Ultra-lite building system

Abstract

An ultra-lite building system comprising a building constructed with base plates, wall panels composed of plastic core columns and foam surrounding the core columns, a plastic header assembly, plastic and foam joists and plastic or metal studs extending between said foam wall panels.

1 . An ultra-lite building construction comprising: 
 a plurality of base plates operable to be secured to a building foundation, each of said base plates having a plurality of upright generally cylindrical columns;    a plurality of wall panels, each of said wall panels having a core composed of an plurality of generally parallel, hollow, cylindrical, longitudinally extending, columns interconnected by spanning plates and said core being covered with a foam material and an outer skin of a moisture resistant coating, wherein said core columns operably receive, correspondingly dimensioned, said plurality of upright, generally cylindrical, columns of said base plates;    upright studs extending between next adjacent wall panels of said plurality of wall panels and serving to connect with said wall panels and thereby vertically steady said wall panels;    a plurality of header plates having a plurality of generally cylindrical columns extending above and below said header plates, wherein a portion of said cylinders extending below said header plates operably extending into the top of said cylindrical columns of said wall panels;    a plurality of junction modules comprising a generally solid rectangular shape in exterior configuration but hollow interiorly to form a shell and having at least one opening extending into each edge surface thereof and said edge openings being operable to engage with an upwardly extending column of said plurality of header plates and a transverse central opening extending thought the center of said generally rectangular shell;    a plurality of joist beams extending in a generally parallel array between opposing header modules operably connected to said header plates; and    a roof positioned above said joist beams to form a building structure.    
   
   
       2 . An ultra-lite building construction as defined in  claim 1 , wherein: 
 said cylindrical columns of said base plate are generally circular in cross-section.    
   
   
       3 . An ultra-lite building construction as defined in  claim 1 , wherein: 
 said core and spanning plates are composed of a plastic material.    
   
   
       4 . An ultra-lite building construction as defined in  claim 1 , wherein: 
 said core is composed of a sheet metal material.    
   
   
       5 . An ultra-lite building construction as defined in  claim 3 , wherein: 
 said interconnecting spanning plates have a plurality of embedded rectangular reinforcement metal plates.    
   
   
       6 . An ultra-lite building construction as defined in  claim 5 , wherein: 
 said embedded rectangular reinforcement metal plates have generally triangular punched through projections for engaging said plastic spanning material.    
   
   
       7 . An ultra-lite building construction as defined in  claim 1 , wherein: 
 Said outer skin of moisture resistant coating comprises a moisture resistant paper coating.    
   
   
       8 . An ultra-lite building construction as defined in  claim 1 , wherein: 
 the interior surface of said wall panels being covered with fire retardant drywall.    
   
   
       9 . An ultra-lite building construction as defined in  claim 1 , wherein: 
 said upright studs are composed of sheet metal and have arcuate edges;    said wall panels having correspond arcuate edges; and    a column inserted between mutually facing arcuate edges of a stud and a wall section for connecting said stud to an edge of said wall panel.    
   
   
       10 . An ultra-lite building construction as defined in  claim 1  and further comprising: 
 a member extending through the center of each of said header modules for connecting said header module to a corresponding arcuate surface of a joist beam.    
   
   
       11 . An ultra-lite building construction as defined in  claim 1  and further comprising: 
 a dome composed of a foam material and being positioned upon an upper surface along the length of each of said joists to provide a flat surface to receive flooring material.    
   
   
       12 . An ultra-lite building construction as defined in  claim 1  wherein: 
 said joist is composed from plastic sheet material and being coated with a foam material for structural rigidity.    
   
   
       13 . An ultra-lite building construction as defined in  claim 1  and further comprising: 
 said roof being composed from a plurality of said wall panels connected together at junction locations.    
   
   
       14 . An ultra-lite building construction as defined in  claim 13  and further comprising: 
 a second course of wall panels positioned upon an upper edge of said initial plurality of wall panels and being connected to said junction modules by a header plate with a plurality of generally cylindrical columns extending above and below said header plates and said roof being mounted above said second course of wall panels.