Compact sleeping unit
OwnerFrederick H. Millerinventor
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Abstract
A compact sleeping unit is provided which can be mated with similarly configured sleeping units to form a grouping for use in a wide range of situations and settings. Each unit includes a horizontal platform and mattress for the compact sleeping of an occupant and a vertically oriented area for dressing and changing which is accessible to each sleeping area through a passage. The compact sleeping unit of the present invention provides a safe, clean, secure, private, inexpensive, portable and easily erected structure to service humans in a wide range of applications.
Claims29
A structure suitable for human habitation comprising:
- a generally rectangular, vertically oriented cell, said vertical cell having a back wall spaced from a front wall and a pair of spaced side walls, said vertical cell having an internal volume of sufficient size for a person to stand upright therein;
- a generally rectangular, horizontally oriented cell, said horizontal cell having a ceiling spaced from a floor and a pair of spaced side walls, said horizontal cell having an internal volume of sufficient size for the person to recline therein;
- a platform in said horizontal cell upon which the person can recline;
- said horizontal and vertical cells being connected to form a unit so that a portion of one of said horizontal cell side walls is juxtaposed to a portion of one of said vertical cell side walls;
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- a passage between said cells through which the person can move to and between said cells.
A structure suitable for human habitation comprising:
- a generally rectangular, vertically oriented cell, said vertical cell having a back wall spaced from a front wall and a pair of spaced side walls, said vertical cell having an internal volume of sufficient size for a person to stand upright therein;
- a generally rectangular, horizontally oriented cell, said horizontal cell having a ceiling spaced from a floor and a pair of spaced side walls, said horizontal cell having an internal volume of sufficient size for the person to recline therein;
- a platform in said horizontal cell upon which the person can recline;
- said horizontal and vertical cells being connected to form a unit so that a portion of one of said horizontal cell side walls is juxtaposed to a portion of one of said vertical cell side walls;
- a passage between said cells through which the person can move to and between said cells;
- a doorway and a door on said vertical cell front wall through which the person can enter and exit said unit;
- an opening on said horizontal cell side wall opposite from said horizontal cell side wall which is juxtaposed to said vertical cell, said opening providing access to said platform and the person reclining thereon from outside of said unit;
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- a closure for said opening, said closure being capable of selective opening and closing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.