Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
052067000 | Telescoping sub and main enclosures | 20 |
20080263967 | Slide-out room with pitched roof - The present invention provides for a manufactured housing unit having a slide-out room and main living compartment both with a truss-less pitched roof and cathedral ceiling. The slide-out room extends from the main living compartment through a pentagonal opening in the side wall under a gabled dormer. The dormer roof and main living compartment roof are constructed without conventional roof trusses or ridge beams to provide the additional head room of a cathedral ceiling. | 10-30-2008 |
20090120014 | Disappearing Building - A building equipped with a suitable mechanism by which it is caused to descend in a suitable shaft below ground level, in order to secure it both against bad atmospheric occurrences and malicious acts, is disclosed. | 05-14-2009 |
20090300997 | RETRACTABLE ENCLOSURE - A modular retractable enclosure is provided. The retractable enclosure includes moveable bays that telescopically retract inside each other. Each bay is made from two or more vertical framing sections and a plurality of first framing members. Each vertical framing section can be made from a plurality of second framing members. Assembly rods are provided to couple the vertical framing sections and are tensioned to load the first framing members in longitudinal compression. The framing members are fastenable to each other. The second framing members can be held together using splice plates. The retractable enclosure may also include a drive system. A related method of constructing a retractable enclosure is also provided. | 12-10-2009 |
20100024314 | DEPLOYABLE PREFABRICATED STRUCTURE WITH A NESTED EXTENSION STRUCTURE - A prefabricated structure comprises a shell including a shell frame and an extension deployable from the shell, the extension including an extension frame. The shell frame comprises a floor support including a plurality of slotted beams extending between and transverse to the floor beams, a roof support, and a plurality of columns extending between the floor support and the roof support. The extension frame comprises a floor support, a roof support with an extension roof, and a plurality of columns extending between the floor support and the roof support, wherein the slotted beams of the shell floor support each include a slot through which a column connected between an extension floor beam and an extension roof extends when the extension is nested within the shell in an undeployed position. | 02-04-2010 |
20100024315 | DEPLOYABLE PREFABRICATED STRUCTURE WITH AN EXTENSION STRUCTURE THAT IS SEALABLE TO THE PREFABRICATED STRUCTURE UPON DEPLOYMENT FROM THE PREFABRICATED STRUCTURE - A prefabricated structure comprises a shell including a shell frame and an extension including an extension frame deployable from the shell. The shell frame comprises a floor support, a roof support, and a plurality of columns extending between the floor support and the roof support, forming corners of the shell frame. A flange extends from at least one of the columns. The extension frame comprises a floor support, a roof support, and a plurality of columns extending between the floor support and the roof support, forming at least one corner of the extension frame. An outer lip is associated with at least one column of the extension farthest from the shell when the extension is deployed. An inner lip is associated with at least one column of the extension closest to the shell when the extension is deployed. The flange provides a first pocket for receiving the outer lip when the extension is seated within the shell and a second pocket receives the inner lip when the extension is deployed from the shell. The first pocket includes a first gasket to seal the prefabricated structure when the outer lip is received within the first pocket and the second pocket including a second gasket to seal the prefabricated structure when the inner lip is received within the second pocket. | 02-04-2010 |
20100050539 | Variable Volume Container Unit Hoisting Device for Lowering and Raising a Telescopable Expansion Element - A container has a variable volume, wherein a basic container has a bottom panel and a roof panel. One or more hinged side panels are rotateable about a horizontal axis, and one or more expansion elements are telescopeable out of the basic container and have a bottom panel, a side open toward a front the basic container and a front panel opposite the open side. Each expansion element is open toward the top and, in a telescoped state, the roof panel is formed by a raised side panel of the basic container. One or more hoisting devices is associated with each expansion element and with which the expansion element is lowerable. | 03-04-2010 |
20100050540 | Variable Volume Container Unit Hoisting Device for Lowering and Raising a Telescopable Expansion Element - A container has a variable volume, wherein a basic container has a bottom panel and a roof panel. One or more hinged side panels are rotatable about a horizontal axis, and one or more expansion elements are telescopeable out of the basic container and have a bottom panel, a side open toward a front the basic container and a front panel opposite the open side. Each expansion element is open toward the top and, in a telescoped state, the roof panel is formed by a raised side panel of the basic container. One or more hoisting devices is associated with each expansion element and with which the expansion element is lowerable. | 03-04-2010 |
20100139179 | Transportable Medical Facility - A transportable medical facility ( | 06-10-2010 |
20110308173 | MOVABLE BUILDING STRUCTURE - A movable building structure is configured to selectively enclose an area. The structure includes at least one side wall and an end wall attached thereto. The side wall comprises a number of individual panels that are independently movable along a track secured to the ground. The panels are selectively collapsible such that they may travel along the track and overlap one another when in a collapsed or stowed position. The structure may be configured in any number of intermediate positions wherein the panels are partially collapsed. Roof panels may be attached to the side walls for movement therewith, or alternatively, the roof panels may operate independent of the side walls to extend and retract between an open and collapsed configuration. | 12-22-2011 |
20120031013 | RETRACTABLE ENCLOSURE - A retractable enclosure includes moveable bays that telescopically retract inside each other. Each bay is made from two or more vertical framing sections and a plurality of first framing members. Each vertical framing section can be made from a plurality of second framing members. Assembly rods are provided to couple the vertical framing sections and are tensioned to load the first framing members in longitudinal compression. The framing members are fastenable to each other. The second framing members can be held together using splice plates. The retractable enclosure may also include a drive system. A related method of constructing a retractable enclosure is also provided. | 02-09-2012 |
20120159871 | Wall Assembly Comprising Panels Configured to Reside in an Overhead Structure - In one aspect of the present invention, a wall assembly may be used to divide the area of a particular living space. The wall assembly may comprise a first and second panel. The first panel may reside within an internal cavity of the second panel. The first panel may also extend beyond the second panel such that both panels may collectively form a wall. A cable may connect the wall assembly to an overhead structure such that it may pull the wall into a storage space of the overhead structure. | 06-28-2012 |
20120291363 | MOVEABLE BUILDING STRUCTURE - A movable building structure is configured to selectively enclose an area. The structure includes at least one side wall and an end wall attached thereto. The side wall comprises a number of individual panels that are independently movable along a track secured to the ground. The panels are selectively collapsible such that they may travel along the track and overlap one another when in a collapsed or stowed position. The structure may be configured in any number of intermediate positions wherein the panels are partially collapsed. Roof panels may be attached to the side walls for movement therewith, or alternatively, the roof panels may operate independent of the side walls to extend and retract between an open and collapsed configuration. | 11-22-2012 |
20140123570 | FIRE EVACUATION INSTALLATION - Disclosed is a fire evacuation installation. When evacuees are not able to evacuate through an emergency exit or other means of evacuation when a fire occurs, the fire evacuation installation may safely protect the evacuees from flames and poisonous gas until rescue workers arrive. Further, the fire evacuation installation may be prevented from being damaged by exposure to rain, and the fire evacuation installation may have an elegant outer appearance and be more easily installed. In addition, the fire evacuation installation may be selectively moved between the floors of a building. | 05-08-2014 |
20140130421 | TELESCOPING FRAME SYSTEM FOR PORTABLE HOME OR OTHER STRUCTURE - A telescoping frame system comprising a non-telescoping frame with a longitudinal side, first and second attachment arms; a main arm that is parallel to the longitudinal side of the non-telescoping frame; a first pivot arm with a top surface that acts as a rail for a first roller wheel; a second pivot arm with a top surface that acts as a rail for a second roller wheel; and first and second brace arms that maintain each pivot arm at a ninety-degree angle to the longitudinal side of the non-telescoping frame when the first pivot arm is fully extended. The first and second pivot arms are pivotally attached to the first and second attachment arms, respectively. The first roller wheel is pivotally attached to a first end of the main arm, and the second roller wheel is pivotally attached to a second end of the main arm. | 05-15-2014 |
20150013238 | COVERING DEVICE HAVING SLIDING COVER ELEMENTS - A covering device ( | 01-15-2015 |
20150101261 | DEPLOYABLE TRUSS WITH ORTHOGONALLY-HINGED PRIMARY CHORDS - A deployable truss with modified primary orthogonal joints. The construction of these joints causes the center-hinged primary chords on opposite sides of a truss bay to fold inward in a plane orthogonal to the folding planes of the side diagonals while the two secondary chords fold in planes orthogonal to the plane of the in-folding primary chords. This provides for stiffness and stability during deploy and retract. The unique joint configuration permits the truss to deploy one bay at a time in a stable manner while having lateral bending stiffness, and the truss thus can extend and retract in a sequential manner. It can deploy integral flat panels nested between the secondary folding chords, or use cross bracing in lieu of panels. The truss can be triangular, square or rectangular in cross-section. A powered support frame may be used in conjunction with the truss. | 04-16-2015 |
20150101262 | Tornado Protection Shelter - A weather protection system designed to protect people and buildings during meteorological events such as a tornado by retracting and securing a building into the ground. | 04-16-2015 |
20150292194 | TRANSPORTABLE AND EXPANDABLE BUILDING STRUCTURE - Described embodiments relate to a transportable expandable building structure for human occupancy. The building structure comprises at least first, second and third frame modules arranged to nest with each other in a contracted position and to telescopically expand into an expanded position. One of the first, second and third frame modules is a base unit frame module that forms part of a base unit and the other frame modules are arranged to be movable away from the base unit to adopt the expanded position. The base unit has a fixed floor and is arranged to support the building structure in the contracted position to enable transportation of the building structure by road. Each of the frame modules is different in size from an adjacent one of the frame modules and comprises a floor portion, a roof portion and opposed side portions. Each side portion defines a same-sized modular insert region to receive modular door, window or wall inserts. | 10-15-2015 |
20150292224 | Portable Aircraft Storage System - A portable aircraft storage system for storing aircraft. The portable aircraft storage system generally includes a container having an enclosed space therein. The container has several connected walls including a top wall, a bottom wall, a rear wall, a first side wall and a second side wall. A door is connected to the top wall by a hinge. The door rotates about the hinge between an open and a closed position. A front sliding section is coupled to the door. The front sliding section slides into and out of the enclosed space. A rear sliding section is coupled to the rear wall. The rear sliding section slides into and out of the enclosed space. | 10-15-2015 |
20160138290 | EATERY - The invention relates to an eatery having at least one table element and at least one seating element, a moveable and accessible platform on which the at least one table element and at least one seating element are arranged, is provided. At least one elevation device for raising the platform is arranged in the area below the platform. | 05-19-2016 |