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Transportable sanitary unit

  • US 9,605,424 B2
  • Filed: 06/13/2016
  • Issued: 03/28/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A transportable unit for forming a straight parallelepiped-shaped residential space, comprising:

  • a bottom;

    a covering;

    outer walls; and

    upright inner walls, the upright inner walls extending in between the bottom and the covering, the upright inner walls being adapted to be converted between a retracted transport position and an extended operational position, in which the unit has a larger height,wherein the unit is equipped as a sanitary unit having a series of at least one of toilet bowls, urinals or showers,the bottom is part of a lower section of the unit and the covering is part of an upper section of the unit, which lower and upper sections can be moved in a vertical direction with respect to each other, said lower and upper sections having frames comprising longitudinal girders, transverse girders and columns meeting each other at corners of the unit,said columns having an upper column part attached to the upper section of the unit and a lower column part attached to the lower section of the unit, wherein the upper column part and the lower column part are slidable vertically into and out of each other or along each other by moving the upper and lower sections with respect to each other in said vertical direction and can be locked to each other in the extended operational position,the upright inner walls having an upper wall attached to the upper section of the unit and a lower wall attached to the lower section of the unit,wherein the upper wall and the lower wall of said upright inner walls are slidable vertically along each other by moving the upper and lower sections with respect to each other in said vertical direction,the upright inner walls shielding off sub-spaces in which the respective toilet bowls, urinals or showers are accommodated, the sub-spaces being directly accessible via entry sides of the sub-spaces, the entry sides of the sub-spaces being provided with respective individual doors for closing and opening the entry sides of the sub-spaces, said doors being provided in the outer walls of the unit, andin movement of the upper walls along the lower walls, the upper walls of the upright inner walls slide along the side of the lower walls facing away from the sub space concerned.

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