Configurable modular shelter system
AssigneeU.S. Government as represented by the Secretary of the Army
InventorsMelvin W. Jee, Conor R. Hennessy
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Abstract
A modular shelter system includes a floor panel having a first curved surface along a lateral edge on a top side of the floor panel and a first inside surface located inside of the first curved surface. The modular shelter system additionally includes a wall panel having a second curved surface along a bottom end of the wall panel, wherein the second curved surface is configured to rotate relative to the first curved surface, and wherein the second curved surface is configured to mate with the first curved surface. The wall panel further has a second inside surface located inside of the second curved surface, wherein the second inside surface is configured to mate with the first inside surface when the wall panel is erected over the floor panel.
Claims17
A modular shelter system having interconnecting components comprising:
- a first floor panel comprising:
- a first curved surface along a lateral edge on a top side of the first floor panel;
- and
- a first inside surface located inside of the first curved surface;
- and
- a first wall panel comprising:
- a second curved surface along a bottom end of the first wall panel, wherein the second curved surface is configured to rotate relative to the first curved surface, and wherein the second curved surface is configured to mate with the first curved surface;
- and
- a second inside surface located inside of the second curved surface, wherein the second inside surface is configured to mate with the first inside surface;
- wherein the first floor panel is multisided with a plurality of lateral edges on the top side of the first floor panel, wherein along each lateral edge of the plurality of lateral edges of the first floor panel is another first curved surface and another inside surface located inside of each respective first curved surface;
- further comprising a plurality of wall panels, wherein:
- each wall panel of the plurality of wall panels comprises:
- another second curved surface along the bottom end of the wall panel;
- and
- another second inside surface located inside of the second curved surface;
- and
- wherein each wall panel of the plurality of wall panels is interchangeable in that the second curved surface along the bottom end of any wall panel of the plurality of wall panels can mate with the first curved surface along any lateral edge of the plurality of lateral edges of the first floor panel;
- further comprising a first ceiling panel wherein the first ceiling panel and the first floor panel are interchangeable, whereby the first ceiling panel is multisided with a plurality of lateral edges on a bottom side of the first ceiling panel, wherein along each lateral edge of the plurality of lateral edges of the first ceiling panel is another first curved surface and another first inside surface located inside of each respective first curved surface;
- wherein each wall panel of the plurality of wall panels further comprises:
- another second curved surface located along a top end of the wall panel, wherein each respective second curved surface along the top end of the wall panel is configured to mate with a respective first curved surface along any edge on the bottom side of the first ceiling panel;
- and
- another second inside surface located inside of each respective second curved surface at the top end of the wall panel, wherein each respective second inside surface at the top end of the wall panel is configured to mate with each respective first inside surface along any edge on the bottom side of the first ceiling panel;
- wherein the first floor panel, a set of wall panels of the plurality of wall panels, and the first ceiling panel interconnect to form a single shelter unit;
- wherein the first floor panel further comprises a plurality of support blocks on a bottom side of the first floor panel, wherein each support block of the plurality of support blocks on the bottom side of the first floor panel accommodates a jack for raising and lowering the support block to level the first floor panel;
- wherein the first ceiling panel further comprises a plurality of support blocks on a top side of the first ceiling panel, wherein each support block of the plurality of support blocks on the top side of the first ceiling panel mates with a support block of a plurality of support blocks on a bottom side of a second floor panel when stacking single shelter units into a stacked double shelter unit with the second floor panel over the first ceiling panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.