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US 4,438,606 AGranted
Shelter for protecting large-size objects
OwnerAndre-Marie Chardon, Philippe Guibertinventors
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Abstract
A shelter for protecting large-size objects, such as open-air machines, cycles, motorcycles, windsurfers, etc. . . . comprises, on its front face, a door giving access to the interior of the shelter and, in its lower part, a flooring on which the object or objects to be protected with beneath the flooring, a compartment in which is housed a heave mass of which the weight is transferred onto the walls of the shelter, in order considerably to increase the total weight of the shelter and prevent easy handling thereof.
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A shelter for protecting large size objects, comprising:
- a structure having a shape adapted to the shape of the objects it is to contain and formed of two spaced vertical, longitudinal walls, and a rear wall connecting said vertical, longitudinal walls;
- a cover fitting over said walls;
- a front face, a door pivoted on said face for closing said shelter;
- a flat flooring defining with said walls a lower compartment, said flooring being constituted by a removable sheet metal;
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- in said compartment, a heavy mass whose weight bears onto the walls of the shelter in order considerably to increase the total weight of the shelter and prevent easy handling thereof.
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A shelter for protecting large size objects, comprising:
- a structure having a shape adapted to the shape of the objects it is to contain and formed of two spaced vertical, longitudinal walls, and a rear wall connecting said vertical, longitudinal walls;
- a cover fitting over said walls;
- a front face, a door pivoted on said face for closing said shelter;
- a flat flooring defining with said walls a lower compartment;
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- in said compartment, a heavy mass whose weight bears onto the walls of the shelter in order considerably to increase the total weight of the shelter and prevent easy handling thereof;
- and said vertical horizontal walls have at their lower end, flanges curved inwardly and upwardly and said mass consists of a plurality of blocks, said blocks having grooves resting on said flanges.
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