Scalable dynamic frame system

Abstract

An assembled frame for a structure in the building can be formed from multiple different types of building blocks for a frame. The assembled frame for the structure in the building is formed with the multiple different types of building blocks for the assembled frame in a manufacturing facility, and then shipped as the assembled frame to a construction site. The multiple different types of individual building blocks for the frame can at least include two or more of i) metal beams/strut framework, ii) metal angle frames, iii) metal cross connects, and iv) metal mating blocks.

We claim: 
     
         1 . An apparatus, comprising:
 an assembled frame for a structure in a building formed from multiple different types of building blocks for a frame, where the assembled frame for the structure in the building is formed with the multiple different types of building blocks for the assembled frame in a manufacturing facility, and then shipped as the assembled frame to a construction site, where the multiple different types of individual building blocks for the frame consist of two or more of i) metal beams/strut framework, ii) metal angle frames, iii) metal cross connects, and iv) metal mating blocks.   
     
     
         2 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , where each different type of the multiple different types of building blocks for the frame is a pre-formed metal structure, has its own function, nominal shape, and is produced in multiple different standard nominal lengths. 
     
     
         3 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , where the assembled frame for the structure in the building assembled at the manufacturing facility located away from the construction job site is constructed to be able to stand on its own when the assembled frame is shipped as well as when the assembled frame is lifted and put in place at the construction job site, where hole placements in the multiple different types of building blocks are located to keep an alignment of the building blocks forming the assembled frame so that they are working against each other instead of with each other, which results in the assembled frame being able to stand on its own and maintain its structural integrity when being lifted into place at the construction site. 
     
     
         4 . The apparatus of  claim 3 , where the multiple different types of building blocks are constructed to secure to another building block via a nut and bolt mating, which can be torqued and inspected at the manufacturing facility and then shipped to the construction site. 
     
     
         5 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , where the building block of the metal beams/strut framework is produced with two or more large structurally reinforced holes that are sized and positioned for at least one of a construction hoist and a construction lift to lift the assembled frame into place at the construction site while maintaining its shape and structural integrity when being put into place at the construction site. 
     
     
         6 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , where the assembled frame for the structure in the building is constructed in the manufacturing facility away from the construction site, checked to make sure the assembled frame for the structure in the building will meet an exact dimensions needed at the construction site via a comparison to a Building Information Model for the building being created. 
     
     
         7 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , where the building block of the metal angle frame is produced with a set of holes aligned and located in the metal angle frame such that the metal angle frame can mate with another building block at multiple different angles when forming the assembled frame for the structure in the building. 
     
     
         8 . A method for producing an assembled frame for a structure in a building, comprising:
 assembling the assembled frame for the structure in the building formed from multiple different types of building blocks for a frame,   forming the assembled frame for the structure in the building with the multiple different types of building blocks for the frame in a manufacturing facility, and then shipping the assembled frame to a construction site,   storing the multiple different types of building blocks for the frame in the manufacturing facility to allow for supply chain management of parts needed to construct the assembled frame while minimizing an amount of floor space and storage space needed in the manufacturing facility to facilitate building the assembled frame into instances of the assembled frame that have different shapes, dimensions, and functional purposes of the assembled frame, and   where the assembled frame is also scalable to be sized for multiple different shipping splits in order to meet or be under maximum shipping lengths, widths, and weights allowed, and then sections of the assembled frame can be joined together at the construction site.   
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 8 , further comprising:
 using the multiple different types of building blocks that are produced with a set of holes aligned and located within a metal structure of a produced building block such that a first type of building block can mate with another building block at 1) multiple different angles, 2) multiple different orientations or 3) a combination of both multiple different angles and multiple different orientations when forming the assembled frame for the structure in the building.   
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9 , where the set of holes in the produced building blocks for the frame with enough holes in different locations and different positions such that additional holes do not need to be drilled into the produced building block for the frame with its set of holes, which would then change its pre-engineered structural integrity qualities of the building block for the frame when assembled in the assembled frame. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 8 , where the multiple different types of individual building blocks for the frame consist of two or more of i) metal beams/strut framework, ii) metal angle frames, iii) metal cross connects, and iv) metal mating blocks. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 8 , where each different type of the multiple different types of building blocks for the frame is a pre-formed metal structure, has its own function, nominal shape, and is produced in multiple different standard nominal lengths. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 8 , where the assembled frame for the structure in the building assembled at the manufacturing facility located away from the construction job site is constructed to be able to stand on its own when the assembled frame is shipped as well as when the assembled frame is lifted and put in place at the construction job site, where hole placements in the multiple different types of building blocks are located to keep an alignment of the building blocks forming the assembled frame so that they are working against each other instead of with each other, which results in the assembled frame being able to stand on its own and maintain its structural integrity when being lifted into place at the construction site. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 8 , where the multiple different types of building blocks are constructed to secure to another building block via a nut and bolt mating, which can be torqued and inspected at the manufacturing facility and then shipped to the construction site. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 11 , where the building block of the metal beams/strut framework is produced with two or more large structurally reinforced holes that are sized and positioned for at least one of a construction hoist and a construction lift to lift the assembled frame into place at the construction site while maintaining its shape and structural integrity when being put into place at the construction site. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 8 , where the assembled frame for the structure in the building is constructed in the manufacturing facility away from the construction site, checked to make sure the assembled frame for the structure in the building will meet an exact dimensions needed at the construction site via a comparison to a Building Information Model for the building being created. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 11 , where the building block of the metal angle frame is produced with a set of holes aligned and located in the metal angle frame such that the metal angle frame can mate with another building block at multiple different angles when forming the assembled frame for the structure in the building.