US 6,598,363 B1Granted

Temporary building structure

OwnerSharon P. Ferguson, Peter B. Fergusoninventors

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Abstract

A temporary building structure for providing a modular shelter which can be quickly set up and taken down. The temporary building structure includes a plurality of side panels each of which includes a top edge; and also includes a plurality of elongate side panel support members being securely attached along the top edges of the side panels; and further includes a plurality of cross beams being removably attached to the elongate panel support members; and also includes a plurality of roof panels being removably mounted upon the side panels and each having a top edge and a bottom edge; and further includes a plurality of elongate roof panel support members being attached along the top and bottom edges of the roof panels; and further includes at least one peak cap member being removably and securely attached upon the top edges of the roof panels.

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Dependent claims

A temporary building structure comprising:

a plurality of side panels each of which includes a top edge;
a plurality of elongate side panel support members being securely attached along said top edges of said side panels;
a plurality of cross beams being removably attached to said elongate panel support members;
a plurality of roof panels being removably mounted upon said side panels and each having a top edge and a bottom edge;
a plurality of elongate roof panel support members being attached along said top and bottom edges of said roof panels;
and
at least one peak cap member being removably and securely attached upon said top edges of said roof panels;
wherein each of said elongate side panel support members has a top, and includes a plurality of holes being spaced apart and being disposed in said top, and further includes a plurality of dowels being spaced apart and being securely disposed in said top, and also includes a ring-like bracket being securely attached to a side of said elongate side panel support member near an end thereof;
and
wherein said elongate roof panel support members include top elongate roof panel support members being securely attached along said top edges of said roof panels and each having a side and a plurality of holes and dowels being spaced apart and being disposed in said side thereof, and also include bottom elongate roof panel support members being securely attached along said bottom edges of said roof panels and each having a bottom and a plurality of holes and dowels being spaced apart and being disposed in said bottom thereof, pairs of opposed said top elongate roof panel support members being removably attached to one another with said dowels of one of said opposed said top elongate roof panel support member being removably received in said holes of the other of said opposed said top elongate roof panel support member, each of said bottom elongate roof panel support members being removably attached to a respective said elongate side panel support members.

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A temporary building structure comprising:

a plurality of side panels each of which includes a top edge;
a plurality of side panel support members attached along said top edges of said side panels;
a plurality of roof panels removably mounted upon said side panels and each having a top edge and a bottom edge;
a plurality of elongate roof panel support members attached along said top and bottom edges of said roof panels;
and
wherein each of said elongate side panel support members includes:
a top;
a plurality of holes being spaced apart and being disposed in said top;
a plurality of dowels being spaced apart and being disposed in said top;
and
a ring bracket being attached to a side of said elongate side panel support member near an end thereof;
and wherein said elongate roof panel support members include:
top elongate roof panel support members attached along said top edges of said roof panels and each having a side and a plurality of holes and dowels being spaced apart and being disposed in said side thereof;
bottom elongate roof panel support members attached along said bottom edges of said roof panels and each having a bottom and a plurality of holes and dowels being spaced apart and being disposed in said bottom thereof;
and
pairs of opposed said top elongate roof panel support members being removably attached to one another with said dowels of one of said opposed said top elongate roof panel support member being removably received in said holes of the other of said opposed said top elongate roof panel support member, each of said bottom elongate roof panel support members being removably attached to a respective said elongate side panel support members.

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A temporary building structure comprising:

a plurality of side panels each of which includes a top edge, each of said side panels being corrugated and also having a longitudinal planar side end portion having a plurality of holes being spaced apart and being disposed therethrough, said side panels including pairs of said side panels with each said pair of said side panels including a first side panel being fastened with fasteners along its said longitudinal planar side end portion to said longitudinal planar side end portion of a second side panel;
a plurality of elongate side panel support members being securely attached along said top edges of said side panels, each of said elongate side panel support members having a top, and including a plurality of holes being spaced apart and being disposed in said top, and further including a plurality of dowels being paced apart and being securely disposed in said top, and also including a ring-like bracket being securely attached to a side of said elongate side panel support member near an end thereof;
a plurality of cross beams being removably attached to said elongate panel support members, each of said cross beams including hook-shaped end portions being removably received in said ring-like brackets of said elongate side panel support members, said cross beams extending between opposed said side panels;
a plurality of roof panels being removably mounted upon said side panels and each having a top edge and a bottom edge, each of said roof panels also being corrugated, said roof panels and said side panels being made of Polyvinylchloride;
a plurality of elongate roof panel support members being attached along said top and bottom edges of said roof panels, said elongate roof panel support members including top elongate roof panel support members being securely attached along said top edges of said roof panels and each having a side and a plurality of holes and dowels being spaced apart and being disposed in said side thereof, and also including bottom elongate roof panel support members being securely attached along said bottom edges of said roof panels and each having a bottom and a plurality of holes and dowels being spaced apart and being disposed in said bottom thereof, pairs of opposed said top elongate roof panel support members being removably attached to one another with said dowels of one of said opposed said top elongate roof panel support member being removably received in said holes of the other of said opposed said top elongate roof panel support member, each of said bottom elongate roof panel support members being removably attached to a respective said elongate side panel support members;
and
at least one peak cap member being removably and securely attached upon said top edges of said roof panels, said at least one peak cap member including at least one inverted V-shaped plate being securely attached upon said top edges of said roof panels over said elongate roof panel support members.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.