular walls; two modular walls covering each of the longer sides and one modular wall covering one of the two shorter end sides leaving the opposite end side open, e.g. for a vehicle.
According to an embodiment of the invention, said building is a domestic utility building, such as a carport, a greenhouse, or a garden shed. According to an embodiment of the invention, said building is a carport.
The invention furthermore relates to a set of building elements that when assembled make up a building structure, such as a building or a fence, said set of building elements comprising
a first upright post and a second upright post, and
at least one modular wall for mounting on said first and second upright post, said modular wall comprising
an upper T-beam comprising a upper web part and an upper flange part,
a lower T-beam comprising a lower web part and a lower flange part,
at least one wall element, a first and second upper connection bracket and a first and second lower connection bracket,
said upper T-beam being adapted for mounting to said first and second upright post by said first and second upper connection bracket with said upper web part facing downwards,
said lower T- beam being adapted for mounting to said first and second upright post by said first and second lower connection bracket with said lower web part facing upwards,
said upper and lower flange part each having an outer flange part adapted for facing one way and an inner flange part adapted for facing the opposite way,
wherein said upper and lower T- beam each has a plurality of predefined connection arrangements along both said outer flange parts and along said inner flange parts for connecting said at least one wall element to said upper and lower flange part. It should be understood in the context of the above that the outer flange parts face the opposite way as the inner flange parts. E.g. for buildings, the outer flange parts face away from the enclosed space, while the inner flange parts face inwards towards the enclosed space. For fences the inner and the outer flange parts face in opposite directions, these directions being substantially perpendicular to the vertical surface defined by the web parts.
Furthermore, according to an embodiment of the invention, said set of building elements comprises the first and second upright post and the parts used to make the modular wall, such as the upper and lower T-beam, the first and second upper and first and second lower connection bracket, the at least one wall element, and any necessary connection means, e.g. threated connection parts for predefined connection arrangements, or other threated connection parts, or other connection parts.
According to an embodiment of the invention, said set of building elements make up, when assembled, a building, such as a carport, forming an enclosed space, said set of building elements furthermore comprising at least four upright posts comprising said first upright post and said second upright post, and
a roof,
wherein said outer flange parts are adapted for facing away from the enclosed space and said inner flange parts are adapted for facing inwards towards the enclosed space.
According to an embodiment of the invention, said set of building elements according to any other embodiment for assembling a building structure, according to any other embodiment, such as a building, such as a carport, according to any other embodiment or a fence.
According to an embodiment of the invention, a building according to any embodiment of the invention may be built from the above set of building elements.
The invention furthermore relates to a method of assembling a building structure, such as a building or a fence, from a set of building elements,
said set of building elements comprising
a first upright post and a second upright post, and
at least one modular wall mounted on said first and second upright post,
said modular wall comprising
an upper T-beam comprising a upper web part and an upper flange part,
a lower T-beam comprising a lower web part and a lower flange part,
at least one wall element, and
at a first and second upper connection bracket and a first and second lower connection bracket,
said upper and lower flange part each having an outer flange part facing one way and an inner flange part facing the opposite way,
said upper and lower T- beam each having a plurality of predefined connection arrangements along both said outer flange parts and along said inner flange parts, said method comprises the steps of mounting said upper T-beam to said first and second upright post by said first and second upper connection bracket with said upper web part facing downwards,
mounting said lower T- beam to said first and second upright post by said first and second lower connection bracket with said lower web part facing upwards, such that said upper T-beam is positioned above said lower T-beam, and connecting said at least one wall element to said upper and lower flange part by means of said predefined connection parts.
According to an embodiment of the invention, a building structure, such as a building or a fence, according to any embodiment of the invention may be built from the set of building elements according to any embodiment of the invention by the above method. According to an embodiment of the invention, a method according to any of the above embodiments of assembling a building structure is provided, such as a building, wherein said set of building elements furthermore comprises
at least four upright posts comprising said first upright post and said second upright post,
a roof, and
wherein said building forms an enclosed space, and
wherein said outer flange parts face away from the enclosed space and said inner flange parts faces inwards towards the enclosed space. According to an embodiment of the invention, a method according to any of the above embodiments is provided for assembling a building structure, such as a building, according to any of claims any of the above embodiments from a set of building elements according to any of the above embodiments. Figures
The invention will now be described with reference to the drawings, where figure 1 illustrates a part of the building (1) according to an embodiment of the invention,
figure 2 illustrates the mounting of an upper T-beam (6) to a second upright post (5) by a second upper connection bracket (14) according to an embodiment of the invention,
figure 3A, 3B, and 3C illustrate an upper T-beam (6) according to an embodiment of the invention,
figure 4A, 4B, and 4C illustrate a connection bracket (13, 14, 15, 16) according to an embodiment of the invention,
figure 5A, and 5B illustrate glass mounting part (22) according to an embodiment of the invention,
figure 6A, 6B, and 6C illustrate an espalier element according to an embodiment of the invention,
figure 7 illustrates the mounting of an upper T-beam (6) to a first upright post (4) by a first upper connection bracket (13) according to an embodiment of the invention, figure 8 illustrates the mounting of an upper T-beam (6) to a first upright post (4) by a first upper connection bracket (13) according to an embodiment of the invention, and
figure 9 illustrates a part of the building (1) according to an embodiment of the invention,
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Referring to figure 1, a building 1 according to an embodiment of the invention is described. The building 1 comprises a modular wall 2, and a roof 3, and further supporting posts. The modular wall 2 comprises a first upright post 4, a second upright post 5, and three wall elements 12 fixated to the first and second upright posts 4, 5. The three wall elements 12 shown in figure 1 are espalier type of wall elements, but other wall elements might be used in other embodiments. The building 1 defines an enclosed space 25. The modular wall 2 furthermore comprises an upper T-beam 6, and a lower T-beam 7. The upper T-beam 6 is fixated in one end to the first upright post 4 by a first upper connection bracket 13 and in the opposite end to the second upright post 5 by a second upper connection bracket 14. Similarly, the lower T-beam 7 is fixated in one end to the first upright post 4 by a first lower connection bracket 15 and in the opposite end to the second upright post 5 by a second lower connection bracket 16. Now, the upper T-beam 6 is made up by a vertical upper web part 8, and a horizontal upper flange part 9. One longitudinal edge of the upper web part 8 is connected to the bottom surface of the upper flange part 9 along the middle of this bottom surface, thereby forming the upper T-beam 6, the upper web part 8 of which faces downwards. Similarly, the lower T-beam 7 is made up by a vertical lower web part 10, and a horizontal lower flange part 11. One longitudinal edge of the lower web part 10 is connected to the upper surface of the lower flange part 11 along the middle of this upper surface, thereby forming the lower T-beam 7, the lower web part 10 of which faces upwards. Each of the upper and lower flange part 9, 11 has an outer flange part 17 and an inner flange part 18 (see e.g. figure 2), where the outer flange part 17 faces away from the enclosed space 25, i.e. it is on the outside of the modular wall 2, while the inner flange part 18 faces inwards towards the enclosed space 25, i.e. it is on the inside of the modular wall 2. Along the inner flange part 18 as well as along the outer flange part 17, a number of predefined connection arrangements 19 are positioned. These predefined connection arrangements 19 may in an example embodiment be e.g. through-holes with a corresponding bolt and nut arrangement. These predefined connection arrangements 19 facilitates possibility of connecting one or more wall elements 12 to the upper and lower T-beam 6, 7; e.g. as seen on figure 1 three wall elements 12 are connected to the upper and lower T-beam 6, 7 by means of the predefined connection arrangements 19. Now, on figure 2, a part of a building 1 or a fence according to an embodiment is shown. Further to the embodiment illustrated on figure 1, the embodiment illustrated on figure 2 shows the upper T-beam 6 connected the second upright post 5 by the second upper connection bracket 14. This connection bracket 14, being an L-shaped bracket, has a vertical part being connected to the second upright post 5 by threated connection parts 20 and a horizontal part being connected to the upper T-beam 6 by threated connection parts 20. These threated connection parts 20 may e.g. be screws, bolt and nut arrangements, or threated rods with nuts. In the present embodiment, the threated connection parts 20 connecting the vertical part of the second upper connection bracket 14 to the second upright post 5 is screws, while the threated connection parts 20 connecting the horizontal part of the second upper connection bracket 14 to the upper T-beam 6 is treated rods welded to the upper flange part 9 with nuts. Now on figure 2, a wall element 12 is shown being a glass plate 21 and number of mounting parts 22 (only one shown), these mounting parts 22 being connected to the predefined connection arrangements 19 of the upper and lower T- beam 6, 7, and pressing the glass plate 21 towards the upper and lower web parts 8, 10 thereby fixating the glass plate 21 relative to the upper and lower T-beam 6, 7.
Now turning to figure 3A, 3B, and 3C, an upper T-beam 6 according to an embodiment is illustrated. On figure 3 A, the upper T-beam 6 is shown in a bottom- up view showing the upper flange part 9 and the upper web part 8, the upper flange part 9 having a number of predefined connection arrangements 19, such as through- holes e.g. with corresponding threated connection parts. On figure 3B, the upper T- beam 6 is shown having two threated connection arrangements 20, these threated connection arrangements 20 being e.g. threated rods. The threated rods may engage through-holes on the horizontal part of one of the connection brackets 13, 14, 15, 16 and fixate the upper T-beam 6 to the connection bracket by means of a nut. On figure 3C, a part of the upper T-beam 6 is shown in an enlarged bottom-up view. Of course the T-beam shown on figure 3A, 3B, and 3C should similarly illustrate the lower T- beam 7 in a top-down view. On figure 4A, 4B, and 4B, a connection bracket 13, 14, 15, 16 is shown according to an embodiment of the invention. On figure 4 A, the connection bracket 13, 14, 15, 16 is shown in a front view where the horizontal part has oblong through-holes 23. These oblong through-holes 23 may ensure that the mounting of the connection bracket 13, 14, 15, 16 to an upright post 4, 5 can be performed both easily and precisely by the end user, even by end users unskilled in construction work. When mounting the connection bracket 13, 14, 15, 16 to the upright post 4, 5 with a threated connection part, such as a screw or another threated connection part, the screw may be inserted through the oblong through-holes 23 and into the upright post 4, 5 such that the screw is partly fixated to the upright post 4, 5, but allowing the connection bracket 13, 14, 15, 16 to move up and down so as to finely adjust the vertical position of the connection bracket 13, 14, 15, 16 before the final fixation to the upright post 4, 5 by screwing the screw completely into the upright post 4, 5. On figure 4B, the connection bracket 13, 14, 15, 16 is shown in a side view with the vertical and horizontal parts. Finally, on figure 4C the connection bracket 13, 14, 15, 16 is shown in a top-down view with oblong through-holes 23 for mounting the upper or lower T-beam 6, 7 to. Typically, when mounting a T-beam 6, 7, for example the upper T-beam 6, to the first and second upright posts 4, 5, the upper connection brackets 13, 14 are first mounted to the upright posts 4, 5 as described above, then, the upper T-beam 6 is connected to the upper connection brackets 13, 14. The threated rods of the upper T-beam 6 are inserted through the oblong through-holes 23, after which position of the upper T-beam 6 may be adjusted along the longitudinal axis of the upper T-beam 6 due to the oblong through-holes 23, and nuts are mounted on the threated rods thereby finalizing the mounting. Also, due to the horizontal flexibility induced by the oblong through-holes 23, also an error in the positioning of the upright posts may be compensated. On figure 5A and 5B, a glass mounting part 22 is shown according to an embodiment of the invention. On figure 5A the glass mounting part 22 is shown in a side view. The glass mounting part 22 comprises a threated mounting part 20, here as a threated rod, and a through-hole 24, possibly with an inner threading. The threated rod may engage predetermined connection arrangements 19 being through-holes on the T- beams and may thereafter be fixated thereto by a nut. A fixation part, such as a screw possibly combined with a flexible part, such as a piece of rubber, is inserted through the through-hole 24 of the glass mounting part 22 and onto the glass plate. Therefore, it is possible to fixated a glass plate 21 to the upper and lower T-beam 6, 7 by inserting the glass plate 21 into the frame made up by the upper and lower T-beam 6, 7, then fixating the mounting parts 22 to the upper and lower T-beam 6, 7, and finally by inserting fixating parts through the through-holes of the mounting parts 22 and onto the glass plate 21. On figure 5B the glass mounting part 22 is shown in a 90° rotated a cross-sectional side view.
On figure 6 A, 6B, and 6C a wall element 12 according to an embodiment of the invention is illustrated in a side view, an end view, and a bottom-up view, respectively. The wall element 12 is an espalier element comprises four L-beams together forming a frame and a plurality of horizontal bars. These horizontal bars may be used to control plant growth, or, alternatively, to mount one or more elements, such as e.g. containers for tools, plants, etc., or other functional and/or decorative elements, e.g. by simply hanging them on one or more of the horizontal bars. The oblong through-holes shown on figure 6C are for fixating the wall element 12 to the T-beams 6, 7. The through-holes 24 shown on figure 6B are for fixating adjacent wall elements to each other, e.g. by using of spacers to obtain a predetermined distance.
On figure 7 a part of a building 1 according to an embodiment of the invention is shown. The upper T-beam 6 is connected to the first upright post 4 by the first upper connection bracket 13 and a number of threated connection parts 20, such as screws, bolts and nuts, and/or threated rods and nuts. Also, a mounting part 22 for mounting a glass plate 21 is connected to the outer flange part 17 of the upper T-beam 6. At the same time a wall element 12 is mounted to the inner flange part 18 of the upper T-beam 6. On figure 8 a part of a building 1 or a fence according to an embodiment of the invention is shown. Similar to previous figures, such as figure 6, the upper T-beam 6 is connected to the first upright post by means of the first upper connection bracket 13 and threated connection parts 20 through the oblong through-holes 23 of the vertical and horizontal parts of the first upper connection bracket 13. On the upper T- beam 6, one of several predetermined connection arrangement 19 is shown as a through-hole.
On figure 9 a part of a building 1 according to an embodiment of the invention is shown. The building comprises a roof 3 and a modular wall 2, the modular wall 2 comprising three wall elements 12, an upper and a lower T-beam 6, 7, and a first and second upright post 4, 5. The three wall elements 12 are connected to the upper and lower T-beam 6, 7. The upper T-beam 6 is mounted on the first and second upright posts 4, 5 by first and second upper connection bracket 13, 14, respectively, while the lower T-beam 6 is mounted on the first and second upright posts 4, 5 by first and second lower connection bracket 15, 16, respectively. To the right of the modular wall 2 another modular wall is shown (no references on figure 9), which may be described similarly to the above.
The invention has been exemplified above with reference to specific examples and methods. However, it should be understood that the invention is not limited to the particular examples described above but may be designed and altered in a multitude of varieties within the scope of the invention as specified in the claims. According to the present invention the embodiments mentioned in the specification of this patent application may be combined to obtain further embodiments according to the present invention. List of reference numerals
1. Building
2. Modular wall
3. Roof
4. First upright post
5. Second upright post
6. Upper T-beam
7. Lower T-beam
8. Upper web part
9. Upper flange part
10. Lower web part
11. Lower flange part
12. Wall element
13. First upper connection bracket
14. Second upper connection bracket
15. First lower connection bracket
16. Second lower connection bracket
17. Outer flange part
18. Inner flange part
19. Predefined connection arrangements
20. Threated connection part
21. Glass plate
22. Glass mounting part
23. Oblong through-hole
24. Through-hole
25. Enclosed space

Claims

Claims
1. A building structure, such as a building (1) or a fence, comprising
a first upright post (4) and a second upright post (5), and
at least one modular wall (2) mounted on said first and second upright post (4, 5), said modular wall (2) comprising
an upper T-beam (6) comprising a upper web part (8) and an upper flange part (9), a lower T-beam (7) comprising a lower web part (10) and a lower flange part (11), at least one wall element (12),
said upper T-beam (6) being mounted to said first and second upright post (4, 5) by a first and second upper connection bracket (13, 14) with said upper web part (8) facing downwards,
said lower T- beam (7) being mounted to said first and second upright post (4, 5) by a first and second lower connection bracket (15, 16) with said lower web part (10) facing upwards,
said upper T-beam (6) positioned above said lower T-beam (7), and
said upper and lower flange part (9, 11) each having an outer flange part (17) facing one way and an inner flange part (18) facing the opposite way,
wherein said upper and lower T- beams (6, 7) each have a plurality of predefined connection arrangements (19) along both said outer flange parts (17) and along said inner flange parts (18) so as to connect said at least one wall element (12) to said upper and lower flange part (9, 11).
2. A building structure, such as a building (1) or a fence, according to claim 1, wherein said first and second upper connection bracket (13, 14) and said first and second lower connection bracket (15, 16) each comprise an L-shaped bracket having a vertical part connected to said first or second post (4, 5) and a horizontal part connected to said upper or lower upright post (4, 5).
3. A building structure, such as a building (1) or a fence, according to claim 1 or 2, wherein said L-shaped brackets (13, 14, 15, 16) each comprise at least one through- hole in the vertical part connected to said upright posts (4, 5) by means of threated connection parts (20), and/or at least one through-hole in the horizontal part connected to said T-beams (6, 7) by means of threated connection parts (20).
4. A building structure, such as a building (1) or a fence, according to any of the preceding claims, wherein said through-holes in the vertical part of said connection brackets (13, 14, 15, 16) are oblong through-holes (23) having a vertical clearance when engaged with a threated connection part (20), and/or
wherein said through-holes in the horizontal part of said connection brackets (13, 14, 15, 16) are oblong through-holes (23) having a horizontal clearance along the horizontal direction of the T-beams when engaged with a threated connection part (20).
5. A building structure, such as a building (1) or a fence, according to any of the preceding claims, wherein said at least one wall element (12) comprises one or more espalier element.
6. A building structure, such as a building (1) or a fence, according to any of the preceding claims, wherein said wall element (12) comprises at least an upper and a lower horizontal plate, said upper and lower horizontal plates having through-holes for mounting said wall element (12) to said T-beam by means of one or more threated connection parts, such as e.g. a bolt or a screw, wherein said through-holes have a clearance along the longitudinal direction of the horizontal plates.
7. A building structure, such as a building (1) or a fence, according to any of the preceding claims, wherein said wall element (12) comprise a glass plate and several mounting parts, said mounting parts each being connected to said upper or lower T- beam and fixating said glass plate against said upper and lower T-beam.
8. A building structure, such as a building (1) or a fence, according to any of the preceding claims, wherein said upper and lower T-beam (6, 7) each have a length of between 1 and 5 meters, such as between 1 and 4 meters, such as between 1 and 3.5 meters, such as between 2 and 3.5 meters, such as between 2.5 and 3.5 meters, such as 3.0 meters.
9. A building structure, such as a building (1) or a fence, according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the espalier element comprises a frame of L-beams having an L-shaped cross-section, with a number of horizontal bars across the frame, the L- beams having two orthogonal sides, the orthogonal sides having a width of between 10 and 50 millimeters, such as between 20 and 40 millimeters, such as 25, 30, or 35 millimeters.
10. A building structure, such as a building (1) or a fence,, according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the at least one wall element (12) has a height when mounted on said upper and lower T-beam (6, 7) of between 100 centimeters and 300 centimeters, such as between 150 and 250 centimeters, such as 175, 200 or 225 centimeters, and/or
wherein the wall element (12) has a width when mounted on said upper and lower T- beam (6, 7) of between 50 and 200 centimeters, such as 75, 100, or 125 centimeters.
11. A building structure, such as a building (1) or a fence, according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the upper and lower flange part (9, 11) has a thickness of between 3 and 10 millimeters, such as between 5 and 7 millimeters, such as 6 millimeters.
12. A building structure, such as a building (1) or a fence, according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the upper and lower web part (8, 10) has a thickness of between 3 and 10 millimeters, such as between 5 and 7 millimeters, such as 6 millimeters.
13. A building structure, such as a building (1) or a fence, according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the width of the upper and lower flange part (9, 11) is between 25 and 75 millimeters, such as between 40 and 60 millimeters, such as 50 millimeters.
14. A building structure, such as a building (1) or a fence, according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the width of the upper and lower web part (8, 10) is between 25 and 75 millimeters, such as between 40 and 60 millimeters, such as 50 millimeters.
15. A building structure, such as a building (1) or a fence, according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the upper and lower T-beam (6, 7) comprises at least one threated rod in each end of the upper and lower T-beam (6, 7), said threated rods extending from the upper surface of the upper flange part (9) or from the lower surface of the lower flange part (11), the threated rods engaging through-holes of the connection brackets (13, 14, 15, 16) thereby fixating said upper and lower T-beam (6, 7) to said connection brackets (13, 14, 15, 16).
16. A building structure, such as a building (1) or a fence, according to any of the preceding claims, wherein said upper and lower T-beam (6, 7) are mounted to said first and second upright post (4, 5) at the end of said upper and lower T-beam (6, 7).
17. A building structure, such as a building (1) or a fence, according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the upper T-beam (6) is mounted near the top of the first and second upright post (4, 5), such as in the upper 50 % of the first and second upright post (4, 5), such as in the upper 40 % of the first and second upright post (4, 5), such as in the upper 30 % of the first and second upright post (4, 5), such as in the upper 20 % of the first and second upright post (4, 5), such as in the upper 15 % of the first and second upright post (4, 5), such as in the upper 10 % of the first and second upright post (4, 5).
18. A building structure, such as a building (1) or a fence, according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the lower T-beam (7) is mounted near the bottom of the first and second upright post (4, 5), such as in the lower 50 % of the first and second upright post (4, 5), such as in the lower 40 % of the first and second upright post (4, 5), such as in the lower 30 % of the first and second upright post (4, 5), such as in the lower 20 % of the first and second upright post (4, 5), such as in the lower 15 % of the first and second upright post (4, 5), such as in the lower 10 % of the first and second upright post (4, 5).
19. A building structure, such as a building (1) or a fence, according to any of the preceding claims, wherein said predefined connection arrangements comprises through-holes engaged by corresponding connection parts, such as threated connection parts (20).
20. A building structure, such as a building (1) or a fence, according to any of the preceding claims, wherein there is a clearance between said at least one the wall element (12) and the first and second upright post (4, 5).
21. A building structure, such as a building (1) or a fence, according to any of the preceding claims, wherein said upper and lower T-beam (6, 7) are metal T-beams, such as steel T-beams.
22. A building structure according to any of the preceding claims, wherein said building structure is a building (1), such as a carport, or a free-standing building structure, such as a fence.
23. A building structure according to any of the preceding claims, wherein said building structure is a building (1), such as a carport.
24. A building structure according to claim 23, wherein said building (1), such as a carport, comprises
at least four upright posts, said at least four upright posts comprising said first upright post (4) and said second upright post (5), a roof (3), and
at least one modular wall (2) mounted on said first and second upright post (4, 5), wherein said building (1) forms an enclosed space (25)
wherein said outer flange parts (17) face away from the enclosed space (25) and said inner flange parts (18) face inwards towards the enclosed space (25).
25. A building structure according to claim 23 or 24, wherein said building (1) is a domestic utility building, such as a carport, a greenhouse, or a garden shed.
26. A building structure according to any claims 23-25, wherein said building (1) is a carport.
27. A set of building elements that when assembled make up a building structure, such as a building (1) or a fence, said set of building elements comprising a first upright post (4) and a second upright post (5), and
at least one modular wall (2) for mounting on said first and second upright post (4, 5),
said modular wall (2) comprising
an upper T-beam (6) comprising a upper web part (8) and an upper flange part (9), a lower T-beam (7) comprising a lower web part (10) and a lower flange part (11), at least one wall element (12),
a first and second upper connection bracket (13, 14) and a first and second lower connection bracket (15, 16),
said upper T-beam (6) being adapted for mounting to said first and second upright post (4, 5) by said first and second upper connection bracket (13, 14) with said upper web part (8) facing downwards,
said lower T- beam (7) being adapted for mounting to said first and second upright post (4, 5) by said first and second lower connection bracket (15, 16) with said lower web part (10) facing upwards,
said upper and lower flange part (9, 11) each having an outer flange part (17) adapted for facing one way and an inner flange part (18) adapted for facing the opposite way, wherein said upper and lower T- beam (6, 7) each has a plurality of predefined connection arrangements (19) along both said outer flange parts (17) and along said inner flange parts (18) for connecting said at least one wall element (12) to said upper and lower flange part (9, 11).
28. A set of building elements according to claim 27 that when assembled make up a building (1), such as a carport, forming an enclosed space (25),
said set of building elements furthermore comprising
at least four upright posts comprising said first upright post (4) and said second upright post (5), and
a roof (3),
wherein said outer flange parts (17) are adapted for facing away from the enclosed space (25) and said inner flange parts (18) are adapted for facing inwards towards the enclosed space (25).
29. A set of building elements according to claim 27 or 28 for assembling a building structure according to any of claims 1-23, such as a building (1), such as a carport, according to any of claims 24-26 or a fence.
30. Method of assembling a building structure, such as a building (1) or a fence, from a set of building elements,
said set of building elements comprising
a first upright post (4) and a second upright post (5), and
at least one modular wall (2) mounted on said first and second upright post (4, 5), said modular wall (2) comprising
an upper T-beam (6) comprising a upper web part (8) and an upper flange part (9), a lower T-beam (7) comprising a lower web part (10) and a lower flange part (11), at least one wall element (12), and
at a first and second upper connection bracket (13, 14) and a first and second lower connection bracket (15, 16), said upper and lower flange part (9, 11) each having an outer flange part (17) facing one way and an inner flange part (18) facing the opposite way,
said upper and lower T- beams (6, 7) each having a plurality of predefined connection arrangements (19) along both said outer flange parts (17) and along said inner flange parts (18),
said method comprises the steps of
mounting said upper T-beam (6) to said first and second upright post (4, 5) by said first and second upper connection bracket (13, 14) with said upper web part (8) facing downwards,
- mounting said lower T- beam (7) to said first and second upright posts (4, 5) by said first and second lower connection bracket (15, 16) with said lower web part (10) facing upwards, such that said upper T-beam (6) is positioned above said lower T-beam (7), and
connecting said at least one wall element (12) to said upper and lower flange part (9, 11) by means of said predefined connection parts (19).
31. Method according to claim 30 of assembling a building structure, such as a building (1) or a fence, according to any of claims 1-26 from a set of building elements according to any of claims 27-29.
32. Method according to claim 30 or 31 of assembling a building structure, such as a building (1), wherein said set of building elements furthermore comprises at least four upright posts comprising said first upright post (4) and said second upright post (5),
a roof (3), and
wherein said building (1) forms an enclosed space (25), and
wherein said outer flange parts (17) face away from the enclosed space (25) and said inner flange parts (18) faces inwards towards the enclosed space (25).
33. Method according to any of claims 30-32 of assembling a building structure, such as a building (1), according to any of claims 1-26 from a set of building elements according to any of claims 27-29.
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