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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 1995
Filed:
Apr. 20, 1994
Jerry L Livingston, Mattoon, IL (US);
Garry J McGovern, Barrington, IL (US);
Abstract
This invention relates to an apparatus and process for joining an add-on module to a base module to form a modular material storage building by selective positioning of the add-on module with respect to the base module. The invention includes protruding locking members having a locked position, a plurality of locking apertures having a locked position and a roof connector assembly where the protruding locking member is affixed to a vertical leveling bar for stabilizing and locking the modules together which is plumbed with and affixed to the base module near a side wall edge, the locking apertures are in communication with a vertical leveling bar plumbed with and affixed to the add-on module near a side wall edge to orient the locking apertures for locking with the protruding locking members, the locked position of the locking apertures is adapted to engage and lock with the locked position of the protruding locking member of the base module, and where the roof connector assembly has a female channel member attached to a roof edge of the base module and a male channel member attached to the add-on module such that the male channel member seats within the female channel member for aligning and joining the modules in conjunction with the engagement and locking of the apertures with the protruding locking members.