Folding house transportable in the form of a stackable container

• US 4,635,412 A
• Filed: 06/28/1985
• Issued: 01/13/1987
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/1983
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Yves M. J. Le Poittevin
• Original Assignee: Yves M. J. Le Poittevin
• Inventors: Le Poittevin, Yves M. J.
• Primary Examiner(s): NOT, DEFINED
• Application Number:
  US06/750,697
• Time in Patent Office: 564 Days
• Field of Search: 52/79.5, 52/79.1, 52/71, 280/763.1
• US Class Current: 52/79.5
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 1/3442 folding out from a core cell

Abstract

In this house, at least some of its component parts in the opened out position constitute, when the house is in the folded up position, a stackable container which is closed, compact and homogeneous throughout its length, within which container are disposed, folded up, all the other elements of the house, and in particular means a ladder-grider ensuring the stability and the bracing of the unfolded house and the longitudinal bending strength of the container formed by the folded up house.

Claims

1. A folding house comprising component elements which constitute, in a folded up position of the house, a closed and sealed container in which container are folded up all other component elements of the house, lateral walls of the container in the folded up position of the housing being formed by panels of a floor of the house while an upper wall of the container is formed by panels constituting corbelling walls of the house in the opened out position of the house, the house comprising an axial bay formed by a ladder-girder constituting a longitudinal framework which ensures the stability and the bracing of the opened out house and the rigidity of the container in the folded up position of the house, an end element connected to each end of said ladder-girder raising and opening out means formed by jacks having racks being pivotally mounted on said end elements, and said house comprising roof elements to which said racks are adapted to be connected, two racks being pivotally connected to each end element on opposite sides of each end element and for rotation about a horizontal axis near a middle of each rack, each rack having a first end engaged on said floor with said component elements folded and a stop block near a second end of each rack, each rack being pivotable by about 180°

to engage its stop block against an outer edge of said floor with said rack outside said bay and said component elements unfolded.

2. A folding house according to claim 1, wherein said roof elements are each fixed to one end of a post through a gusset, said posts being pivotally mounted by the opposite end on opposed upper edges of said ladder-girder.

3. A folding house according to claim 1, comprising roof elements having an exterior edge and outer wall elements having an exterior edge, and two semi-section members interconnecting respective exterior edges so as to connect said roof elements and respective outer wall elements to pivot about a common axis, said semi-section members together forming a first beam in the folded up position of the house and a second beam having a different profile in the opened out position of the house.

4. A folding house according to claim 1, wherein each of said end elements is a tubular frame fixed to each end of the ladder-girder, said frame including in each corner a reinforcing and supporting block whereby it is possible to stack containers each formed by a folded up house.

5. A folding house according to claim 1, wherein kitchen equipment and sanitary equipment of the house are mounted on the ladder-girder.