An outdoor structure is disclosed. In some examples, the outdoor structure includes a front beam, a back beam opposite the front beam, and a first side beam and a second side beam each coupled to the front beam and the back beam. The outdoor structure also includes a plurality of posts coupled to one or more of the beams. Further, the outdoor structure includes a plurality of panel supporting elements secured to the posts. In some examples, one or more panels are secured to the panel supporting elements. In some examples, the outdoor structure includes a plurality of rod supporting elements secured to the posts. In some examples, a rod is secured to the plurality of rod supporting elements.

A prefabricated post assembly is proposed. The prefabricated post assembly includes a vertical post having at least one assembly surface and a horizontal post having an assembly module mounted at an end thereof to be coupled to the assembly surface, in which at least one upper insertion hole is formed at an upper portion of the assembly surface and at least one lower insertion hole is formed at a lower portion of the assembly surface.

An internal splice joint that facilitates coupling of a pair of joist members together is provided. The internal splice joint includes a main wall, first and second side flanges, and first and second end flanges. The first side flange extends upwardly from the main wall. The second side flange extends upwardly from the main wall and is spaced from the second side flange. The first end flange extends from the first side flange. The second end flange extends from the second side flange. The first end flange and the second end flange extend inwardly towards each other and are spaced from each another. A joist assembly that includes the internal splice joint is also provided.

A modular enclosure structure having at least three walls and comprised of at least three elongated posts selected from at least two elongated upright/vertical posts. Each post has a longitudinal hollow a flexible and durable compacted sheet material therein and wherein a narrow longitudinal through-slot aligned with the free end of each of the compacted sheet materials. Sheet material in each hollow is able to be externally drawn and retracted with manipulation of the free end. The free end of each sheet material has a latching member attached to either an elongated upright/vertical post member, having at least two latching members or to the two elongated posts having hollows and also cooperative latching members, wherein walls of sheet material are externally drawn from the posts with compacted sheet material to form an enclosure comprising at least three walls of sheet material.

The present invention provides a construction set suitable for creating a variety of structures and includes a plurality of elements. A modular construction system includes hubs which are embodied as solid-surfaced hexahedrons having at least one flanged protrusion on at least two faces of each hexahedron. Adjacent structural bodies in the modular construction system may be connected to as few as one face of a hub, or to as many as all six faces, by means of attachable connector elements. The hexahedron at the core of the hub may be of the same or larger dimensions relative to the cross-section of the framing materials (e.g., lumber, tubing, composites, metals, extruded members) it connects.

A prefabricated post assembly is proposed. The prefabricated post assembly includes a vertical post having at least one assembly surface and a horizontal post having an assembly module mounted at an end thereof to be coupled to the assembly surface, in which at least one upper insertion hole is formed at an upper portion of the assembly surface and at least one lower insertion hole is formed at a lower portion of the assembly surface.

Herein is disclosed a latch mechanism for latching together extruded support members used to construct temporary partitions and the like. The latch mechanism consists of a latch and strike plate combination wherein a latch is placed at the end of one extrusion and a strike plate is positioned at the end of a second extrusion. The strike plate has hooks and the latch has a bail which is dimensioned to engage the hooks. Each of the latches are switchable between an unlocked orientation wherein the bail is free from the hooks and a locked position wherein the bail engages the hooks and biases the two extrusions together. The strike plate, bail, and hooks are dimensioned and configured such that up to four extrusions can be latched around a single fifth central extrusion.

The invention concerns a building system for building a structure such as a dwelling, garage, shop, school, hall or the like comprising a number of interconnecting components whose assembly is dictated by their size and shape, the invention extends to components of said building system; a kit of parts thereof; and a method for building dwellings, garages, shops, schools, halls or the like.

A construction stud and track system having a track that includes a central longitudinally extending track portion having a first longitudinal track edge and a second longitudinal track edge opposing the first track edge; a first planar track panel extending substantially perpendicularly from the first track edge; a second planar track panel extending substantially perpendicularly from the second track edge and substantially parallel to the first planar track panel; a first engagement formation located on a planar track panel; a stud including a central longitudinally extending stud portion having a first stud edge and a second stud edge opposing the first stud edge; a first planar stud panel extending from the first stud edge; a second planar stud panel extending from the second stud edge; and a second engagement formation located on a planar stud panel, wherein the first engagement formation is configured to engage a second engagement formation.