Mobile insulation system
AssigneeSelect Engineering Services LLC
InventorDavid Eugene Shields
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Abstract
Rigid wall shelters are used throughout the world for shipping, living quarters, and housing for electronic systems and are energy inefficient. While investigating energy-efficient technologies for rigid wall shelters the discovery was made to insulate the outside of the shelter rather than the inside. Space is often limited inside of the shelter. The invention of an external, re-deployable insulation system was developed. The present invention is an insulating system composed of three main components. The first component is multiple, purpose cut flexible envelopes filled with insulating materials (which creates a panel). The second component is multiple insulating strips that cover the joint between the panels. The final component is a weatherproof outer covering that protects the entire system from the elements.
Claims11
A mobile insulation system comprising:
- a panel array comprising:
- a plurality of panels configured to cover a rigid wall structure, comprising flexible envelopes filled with an insulating material, wherein each of the plurality of panels comprises an attachment hardware configured to couple adjacent panels of the plurality of panels,
- wherein the attachment hardware comprises a panel fastener disposed on an outboard surface of adjacent panels of the plurality of panels;
- a plurality of insulating strips configured to cover joints between each of the plurality of panels, wherein each of the plurality of insulating strips comprise:
- a flexible base member,
- a strip fastener coupled to the flexible base member and configured to couple to the fastener of the panel fastener, and
- a flexible insulating material coupled to the base member and configured to cover a gap between adjacent panels of the plurality of panels;
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- a weatherproof outer covering disposed over the panel array and configured to protect the mobile insulation system and the rigid wall structure from the elements.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.