Portable shelter
AssigneeDuffield Marine, Inc.
InventorMarshall Duffield
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Abstract
A portable shelter includes one or more floor panels, a plurality of exterior wall panels, and one or more roof panels. Each of the floor panels defines a plurality of floor panel apertures. Each of the exterior wall panels has a first wall flange that abuts a floor panel from among the one or more floor panels and defines a plurality of first flange apertures that align with the plurality of floor panel apertures of the floor panel. Each of the floor, exterior wall, and roof panels includes a foam core and two fiberglass sheets sandwiching the foam core. A plurality of threaded fasteners may be inserted through the one or more floor panels and the flanges of the plurality of exterior wall panels via the aligned pluralities of apertures.
Claims21
A portable shelter comprising:
- one or more floor panels, each of the floor panels defining a plurality of floor panel apertures;
- a plurality of exterior wall panels, each of the exterior wall panels having a first wall flange that abuts a floor panel from among the one or more floor panels and defines a plurality of first flange apertures that align with the plurality of floor panel apertures of the floor panel, the first wall flange having a first portion parallel to the exterior wall panel and a second portion perpendicular to the exterior wall panel, the second portion of the first wall flange defining the plurality of first flange apertures;
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- one or more roof panels,
- wherein each of the floor, exterior wall, and roof panels includes a foam core and two fiberglass sheets sandwiching the foam core.
A method of assembling a portable shelter, the method comprising:
- providing a floor panel and an exterior wall panel, the floor panel and the exterior wall panel each including a foam core and two fiberglass sheets sandwiching the foam core;
- aligning a plurality of apertures defined by the floor panel with a plurality of apertures defined by a flange of the exterior wall panel, the flange of the exterior wall panel having a first portion parallel to the exterior wall panel and a second portion perpendicular to the exterior wall panel, the second portion defining the plurality of apertures of the flange;
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- inserting a threaded fastener through the floor panel and the flange of the exterior wall panel via the aligned pluralities of apertures.
A portable shelter comprising:
- one or more floor panels, each of the floor panels defining a plurality of floor panel apertures;
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- a plurality of exterior wall panels, each of the exterior wall panels comprising a foam core and two fiberglass sheets sandwiching the foam core, one of the two fiberglass sheets having one or more flanges that extend perpendicular to the fiberglass sheet, the one or more flanges defining a plurality of spaced apertures that align with the plurality of floor panel apertures of the one or more floor panels, each of the one or more flanges having a first portion parallel to the exterior wall panel and a second portion perpendicular to the exterior wall panel, the second portion defining the plurality of spaced apertures.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.