Modular Garage and System for Transport

Abstract

A modular, unified, and completed garage structure comprising first and second garage modules, having mating surfaces and exterior walls, and temporary wall bracing and temporary floor bracing, wherein the modules have open interiors, free of any supports apart from the exterior walls and the mating surfaces, wherein the first module has a garage door opening in one of the exterior walls, wherein the mating surfaces comprise matching pairs of structural lumber that span the length of the module.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A modular, unified, and completed garage structure comprising:
 first and second garage modules, having mating surfaces and exterior walls, and temporary wall bracing and temporary floor bracing,   wherein said modules have open interiors, free of any supports apart from said exterior walls and said mating surfaces,   wherein said first module has a garage door opening in one of said exterior walls,   wherein said mating surfaces comprise matching pairs of structural lumber that span the length of the module.   
     
     
         2 . The modular garage of  claim 1 , wherein said opening is a single-door, 2-car garage door. 
     
     
         3 . The modular garage of  claim 1 , wherein said pairs of structural lumber are laminated veneer lumber (LVLs). 
     
     
         4 . The modular garage of  claim 1 , wherein said first and second garage modules are sized to fit on a transport suitable for interstate highway travel to a foundation site, and after arriving at said site, can be joined together as a single garage structure. 
     
     
         5 . The modular garage of  claim 1 , wherein said temporary floor bracing allows a garage module to be transported over a highway and lifted onto a foundation by a crane. 
     
     
         6 . The modular garage of  claim 1 , wherein said temporary wall bracing comprises vertical structural members that enclose the sides and garage door opening of a garage module to allow said garage module to be transported over a highway and lifted onto a foundation by a crane. 
     
     
         7 . The modular garage of  claim 1 , further comprising a temporary base perimeter structural system affixed to said exterior walls to allow said garage module to be transported over a highway and lifted onto a foundation by a crane.