Portable automotive service building

• US 6,240,684 B1
• Filed: 01/27/2000
• Issued: 06/05/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 07/02/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: William H. Bigelow
• Original Assignee: William H. Bigelow
• Inventors: Bigelow, William H.
• Primary Examiner(s): Friedman, Carl D.
• Assistant Examiner(s): DORSEY, DENNIS
• Application Number:
  US09/492,591
• Time in Patent Office: 495 Days
• Field of Search: 521/74, 52/901, 52/921, 52/923, 52/931, 52/932
• US Class Current: 52/174
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 1/34317 Set of building elements forming a self-contained package for transport before assembly
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 1/34321 mainly constituted by panels
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 1/34815 Elements not integrated in a skeleton
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 2001/34892 Means allowing access to the units, e.g. stairs or cantilevered gangways
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 7/00 Roofs; Roof construction with regard to insulation structures for roofs as well as for floors E04B5/00; ceilings E04B9/00; greenhouses A01G9/14; large containers having floating covers B65D88/34; roof trusses, truss-like structures, joists E04C3/02; roof coverings E04D
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 7/08 Vaulted roofs E04B7/14 takes precedence; vaulted structures in general E04B1/32; inflatable tents or canopies, in general E04H15/20; inflatable forms for shaping in situ E04G11/04
• CPC Class Codes: E04D 5/14 Fastening means therefor
• CPC Class Codes: E04D 7/00 Roof covering exclusively consisting of sealing masses applied in situ; Gravelling of flat roofs

Abstract

The present invention discloses, in certain aspects, a portable building with a plurality of interconnected walls defining an interior space therebetween, a floor on which the walls are positioned, a roof structure connected on top of the walls, and at least one bay area for servicing an automobile. In one aspect there are a pluralities of bay areas. In one aspect the building is removably mounted on a trailer.

Claims

1. A portable building for automobile service comprising

a plurality of interconnected walls defining an interior space therebetween,

a floor on which the walls are positioned,

a roof structure connected on top of the walls,

at least one bay area for servicing an automobile, and

at least one of said floor, roof structure, or one wall of said plurality of interconnected walls covered with sprayed-on thermoplastic material,

wherein the roof structure has an outer edge comprising two pairs of opposed edges and the covering having a lower lip projecting inwardly toward the walls beneath the outer edge of the roof member and positioned adjacent to and beneath the two pairs of opposed edges.

2. The portable building of claim 1 wherein the roof structure comprises a roof member, and a covering on the roof member, the covering comprising spray-on protective material.

3. The portable building of claim 2 wherein the roof covering is spray-on thermoplastic polyurethane material.

4. The portable building of claim 1 further comprising

a covering on the floor, the covering covering the floor and comprising spray-on thermoplastic material.

5. The portable building of claim 1 further comprising

a covering on the plurality of interconnected walls, the covering covering the plurality of interconnected walls and comprising spray-on thermoplastic material.

6. The portable building of claim 1 wherein the roof member has a top exterior surface and a bottom interior surface and the covering is on the top exterior surface.

7. The portable building of claim 1 wherein the roof member has a top exterior surface and a bottom interior surface and the covering is on the bottom interior surface.

8. The portable building of claim 1 wherein each of the roof member, floor and walls has an interior surface and an exterior surface and all surfaces have a covering thereon of spray-on thermoplastic material.

9. The portable building of claim 1 wherein the portable building includes

a building support beneath and supporting the building, the building support having a covering thereon of spray-on thermoplastic material.

10. The portable building of claim 1 wherein the walls are made of material from the group consisting of flexible plastic sheet, rubber sheet, canvas and cloth.

11. The portable building of claim 1 wherein the roof structure is made of non-rigid material.

12. The portable building of claim 1 wherein the roof structure includes a body with a hollow interior and the floor and walls are storable within the hollow interior.

13. The portable building of claim 1 wherein the floor includes a body with a hollow interior and the roof and walls are storable within the hollow interior.

14. The portable building of claim 1 wherein the at least one bay area is a plurality of bay areas.

15. The portable building of claim 1 further comprising

a trailer on which the building is removably mounted.

16. The portable building of claim 1 wherein the at least one bay area has two spaced-apart ends with a garage door at each of said ends.