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Containerized habitable structures

  • US 6,983,567 B2
  • Filed: 10/31/2002
  • Issued: 01/10/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A portable habitable structure formed of a engineered, purpose-built transformable rectangular enclosure, said enclosure being dimensioned a standard size of containers used for sending freight by plane or ship, said enclosures comprising:

  • a base; and

    a transformable rectangular container portion integral with said base, said transformable rectangular container portion comprising;

    a first container wall, a second container wall, and a top wall portion, said container walls being hingedly attached to opposing elongated edges of said base such that the container walls are movable between a perpendicular or horizontal position relative to the base;

    a first and a second end portions, said end portions being fixedly and perpendicularly attached to opposite ends of the top wall portion and the base;

    a first roof expander and a second roof expander, both being hingedly attached to said top wall portion along its opposing elongated edges such that said roof expanders are movable to a perpendicular or horizontal position relative to the top wall portion;

    a first exterior wall and a second exterior wall, at least one of said exterior walls having at least one window and at least one door, said first exterior wall being hingedly attached to said first roof expander such that the first exterior wall can be placed in a perpendicular or horizontal position relative to the top wall portion when the first roof expander portion is horizontal to the top wall portion, said second exterior wall being hingedly attached to said second roof expander such that the second exterior wall can be placed in a perpendicular or horizontal position relative to the top wall portion when the second roof expander portion is horizontal to the top wall portion, said first and second exterior walls being adapted to detachedly fasten to a position perpendicular to the first and second roof expanders respectively;

    a plurality of exterior sidewalls hingedly attached to said first and second end portions such that said exterior sidewalls are pivotable to fill gaps between the first and second exterior walls and the first and second end portions; and

    a plurality of interior walls hingedly attached to a frame of the containerized enclosure such that said interior walls can be positioned as desired to compartmentalize the interior of the habitable structure whereby at least one interior wall having at least one door.

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