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US 8,763,315 B2Granted
Folding shed
AssigneeMorris L. Hartman
InventorsMorris L. Hartman, Carrol O. Hartman
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Abstract
A folding shed including a roof with a first roof section pivotally connected to a first sidewall and a second roof section pivotally connected to a second sidewall. The folding shed may further include foldable first and second end walls, each pivotally connected to the first and second sidewalls. The folding shed may be transformed from an operation to a storage configuration by outwardly pivoting the first and second roof sections until the exterior surface of each roof section approximately abuts the exterior surface of the sidewall to which it is connected and inwardly moving foldable end walls until the interior surfaces of the sidewalls approximately abut the interior surfaces of the end walls.
Claims22
A folding shed comprising:
- a first sidewall and a second sidewall each having a horizontal length;
- a first roof section pivotally coupled with the first sidewall with a roof hinge comprising a first hinge portion having a T-shaped cross-section and a second hinge portion engaging the first hinge portion;
- a second roof section pivotally coupled with the second sidewall and independently pivotable relative to the first roof section;
- a foldable first end wall pivotally coupled with the first sidewall, and the first end wall pivotally coupled with the second sidewall;
- a foldable second end wall pivotally coupled with the first sidewall, and the second end wall pivotally coupled with the second sidewall;
- the first and second sidewalls, the first and second roof sections, and the first and second foldable end walls are configurable into a first configuration to define an interior of a shed;
- the first roof section pivots outwardly from the interior of the shed when the first and second sidewalls, the first and second roof sections, and the first and second foldable end walls are configured in the first configuration, and
- the first sidewall comprises first and second sidewall panels, the first sidewall panel extending between a generally continuous first sidewall member and a second sidewall member and having a horizontal length less than the horizontal length of the first sidewall, the second sidewall member positioned between the first and second sidewall panels, the first and second sidewall panels terminating at a third sidewall member, wherein:
- the first sidewall member comprises a generally rectangular hollow body that extends along substantially the full horizontal length of the first sidewall in such a manner that the first sidewall member prevents the first sidewall from folding along a vertical length of the first sidewall between the first and second end walls when the folding shed is reconfigured from the first configuration to a folded configuration and that is joined to a first channel, the first channel configured to receive a first edge portion of the first sidewall panel,
- the second sidewall member comprises a second channel configured to receive a second edge portion of the first sidewall panel,
- the third sidewall member comprises a third channel configured to receive a third edge portion of the first and second sidewall panels, the third sidewall member extends along substantially the full vertical length of the first and second sidewall panels in such a manner that the third sidewall member prevents the first sidewall from folding along a horizontal length of the first sidewall between the first and second sidewall panels when the folding shed is reconfigured from the first configuration to the folded configuration, and
- the first sidewall panel includes a first plate and a second plate spaced apart from the first plate so as to define a space between the first and second plates;
- wherein when the folding shed is in the folded configuration, the first sidewall, the second sidewall, the first end wall, and the second end wall are positioned between the first and second roof sections.
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A method for configuring a folding building from an operation to a folded storage configuration comprising:
- pivoting a first roof section of a roof of a building outwardly until a surface of the first roof section approximately abuts a first sidewall comprising first and second sidewall panels, the first sidewall panel extending between a generally continuous first sidewall member and a second sidewall member and having a horizontal length less than the horizontal length of the first sidewall, the second sidewall member positioned between the first and second sidewall panels, the first and second sidewall panels terminating at a third sidewall member, the first sidewall member comprising a generally rectangular hollow body that extends along substantially the full horizontal length of the first sidewall in such a manner that the first sidewall member prevents the first sidewall from folding along a vertical length of the first sidewall when the folding shed is reconfigured from the operation configuration to the folded storage configuration and that is joined to a first channel, the first channel configured to receive a first edge portion of the first sidewall panel, the second sidewall member comprising a second channel configured to receive a second edge portion of the first sidewall panel, the third sidewall member comprising a third channel configured to receive a third edge portion of the first and second sidewall panels, the third sidewall member extending along substantially the full vertical length of the first and second sidewall panels in such a manner that the third sidewall member prevents the first sidewall from folding along a horizontal length of the first sidewall between the first and second sidewall panels when the folding shed is reconfigured from the first configuration to the folded configuration, and the first sidewall panel including a first plate and a second plate spaced apart from the first plate so as to define a space between the first and second plates;
- pivoting a second roof section of the roof outwardly until a surface of the second roof section approximately abuts a second sidewall, the second roof section independently pivotable relative to the first roof section;
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- folding a first end wall of the building inwardly;
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- folding a second end wall of the building inwardly;
- wherein the folding building further comprises a roof hinge configured to allow the first roof section to pivot relative to the first sidewall, the roof hinge comprising a first hinge portion having a T-shaped cross section and a second hinge portion engaging the first hinge portion;
- wherein when the folding shed is in the folded configuration, the first sidewall, the second sidewall, the first end wall, and the second end wall are positioned between the first and second roof sections.
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