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Transformation of shipping containers to two level buildings

  • US 10,450,738 B1
  • Filed: 03/19/2018
  • Issued: 10/22/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/12/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus comprising:

  • a modular container comprising;

    a base frame having longitudinal side beams and end beams,cross beams extending between the longitudinal side beams,the cross beams including the end beams extending between ends of the side beams and intermediate beams extending between longitudinal beams spaced from the end beams,a lower floor on the cross beams,vertical columns having lower ends connected to the base frame and having upper ends,an upper frame connected to the upper ends of the vertical columns,a doorless lid positioned around the vertical columns movable upward to provide upper walls and ceiling and movable downward to close the lower floor and the container,upper level connectors connected to the lid for securing to the vertical columns and holding the lid in an upward position, andlocks connected to the lid and the base frame for holding the lid in a downward position, wherein the lid is a five-sided structure with a roof and four walls and vertical pillars in corners of the walls and wherein the pillars are configured to slide over the vertical columns, and further comprising lid corner castings connected to tops and bottoms of the vertical pillars and base corner castings connected to corners of the base frame, wherein the locks are twist locks that connect base corner castings with lid corner castings and wherein the lid locked in the downward position surrounds the lower walls and prevents access to the extensible building.

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