Collapsible building
AssigneePat's Tent Limited
InventorPatrick Murphy
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Abstract
A collapsible building including a semi-trailer chassis. At each side of the chassis a pair of sidewalls are foldable between a collapsed position on the chassis for transport and an outwardly extended in-use position. Ground-engaging support legs are provided at an outer end of each sidewall. In the extended in-use position, a collapsible floor extends between each pair of sidewalls, the floor having a number of hinged panels which collapse onto the chassis sliding along the sidewalls. A folding roof is formed by a number of rafters movable from a nested position on the chassis to extend out along a top of the sidewalls, slidably engaging the sidewalls. An end wall extends between free ends of the sidewalls.
Claims15
A transportable and collapsible temporary building, comprising a wheeled chassis, at least two building sidewalls mounted on the chassis for movement between a collapsed stored position on the chassis and an outwardly extended in-use position, one or more ground engaging supports engagable between each sidewall and the ground to support each sidewall in the extended position, a collapsible roof extendable between the sidewalls and a collapsible floor extendable between the sidewalls, the floor including a number of foldable panels interconnected by hinge joints with rollers being provided adjacent outer ends of some of the hinge joints slidably engaging complementary tracks on the sidewalls, and bias means being provided to urge the panels towards a folded position.
A transportable and collapsible temporary building, comprising a wheeled chassis, at least two building sidewalls mounted on the chassis for movement between a collapsed stored position on the chassis and an outwardly extended in-use position, one or more ground engaging supports engagable between each sidewall and the ground to support each sidewall in the extended position, a collapsible roof extendable between the sidewalls and a collapsible floor extendable between the sidewalls, the floor including a number of foldable panels interconnected by hinge joints with rollers being provided adjacent outer ends of some of the hinge joints slidably engaging complementary tracks on the sidewalls, and ram means being provided at one or more hinge joints connected between adjacent panels, the ram means being operable to initiate folding of the panels from the open floor-forming position.
A transportable and collapsible temporary building, comprising a wheeled chassis, at least two building sidewalls mounted on the chassis for movement between a collapsed stored position on the chassis and an outwardly extended in-use position, one or more ground engaging supports engagable between each sidewall and the ground to support each sidewall in the extended position, a collapsible roof extendable between the sidewalls and a collapsible floor extendable between the sidewalls, the roof being movable between a nested folded position on the chassis between the sidewalls through a raised folded position on the chassis adjacent an upper end of each sidewall and a raised extended position between the sidewalls, the roof being formed by a number of rafters having rollers at each end engagable with complementary tracks at a top of each sidewall and roof cladding for mounting between the rafters in the extended position, the roof cladding being attached to the rafters, the roof cladding including flexible sheets of material mounted between adjacent rafters, and each roof cladding sheet having a bead along each side edge of the sheet located in a complementary socket extending along a side edge of each rafter.
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