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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
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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.

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