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US 4,633,626 AGranted
Knock-down extendible shelter
AssigneeThe Budd Company
InventorsRichard B. Freeman, Walter S. Eggert, Jr.
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Abstract
A knock-down extendible shelter structure is formed by a plurality of hingeable panels of wall, floor, and roof panels. Hinges are used to join the panels. The edges of the latches are used to fix them in place. A plurality of units including similar parts are adapted to be connected together to assemble a shelter of any size. The shelter is designed to be essentially a permanent building that can be readily dismantled and stored.
Claims6
An extendible shelter comprising:
- (a) a plurality of similar units each including floor, side wall and roof panels;
- (b) hinge members for connecting said side wall panels to previously assembled wall panels as units are added;
- (c) second hinge members for connecting a pair of wall panels to a pair of floor panels in the same unit;
- (d) a support beam for supporting said floor panels;
- (e) truss members connected to adjacent assembled wall panels;
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- (f) means for connecting said roof panels to said truss members;
- (g) flexible gaskets including open areas disposed within said gaskets to permit water drainage disposed around said panels and between adjacent panels when said shelter is assembled;
- (h) lateral support beams connected to adjustable jacks to permit leveling of said floor panels;
- (i) each said lateral support beams supporting floor panels of two adjacent units;
- (j) each of said units including a pair of floor panels extending outwardly from a pair of said side wall panels towards a center of said extendible shelter;
- (k) center support beams connected to adjustable jacks centrally disposed along said shelter to support a pair of floor panels in said units, and
- (l) locking mechanism including latches to lock said floor panels to said lateral and center support beams.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.