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US 4,785,590 AGranted
Enclosure with telescoping walls
OwnerPaul R. Jonesinventor
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Abstract
An enclosure for use as a garage, storage shed and the like comprises a roof supported at its four corners by vertical posts, and front, back and opposed side walls each including a plurality of telescoping wall panels movable between a raised position in which the wall panels are nested together near the roof and a lowered position wherein the wall panels extend between the roof and ground. A cable and pulley system is operable to raise and lower all four walls simultaneously to provide access to the interior of the enclosure from any point along the perimeter of the enclosure.
Claims5
An enclosure comprising:
- a roof having four corners;
- vertical supports mounted to each corner of said roof for supporting said roof above the ground;
- a front wall, a back wall and opposed side walls each mounted to said roof, each of said walls including a plurality of vertically oriented, telescoping wall panels comprising:.
- (i) a planar top;
- (ii) opposed sides connected at each end of said planar top and extending outwardly therefrom;
- (iii) a U-shaped channel connected to each of said opposed sides;
- (iv) a hanger mounted to said planar top, said hanger being formed with hooks at opposite ends, said hooks of said hanger of one wall panel being formed to seat within said U-shaped channels of an adjacent wall panel so that said one wall panel is supported upon and hangs downwardly from said adjacent wall panel;
- said wall panels of said front and rear walls being formed with opposed ends which abut an end of said wall panels of each said side walls;
- mounting means for mounting said ends of each of said wall panels of said front and rear walls to said abutting ends of said wall panels of said opposed side walls;
- means connected to said opposed side walls for simultaneously moving said wall panels of each said opposed side walls and said front and rear walls between a raised position in which said telescoping wall panels are nested together and an extended position in which said wall panels extend from said roof to the ground.
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