Tool free transitional shelter
OwnerFrank W. Schooleyinventor
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A modular shelter comprising a first side wall, first end wall, second side wall, second end wall, first roof section, and a second roof section cut from stock material, such that: (a) the first side wall and the first end wall, the first end wall and the second side wall, the second side wall and the second end wall, and the second end wall and the first side wall are disposed at an angle between 60 and 120 degrees relative to one another and are connected by at least two mortise and tenon joints; and (b) the first roof section and the second roof section are disposed at an angle between 45 and 180 degrees relative to one another and are connected by at least two mortise and tenon joints; wherein the components of the mortise and tenon joints are created using one tool resulting in a novel joint.
Claims18
A modular shelter comprising a first side wall, a first end wall, a second side wall, a second end wall, a first roof section, and a second roof section cut from a stock material, such that:
- (a) the first side wall and the first end wall, the first end wall and the second side wall, the second side wall and the second end wall, and the second end wall and the first side wall are disposed at an angle between 60 and 120 degrees relative to one another and are connected by at least two mortise and tenon joints;
- and (b) the first roof section and the second roof section are disposed at an angle between 45 and 180 degrees relative to one another and are connected by at least two mortise and tenon joints;
- wherein, the mortise and tenon joints are assembled by a process comprising the steps of:
- (1) cutting at least one first mortise into the first side wall, the first end wall, the second side wall, the second end wall, the first roof section, and the second roof section;
- (2) cutting a first member having a left side, a right side, a left edge, a right edge, a top edge and a bottom edge from the stock material, wherein the length of the first member is at least the distance between the first mortise in the first end wall, the second side wall, the second end wall, the first roof section, or the second roof section, and the first mortise in an adjacent wall or section;
- (3) cutting at least one first tenon on the left side of the first member and at least one second tenon on the right side of the first member such that the first tenon protrudes from an edge on the left side of the first member and the second tenon protrudes from an edge on the right side of the first member, wherein the size and shape of the first tenon and the second tenon correspond to the size and shape of the first mortise such that the first tenon and the second tenon each fit within the first mortise, and the first tenon and the second tenon are each comprised of a distal end, a left side and a right side;
- (4) cutting a second mortise in the distal end of the first tenon and a third mortise in the distal end of the second tenon;
- (5) cutting locking pegs from the stock material corresponding in size and shape to the second mortise and the third mortise such that each locking peg fits within the second mortise and within the third mortise, and the locking pegs comprise a top portion, a bottom portion, and two side portions;
- (6) inserting at least one first tenon into the first mortise of a wall or section;
- (7) inserting at least second tenon into the first mortise of an adjacent wall or section;
- and (8) inserting one locking peg into the second mortise and one locking peg into the third mortise.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.