Collapsible ISO container-type modular shelter

Abstract

The apparatus and method is disclosed and seek to claim exclusivity of conception of a versatile structure that follows the maritime container ISO dimensions and that is collapsible to be stored in scanty places and / or hauled together with other collapsed units, saving transportation costs. Larger surfaces may be created by simply juxtaposing one modular unit to others, side-by-side, front-to-back or stacked. In order to allow these modules to dismount in a practical manner, the inventor conceived a “Collapsibility Mechanism”, requiring minimum labor and equipment, which is based on the two frontal frames natural swing produced from hanging them by each of the two pairs of the eccentrically oblong supports. The COLLAPSIBLE ISO CONTAINER-TYPE MODULAR SHELTER also comprises original design of profiles used in the top chassis perimeter that constitute that chassis' main structural elements, as well as prevent rain-water to flow through the unit lateral and frontal sides, as gutters do. This “Structural-Gutter” concept may fit numerous other applications in the construction industry. Governments can benefit from this invention to alleviate urgent needs to shelter people domestically and abroad. Private businesses would also find it a practical and affordable solution for many of their requests of temporary housing or mobile shelters.

Description

[0001] This application claims benefit of Provisional Application No. 60 / 684,362, filed on May. 25, 2005.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] The present invention intends to bring innovative solutions to the classical problem of costs related to hauling temporary housing and mobile shelters to remote distances. [0003] Those costs and logistics complications tend to be increasingly higher when transiting with bigger structures. [0004] Convenient collapsibility should be one of the main features of such an alternative, together with modularity to create bigger surfaces, as well as ability to be hauled together with other units in an easy and economic way. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0005] Convenient collapsibility is the main feature of a product for its innovative practical mechanism to erect / dismount and ability to be stored in scanty spaces when not in use, and / or when being hauled in groups of several units to distant sites with substantial reductions in transportation costs. [0006] ...

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Benefits of technology

[0005] Convenient collapsibility is the main feature of a product for its innovative practical mechanism to erect / dismount and ability to be stored in scanty spaces when not in use, and / or when being hauled in groups of several units to distant sites with substantial reductions in transportation costs.

[0008] COLLAPSIBLE ISO CONTAINER-TYPE MODULAR SHELTER removable lateral and frontal walls enable the creation of large spaces in record time. Lateral walls consist of a set of pre-fabricated panels commonly found in markets throughout the world: light steel—expanded polyurethane—steel laminated panels with remarkable weight resistance and thermal insulation. These wall panels are boxed into each other screwless. The panels can be of different applications: window panel, door panel or blind panel. They are interchangeable to adapt to many configurations: The frontal sides can be replaceable as well, allowing vesting the COLLAPSIBLE ISO CONTAINER-TYPE MODULAR SHELTER with a “Double Door Wall” or a “Utility Wall”. When used, this Utility Wall hosts electrical items such as power inlet plug, circuit breaker box, air conditioning, satellite tracking device. Other configurations are possible, including a hydraulic wall for WC or kitchen corners. The frontal side overall frames are always constant, so all configurations have the same fit onto the Bottom and Top Chassis grooves. Expansion possibilities through bonding one COLLAPSIBLE ISO CONTAINER-TYPE MODULAR SHELTER to another in a front-to-back position require frontal sides equipped with only overall frames (no walls in between). In this case, as in the side-by-side configuration, COLLAPSIBLE ISO CONTAINER-TYPE MODULAR SHELTER units are secured together in place by clipping one Corner Cast to another. As for preventing water to leak inside the units bonded to others, the slots (channels) left empty by the absence of lateral / frontal side walls are covered with specially designed caps.

[0009] COLLAPSIBLE ISO CONTAINER-TYPE MODULAR SHELTER works as an Intelligent Portable Building when equipped with tracking devices, which allow fungible assets to be readily located. COLLAPSIBLE ISO CONTAINER-TYPE MODULAR SHELTER is thoroughly coated with a 2-inch polyurethane layer for good insulation ability and, thereby, assuring reduced internal temperature control costs. COLLAPSIBLE ISO CONTAINER-TYPE MODULAR SHELTER easy interchangeable standard lateral wall panels and frontal sides enables the creation of any floor space dimension, allowing the composition of large complexes in record time for many different applications such as health facilities, schools, construction and emergencies shelters, storages, etc. This COLLAPSIBLE ISO CONTAINER-TYPE MODULAR SHELTER versatility and good finishing make it also attractive to common dwellers in search for temporary home surface increase.

Problems solved by technology

Those costs and logistics complications tend to be increasingly higher when transiting with bigger structures.

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