Claims
- 1 The method of providing a composite curved plastic structure as part of a habitable building comprising the steps of,
creating a drawing of the curved structure, said curved structure having plastic sides and a plastic top surface, selecting the desired curvature of the curved structure from either inward curves or outward curves, forming the top edge of the sides to match the desired curvature of the curved structure thereby creating a curved top edge, forming the top surface from a flat plastic panel, assembling the sides and the top surface together to form the composite plastic curved structure by joining the plastic sides to each other, placing the top panel on the curved top edges of the sides, then elastically bending the top panel on to the curved edges of the sides and joining the panel to the curved edges of the sides thereby creating a self-supporting composite curved structure.
- 2 The method of claim 1 wherein,
the step of creating the drawing is performed with the aid of a computer by using a computer assisted drafting program.
- 3 The method of claim 2 wherein,
the steps of forming are performed by a computer assisted cutting machine that receives data from the computer assisted drafting program to guide the machine in forming steps.
- 4 The method of claim 1 wherein,
the step of creating the drawing of the structure divides a total structure into sections, choosing the desired curvature of the total structure by choosing a curvature for adjacent sections from inward curves or outward curves, assembling each section and then joining the sections to form the total structure.
- 5 The method of claim 4 wherein,
the sections are created from multi-sided forms.
- 6 The method of claim 1 including the steps of,
forming the bottom edges of the sides to match the curvature of the curved structure thereby creating a curved bottom edge, forming the bottom surface from a flat panel, assembling the sides and the bottom surface together to form the composite curved structure by joining the sides to each other, placing the bottom panel on the curved bottom edges of the sides, then elastically bending the bottom panel on to the curved edges of the sides and joining the bottom panel to the curved edges of the sides.
- 7 The method of claim 1 wherein,
the desired curvature changes in portions of the curved structure.
- 8 The method of claim 7 wherein,
the desired curvature is outward in one section and inward in an adjacent section.
- 9 The method of claim 1 including the steps of,
forming the bottom edges of the sides to match a plane, placing a flat panel on the bottom edges and joining the flat panel to the bottom edges of the sides.
Parent Case Info
[0001] This application is a continuation-in part of applications Ser. No. 60/100,856 filed Sep. 18, 1998 and Ser. No. 09/398,387 filed Sep. 17,1999 and titled CURVED COMPOSITE BUILDING SYSTEM and Ser. No. 09/1563,142 filed May 2, 2000 and titled METHOD OF CONSTRUCTING CURVED STRUCTURES AS PART OF A HABITABLE BUILDING, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,308,490 granted Oct. 30, 2001.
Provisional Applications (1)
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60100856 |
Sep 1998 |
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Continuation in Parts (2)
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09563142 |
May 2000 |
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10046494 |
Oct 2001 |
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09398387 |
Sep 1999 |
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10046494 |
Oct 2001 |
US |