Firefighter training building having a reconfigurable floor plan
AssigneeFire Facilities, Inc.
InventorSteven P. Westra
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Abstract
A firefighter training building having a system of movable and removable partition walls for changing the interior floor plan layout of the building is disclosed. The system includes a plurality of tracks disposed above the movable walls and a plurality of movable and removable wall panels slidably mounted on the tracks.
Claims50
A firefighter training apparatus comprising:
- a training building, wherein the training building is specially designed for the purpose of training firefighters;
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- a movable wall disposed inside of the training building wherein the wall can be moved to change the floor plan of the training building.
A firefighter training apparatus comprising:
- a training building having as it primary purpose the training of firefighters;
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- a room partitioning system, wherein the partitioning system includes a plurality of walls movable to a first position to define a first floor plan and a second position to define a second floor plan different from the first floor plan.
A room partitioning system for a firefighter training building comprising:
- a first track, wherein the first track includes a first bottom wall having first and second opposing outer edges, and a first sidewall extending upward and having top and bottom ends, wherein the bottom end is attached to the first bottom wall;
- a second track configured for slidable engagement with the first track, wherein the second track includes a second bottom wall, second and third sidewalls extending upward from the second bottom wall, and a flange member attached to the second sidewall and extending inward above the second bottom wall from the second sidewall toward the third sidewall, wherein during slidable engagement of the second track with the first track, the second sidewall is disposed adjacent to, and extends upward above, the first outer edge of the first bottom wall, the third sidewall is disposed adjacent to, and extends upward above, the second outer edge of the first bottom wall, and the flange member is disposed over the top of the first sidewall.
A room partitioning system for a firefighter training building comprising:
- a first track having a bottom wall and an upwardly directed sidewall;
- a movable wall;
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- a second track attached to the movable wall and configured for slidable engagement with the first track, wherein the second track can be disengaged from the first track only when the second track is tilted at an angle relative to the first track.
A room partitioning system for a firefighter training building comprising:
- a first track having a first channel;
- a second track configured for slidable engagement with the first track wherein the second track includes a second channel, wherein during slidable engagement of the second track with the first track, the first channel is disposed in the second channel;
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- a movable wall attached to the second track.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.