Shipping container expansion insert
AssigneeRebox Containers Inc.
InventorMichael J. Crozier
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Abstract
An expansion insert for converting an ISO shipping container into a housing unit is provided, the insert having a compacted form reversibly convertible to a expanded form. The insert has a frame assembly torsionally hinged to a roof assembly and a floor assembly. Two pivot walls and a sidewall are also built into the insert. The insert may be compacted for shipping, expanded after insertion into an ISO container, and compacted again on the ISO container.
Claims8
An expansion insert having no more than five exterior walls, the exterior walls consisting of three sidewalls, a roof wall disposed within a roof assembly, a floor wall disposed within a floor assembly, the insert further comprising a rectangular frame torsionally hinged to each of the roof assembly and the floor assembly, wherein the rectangular frame is sized and shaped for attachment within an opening of an ISO shipping container,
- wherein the insert is sized and shaped for expanding a shelter space of the ISO container and converting the ISO shipping container into a housing unit when attached to the ISO shipping container,
- wherein the insert has a compacted form and an expanded form, wherein the two forms are reversibly convertible,
- wherein when the insert is in the expanded form the insert takes the shape of a six-sided structure, wherein the three sidewalls, the roof wall, and the floor wall make up five sides of the six-sided structure, and the sixth side has no wall and is open to the shelter space of the ISO shipping container when attached to the ISO shipping container, and
- wherein when the insert is in the compacted form the exterior walls are enclosed within the rectangular frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.