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US 7,637,060 B2Granted
Side access container, garage, building, or shelter
OwnerScott A. Starheim, Bruce D. Rossinventors
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Abstract
A building is equipped with gull-wing doors that open the whole or substantially the whole side of the building, thereby providing easy access to the interior which may be used as a roll-through garage or when mounted on a truck or trailer, the invention makes a roll-on-roll-off covered transporter. Similarly as a horse trailer and the like. Fire fighter's rest station, equipment shed, decontamination wash room, vending kiosk, etc.
Claims10
A shelter having at least one lift door for access comprising in combination:
- a. a shelter comprising at least one door having a generally vertical door panel and a roof panel fixedly attached to an upper edge of said vertical door panel and extending generally inwardly toward the center of a top of the shelter, and a hinge attaching an inner edge of said roof panel to the top of the shelter, and
- b. at least one jack fixedly attached in a vertical position for providing continuous vertical lift forces to open said door, and continuous vertical supporting forces while closing said door, and
- c. at least one brace member extending from the proximity of a lower edge of said vertical door panel to the proximity of the inner edge of said roof panel, said brace member having a portion adapted as a track for receiving a truck traversing said track, said truck being attached to a distal end of an arm extending from a moving portion of said jack to the vicinity of said brace member, and
- d. whereby, when said jack is raised vertically, said truck rises concurrently and travels along said track continuously lifting and, thereby causing said door to be opened by pivoting on said hinge.
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A lift door for providing access to a shelter comprising in combination:
- a. a shelter door comprising a generally vertical door panel and a shelter roof portion, said roof portion being at least one panel fixedly attached to an upper edge of said vertical door panel and extending generally inwardly toward the center of a top of the shelter, and a hinge attaching a distal edge of said roof portion to the top of the shelter, and
- b. at least one track member extending from the proximity of a lower edge of said vertical door panel to the proximity of the distal edge of said roof portion, and
- c. at least one vertically mounted jack for providing vertical motion and lifting force to raise said door to an open position, and
- d. said jack further comprising at least one outwardly extending arm having a truck attached to a distal end of said arm, whereby said truck traverses along said track, said truck further comprising at least one wheel or skid, and
- e. whereby, when said jack is raised, said arm and truck rise and said truck travels along said track, thereby applying lifting forces from said jack to said track, thereby causing said door to be opened by pivoting on said hinge.
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A lift door and lifting means for a shelter comprising in combination:
- a. a shelter having front, back, left, right, and top sides and at least one ridge pole approximately centered along the top from the front to the back of said shelter, and
- b. further comprising left and right door panels each adapted to close openings in the left and right shelter sides, each door panel further comprising a roof portion comprising at least one roof panel, said roof portion having one edge attached to an upper edge of said door panel, and the opposite edge of said roof portion panel hingedly attached to said ridge pole, and
- c. each said door further comprising at least one track for receiving lifting forces from a vertically mounted door lifting jack, said track extending from the vicinity of a lower edge of the door panel to the vicinity of the opposite edge of said roof panel having said hinge, and
- d. wherein the jack is a screw jack comprising a freely turning screw and a cooperating jack nut running on said screw, wherein the screw turns within the non-turning nut, thereby moving said nut in a vertical direction along said screw, and
- e. where said nut further comprises left and right arms having wheeled trucks attached to distal ends of the arms, and extending left and right from said jack nut to said door tracks, where said trucks travel along the tracks, and
- f. whereby when said jack is operated, said arms and trucks move vertically in response to the operation of said jack and raise or lower said track and connected door to provide access to an interior of the shelter.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.