US 4,255,912 AGranted

Temporary shelter

OwnerJozsef M. Kovacsinventor

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Abstract

Method for the construction of a temporary shelter, comprising an even number of base modules of equal size each having an entrance at one end, the base modules being placed side by side in two rows with the base modules of one row facing in pairs those of the other row so as to form a hallway, the entrances opening into the hallway. Floor modules having the same width as the hallway are located between the pairs of facing base modules so as to join them at the bottom thereof. Two vestibule-forming modules having the same width as the floor modules are provided at the ends of the hallway so as to close it. The base modules are joined together by means of a first set of thin sheets of flexible sealing material each being removably secured between the front, the top and the rear walls of the base modules. A double sealing roof is removably secured over the hallway along the full length thereof, this double roof comprising a first wide sheet of flexible material having substantially the width of the hallway and spreading above it between the upper ends of the front walls of the base modules, and a second wide sheet of sealing material having a width greater than that of the hallway and spreading between the top walls of the base modules in order to sealingly insulate the hallway. A second set of thin sheets of flexible sealing material is removably secured to the base modules and to the vestibule modules so as to join them together.

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Dependent claims

Method for the construction of a temporary shelter by the simple and fast assembly, on a selected site, of a set of easily transportable modular elements comprising an even number of shelter base modules of equal size each having an entrance at one end, at least one floor module and two vestibule-forming modules having the same width as that of the floor module, said method comprising:

(a) placing the base modules side by side in two rows with the base modules of one row facing, in pairs, those of the other row so as to form a hallway and at a distance equal to the width of said floor module, said entrances opening into said hallway;
(b) placing each floor module between one pair of facing modules so as to join said facing modules at the base thereof;
(c) placing said vestibule modules at the ends of said hallway so as to close it;
(d) joining adjacent base modules of each row by means of a thin sheet of flexible sealing material removably secured to the front, top and back walls of each base module;
(e) forming a double sealing roof over the full length of said hallway by removably securing a first wide sheet of flexible material having substantially the width of said hallway, this first sheet spreading over said hallway between the upper ends of said front walls of said base modules, and a second wide sheet of flexible sealing material having a width greater than that of said hallway, said second sheet spreading above said first sheet between said top walls of said base modules whereby to sealingly insulate said hallway, and
(f) joining said vestibule modules to the base modules and to the double sealing roof at the ends of the hallway by means of thin sheets in the same manner as each pair of base modules have been joined.

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A temporary shelter obtained by assembling, on a selected site, a set of easily transportable modular elements, said shelter comprising:

(a) an even number of base modules of equal size each having an entrance at one end, said base modules being placed side by side in two rows with the base modules of one row facing, in pairs, those of the other row so as to form a hallway, said entrances opening into said hallway;
(b) at least one floor module having the same width as said hallway, each floor module being placed between each pair of facing base modules so as to join said facing modules at the base thereof;
(c) two vestibule-forming modules having substantially the same width as each floor module, said vestibule modules being placed at the ends of said hallway so as to close it;
(d) a first set of thin sheets of flexible sealing material each removably secured between the front, the top and the rear walls of said base modules so as to join them together;
(e) a double sealing roof removably secured over the hallway along the full length thereof, said double roof comprising:
a first wide sheet of flexible material having substantially the width of said hallway and spreading thereabove between the upper ends of the front walls of said base modules, and a second wide sheet of flexible sealing material having a width greater than that of said hallway and spreading between the top walls of said base modules in order to sealingly insulate said hallway, and
(f) a second set of thin sheets of flexible sealing material removably secured to said base modules and to said vestibule modules so as to join them together.

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