Mobile container building for personnel deployed in military, humanitarian and/or expeditionary operations

• US 10,640,998 B2
• Filed: 10/31/2018
• Issued: 05/05/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 11/06/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kaercher Futuretech Gmbh
• Original Assignee: Kaercher Futuretech Gmbh
• Inventors: Andersen, S Harald Vige Teie, Popp, Thomas
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Chi Q
• Application Number:
  US16/176,857
• Publication Number:
  US 20190136552A1
• Time in Patent Office: 552 Days
• Field of Search: 52 791, 52 799, 52 795, 522204, 523021, 522201, 52143, 52425, 454187
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 1/34336 Structures movable as a whole, e.g. mobile home structures vehicles comprising living accommodation for people, e.g. caravans, camping or like vehicles B60P3/32
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 1/34869 Elements for special technical purposes, e.g. with a sanitary equipment
• CPC Class Codes: E04H 1/1205 Small buildings erected in the open air E04H1/1272 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E04H 1/1216 Public W.C.s
• CPC Class Codes: E04H 1/1266 Cubicles for dressing; Toilets
• CPC Class Codes: E04H 2001/1283 Small buildings of the ISO containers type

Abstract

A mobile container building for military, humanitarian and/or expeditionary applications has a transportable container with a floor panel, a ceiling panel and side walls, which together define an interior space having a longitudinal extent. An interior arrangement, which provides a functional working area for deployed personnel, is arranged in the interior space. The floor panel has a ribbed structure including a plurality of ribs evenly spaced apart from one another on a side oriented towards the interior space. A load-bearing steel sheet is secured onto the ribbed structure. The steel sheet covers the ribbed structure and carries the interior arrangement.

Claims

1. A mobile container building for personnel deployed for at least one of military, humanitarian or expeditionary operations, comprising:

a transportable container having a floor panel, a ceiling panel and side walls, which together define an interior space having a longitudinal extent, and

an interior arrangement, which defines a functional working area within the interior space for the personnel deployed,

wherein the interior arrangement is installed in an operationally permanent manner in the interior space,

wherein the floor panel comprises a ribbed structure having a plurality of ribs evenly spaced apart from one another on a side oriented towards the interior space, with the ribs extending in the longitudinal extent and forming a plurality of ducts evenly spaced apart from one another,

wherein a load-bearing steel sheet is secured onto the ribbed structure, wherein the load-bearing steel sheet substantially covers the ribbed structure, and

wherein the load-beating steel sheet carries the interior arrangement.

2. The mobile container building of claim 1, wherein the side walls facing towards the interior space are seamlessly clad with stainless steel sheets or aluminum sheets.

3. The mobile container building of claim 1, wherein the load-bearing steel sheet completely covers the ribbed structure in the functional working area.

4. The mobile container building of claim 3, wherein the load-bearing steel sheet has an upward-projecting end surface in the region of the side walls, and wherein a downward-projecting sealing diaphragm is arranged on the side walls, wherein the downward-projecting sealing diaphragm engages from above around the upward-projecting end surface.

5. The mobile container building of claim 1, wherein the side walls have a multi-layer structure with an integrated insulation material.

6. The mobile container building of claim 1, wherein the transportable container is a refrigerated container approved for sea freight shipping.

7. The mobile container building of claim 6, wherein the transportable container is an integral reefer container.

8. The mobile container building according to claim 6, wherein the refrigerated container has a frame structure with mounting holes, and wherein an exterior wall with an integrated access door is secured to the mounting holes.

9. The mobile container building of claim 1, further comprising lighting arranged on the ceiling panel and oriented towards the interior space, which lighting has electrical connecting cables routed openly or routed inside a visible cable duct.

10. The mobile container building of claim 1, wherein the container comprises, transversely to the longitudinal extent, an access opening having an unobstructed interior height and an unobstructed interior width, and wherein the interior arrangement has a static installation height that is smaller than the unobstructed interior height.

11. The mobile container building of claim 1, wherein the load-bearing steel sheet extends in the longitudinal extent over only a part of the ribbed structure, and wherein an interior wall, which delimits the functional working area, is secured at the end of the load-bearing steel sheet.

12. The mobile container building according to claim 11, further comprising technical supply units arranged on the ribbed structure on a side of the interior wall facing away from the functional working area.

13. The mobile container building of claim 1, wherein the interior arrangement has a total weight and the load-bearing steel sheet carries more than 75% of the total weight.

14. The mobile container building of claim 13, wherein the load-bearing steel sheet carries more than 90% of the total weight.

15. The mobile container building of claim 1, wherein the load-bearing steel sheet comprises a water drainage duct extending in the longitudinal extent.

16. The mobile container building of claim 1, wherein the interior arrangement comprises at least one of cupboards, work tables, coat racks, benches, computers, heaters, wash basins, toilets or showers, which are respectively supported on the load-bearing steel sheet.

17. A mobile container building for personnel deployed in military, humanitarian or expeditionary operations, comprising

a transportable container having a floor panel, a ceiling panel and side walls, which together define an interior space having a longitudinal extent, with the floor panel having a ribbed structure comprising a plurality of ribs extending in the longitudinal extent and forming a plurality of ducts evenly spaced apart from one another,

a load-bearing steel sheet secured onto the ribbed structure so as to cover the ribbed structure, and

an interior arrangement defining an operating area within the interior space for the personnel deployed,

wherein the interior arrangement has a total weight,

wherein the load-bearing steel sheet completely covers the ribbed structure in the operating area, and

wherein the interior arrangement is installed in an operationally permanent manner on the load-bearing steel sheet, wherein the load-bearing steel sheet supports more than 75% of the total weight.

18. The mobile container building of claim 17, wherein the load-bearing steel sheet supports more than 90% of the total weight.

19. The mobile container building of claim 17, wherein the transportable container is an integral reefer container.