Modular insulated panel collapsible sport/utility shanty

• US 20060048459A1
• Filed: 09/07/2004
• Published: 03/09/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 09/07/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Thomas D. Moore
• Original Assignee: Thomas D. Moore
• Inventors: Moore, Thomas D.
• Application Number:
  US10/935,435
• Publication Number:
  US 20060048459A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 52/79.100
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 1/34321 mainly constituted by panels
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 1/6129 the connection made by expansion
• CPC Class Codes: E04H 1/1205 Small buildings erected in the open air E04H1/1272 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E04H 2001/1288 Sauna cabins

Abstract

An enclosure constructed of vinyl foam filled blow-molded panels. These panels are structured with tongue and groove connections built in to provide quick interlock one to another without the need for tools in assembly or disassembly. The construction characteristics provide panels that are rigid, strong, insulated, sound deadened with high flotation qualities. The enclosure is transportable by towing the assembled structure on a built-in sled bottom or dissembling the panels, stacking them and transporting them in a vehicle.

Claims

1. A portable enclosure for year-round outdoor activities, the enclosure comprising:

an assembly of panels structured to interlock one to another comprising interlocking floor panels, interlocking wall panels, interlocking roof panels, and an interlocking doorjamb panel, each panel comprising a molded structural shell having a hollow interior filled with thermal insulation material and having edges adapted to mate with edges of adjacent panels in tongue and groove interlocking connections forming weather sealed connections between panels, each of the panels adapted for heat insulation, sound insulation, and flotation and the assembly of panels adapted to be assembled together without the use of tools to form an enclosure, adapted to be disassembled without the use of tools, and adapted to be stacked together for transporting and storage;

2. The enclosure of claim 1 wherein the doorjamb panel further comprises a frame opening having a peripheral seal for engaging a door in a weatherproof fit and at least two vertical pins and further comprising a door having at least two brackets with vertical openings adapted to fit over the pins with a pivotable connection so that rings and pins serve as hinges for the door and the door fits within the frame opening with a tight weatherproof fit.

3. The enclosure of claim 1 wherein the panels are fabricated of vinyl formable by a blow molded process.

4. The enclosure of claim 1 wherein the panels are fabricated of vinyl formable by a vacuum molded process.

5. The enclosure of claim 1 wherein the panels are expansion foam filled to provide additional strength, rigidity, insulation, sounds deadening and added flotation.

6. The enclosure of claim 1 further comprising at least one stainless steel insert molded into a panel, the insert adapted to act as a heat shield.

7. The enclosure of claim 1 wherein the roof panels have a radius formed flange molded in a way that when assembled, sheds rain from the roof.

8. The enclosure of claim 1 further comprising a sleigh base with runners to enable the assembled enclosure to be towed.

9. The enclosure of claim 1 further comprising at least one floor trap door panel attached by a pop-in hinge to an opening in a floor panel adapted for use in ice fishing.

10. The enclosure of claim 1 further comprising at least one window opening in a side panel with side tracks adjacent to the at least one window opening and a window slide block adapted to slide in the side tracks for covering and uncovering the at least one window opening.

11. The enclosure of claim 1 further comprising a chimney access opening in a roof panel and a chimney access opening cover with a plug adapted for fitting in the chimney access opening.

12. The enclosure of claim 1 further comprising at least one pair of injected molded handy hold fasteners adapted to maintain coupling of the panels once assembled and adapted to be assembles and disassembled with out the use of tools.