# US 12,000,136 B2 · Foldable living compartment > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,000,136 B2 - Document ID: US12000136B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/100,072 - Filed: 2023-01-23 - Published: 2023-05-25 - Granted: 2024-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2023-01-23 - Assignees: Nan Ya Plastics Corporation - Applicants: Nan Ya Plastics Corporation - Inventors: Kuei-Yung Wang - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12000136B2 ## CPC - E04B 1/34317: {Set of building elements forming a self-contained package for transport before assembly} - E04B 1/34315: {characterised by separable parts} - E04B 1/34321: {mainly constituted by panels} - E04B 1/3445: {foldable in a flat stack of parallel panels} - E04B 1/345: {Structures deriving their rigidity from concertina folds} - E04B: GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS (border constructions of opening in walls, floors or ceilings E06B1/00; {electromagnetic shielding H05K9/0001}) ## Abstract A collapsible living compartment comprising a frame supporting and a floor which is connected to a sidewall formed from two or more panels, wherein at least one of panels includes a supporting member and a passage embedded within a space defined between two outer skins, and at least part of the space is filled with insulating material. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A collapsible living compartment comprising a panel having, first and second outer skins arranged parallel to one another thereby defining a space which is at least partly filled with an insulating material; first and second supporting members sandwiched between the first and second outer skins, the first and second supporting members are arranged at opposite end portions of the space; first and second elongated hollow tubes defining first and second passages, and positioned inside the space and between the first and second supporting members; and the first and second supporting members are structurally independent of the first and second elongated hollow tubes; wherein the first supporting member is larger than the second supporting member in at least one dimension and the first passage is larger than the second passage in at least one dimension. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The collapsible living compartment as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first supporting member of one panel is configured to receive at least part of the second supporting member of another panel when the two panels are connected. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The collapsible living compartment as claimed in claim 2, wherein the first supporting member includes a recess for receiving at least part of the second supporting member. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The collapsible living compartment as claimed in claim 1, wherein the passages and the respective supporting members are provided at respective opposite end portions of the panel to define the space being filled with insulating material. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The collapsible living compartment as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a sidewall connecting a floor and a ceiling. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The collapsible living compartment as claimed in claim 5, wherein the ceiling includes a first ceiling member movably connected to a second ceiling member, relative movement between the first and second ceiling member allowing the ceiling to change between expanded and retracted states. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The collapsible living compartment as claimed in claim 6, wherein the first and second ceiling members each includes at least two of the panels coupled to each other. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The collapsible living compartment as claimed in claim 5, wherein the floor includes a first floor member movably connected to a second floor member, relative movement between the first and second floor member allowing the floor to change between expanded and retracted states. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The collapsible living compartment as claimed in claim 8, wherein the first and second floor members each includes at least two of the panels coupled to each other. ### Claim 10 (depends on 5) The collapsible living compartment as claimed in claim 5, wherein the sidewall includes at least two sidewall members movably connected to each other. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The collapsible living compartment as claimed in claim 10, wherein at least one of the side wall members includes at least two of the panels coupled to each other. ### Claim 12 (depends on 5) The collapsible living compartment as claimed in claim 5, wherein the ceiling, the floor and the sidewall are interconnected via a frame for mechanical reinforcement. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The collapsible living compartment as claimed in claim 12, wherein the frame includes two or more frame members movably connected with each other for changing between expanded and retracted states. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The collapsible living compartment as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first and second supporting members are engageable via a coupler. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The collapsible living compartment as claimed in claim 14, wherein the coupler comprises the first and second coupling members, the first coupling member includes a protrusion arranged to be received by a recess of the second coupling member. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The collapsible living compartment as claimed in claim 15, wherein the first coupling member is provided with the first supporting member and the second coupling member is provided with the second supporting member. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The collapsible living compartment as claimed in claim 15, wherein the outer skins are configured to form the first and second coupling members. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The collapsible living compartment as claimed in claim 15, wherein the first and second coupling members are of complementarily shapes.