MOVABLE BUILDING STRUCTURE

• US 20110308173A1
• Filed: 09/03/2010
• Published: 12/22/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/04/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kent H. Forsland, Mike Peters
• Original Assignee: Kent H. Forsland, Mike Peters
• Inventors: Forsland, Kent H., Peters, Mike
• Application Number:
  US12/875,833
• Publication Number:
  US 20110308173A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 52/67
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 1/0046 Loggias
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 1/34305 telescopic
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 1/3448 with rotating shell-forming segments
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 7/163 characterised by a pivoting movement of the movable roof parts E04B7/166 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 7/166 characterised by a translation movement of the movable roof part, with or without additional movements

Abstract

A movable building structure is configured to selectively enclose an area. The structure includes at least one side wall and an end wall attached thereto. The side wall comprises a number of individual panels that are independently movable along a track secured to the ground. The panels are selectively collapsible such that they may travel along the track and overlap one another when in a collapsed or stowed position. The structure may be configured in any number of intermediate positions wherein the panels are partially collapsed. Roof panels may be attached to the side walls for movement therewith, or alternatively, the roof panels may operate independent of the side walls to extend and retract between an open and collapsed configuration.

Claims

1. A movable building structure comprising:

at least one side wall comprising at least two panels;

at least one end wall coupled to the at least one side, wherein the at least one end wall and the at least one side wall cooperate to enclose an area; and

a track secured to the ground and extending from the at least one end wall and running parallel to the at least one side wall, wherein the at least two panels are coupled to the track for independent movement therealong, wherein the at least two panels are movable between an open position wherein the at least two panels completely enclose the area and a collapsed position wherein the at least two panels overlap one another and wherein the area is entirely open.