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US 10,047,514 B2Granted
Portable building
AssigneeG-POD Pty Ltd
InventorsDan Sparks, Roger Hill
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Abstract
A portable building, the portable building including: a body having at least one wall that is adapted to move from a substantially vertical position to a second position; and at least one slideout portion that slides outwardly from the body. The body is substantially the size of an ISO shipping container in a transport configuration.
Claims12
A portable building including:
- a body having:
- at least one wall positioned to move from a substantially vertical position to a second position;
- at least one slideout portion positioned to slide outwardly from the body;
- and
- a biasing member arranged to bias the at least one wall to the substantially vertical position, the biasing member comprising a gear assembly and a spring assembly, wherein
- the gear assembly and the spring assembly are arranged to interact to prevent over rotation of the at least one wall,
- the at least one wall is positioned to move from the substantially vertical position past a predetermined position to overcome the bias from the biasing member and continue to move to a substantially horizontal position,
- the gear assembly comprises a gear rotatably mounted upon an axle and a rack engaged with both the gear and the spring assembly, and an outer housing encompassing both the gear and rack, with the rack positioned to slide along the housing, and
- the rack and housing are engaged to confine maximum rotation of the at least one wall to approximately 90 degrees.
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A portable building including:
- a body having:
- at least one wall positioned to move from a substantially vertical position to a second position;
- at least one slideout portion positioned to slide outwardly from the body;
- and
- a biasing member arranged to bias the at least one wall to the substantially vertical position, the biasing member comprising a gear assembly and a spring assembly, wherein
- the gear assembly and the spring assembly are arranged to interact to prevent over rotation of the at least one wall, and
- the at least one wall is positioned to move from the substantially vertical position past a predetermined position to overcome the bias from the biasing member and continue to move to a substantially horizontal position, and additionally comprising
- a top wall and a bottom wall,
- slidable portions positioned to slide out from opposite ends of said top and bottom walls and form walls positioned perpendicularly to one another,
- with two such walls being two said movable walls positioned on opposite sides of said top and bottom walls upon sliding out, and
- two such walls being end walls perpendicularly positioned to said two movable walls upon sliding out.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.