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Folding shelter-

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Granted: 1963-07-16
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Expires: 1980-07-16
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Abstract

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-04 23:48
CPC Classifications
E; E04; E04B; E04B1/00; E04B1/343; E04B1/344; E04B1/3442

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 318 words
A FOLDABLE SHELTER COMPRISING: A CENTRAL BOX SECTION HAVING A TOP, SIDE AND END WALLS, AND AN OPENING BOTTOM; TWO CENTRAL END PANELS EACH HAVING AN END HINGEDLY SECURED TO THE INSIDE SURFACE OF A RESPECTIVE END WALL OF SAID BOX SECTION AND MOVABLE BETWEEN STOWED POSITIONS WITHIN SAID BOX AND VERTICAL PARALLEL POSITIONS NORMAL TO THE TOP OF SAID BOX; TWO SIDE ASSEMBLIES, EACH INCLUDING A ROOF PANEL, A SIDEWALL PANEL, AND FRONT AND REAR PANELS, EACH OF PANEL BEING HINGEDLY CONNECTED ALONG ONE SIDE EDGE TO THE INSIDE SURFACE OF A RESPECTIVE SIDE WALL OF SAID BOX, EACH SIDE WALL PANEL BEING HINGEDLY CONNECTED ALONG ONE SIDE EDGE TO THE OPPOSITE SIDE EDGE OF ITS RESPECTIVE ASSOCIATED ROOF PANEL, AND EACH FRONT AND REAR PANEL BEING HINGEDLY CONNECTED ALONG ONE EDGE TO THE RESPECTIVE OPPOSITE ENDS OF THEIR RESPECTIVE ASSOCIATED SIDE WALL PANELS, RELEASABLE MEANS FOR SECURING THOSE EDGES OF THE FRONT AND REAR PANELS WHICH ARE OPPOSITE THEIR HINGED EDGES TO THE RESPECTIVE ADJACENT EDGES OF THE TWO CENTRAL END PANELS WHEN THE FRONT AND REAR PANELS AND CENTRAL END PANELS ARE IN THEIR RESPECTIVE ERECTED AND UNFOLDED POSITIONS, THE FRONT AND REAR PANELS BEING MOVABLE FROM POSITIONS NORMAL TO THEIR RESPECTIVE ASSICIATED SIDE WALL PANELS IN PLANES COMMON TO THE RESPECTIVE CENTRAL END PANELS TO POSITIONS FLAT AGAINST THE INSIDE SURFACE OF THE RESPECTIVE SIDE WALL PANELS, EACH SIDE WALL PANEL WITH ITS TWO ASSOCIATED FRONT AND REAR PANELS FOLDED FLAT AGAINST THE INSIDE SURFACE THEREOF BEING MOVABLE TO A POSITION SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO THE INNER SURFACE OF ITS RESPECTIVE ASSOCIATED ROOF PANEL, AND EACH SIDE ASSEMBLY INCLUDING THE ROOF PANEL, THE SIDE WALL PANEL AND THE FRONT AND REAR PANELS BEING MOVABLE TO A STOWED POSITION WITHIN SAID BOX SECTION, ALL PANELS WHEN STOWED LYING WITHIN THE BOX SECTION ABOVE THE OPEN BOTTOM THEREOF THE BEING DISPOSED IN SUPERPOSED SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL POSITIONS THEREIN.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 318 words
A FOLDABLE SHELTER COMPRISING: A CENTRAL BOX SECTION HAVING A TOP, SIDE AND END WALLS, AND AN OPENING BOTTOM; TWO CENTRAL END PANELS EACH HAVING AN END HINGEDLY SECURED TO THE INSIDE SURFACE OF A RESPECTIVE END WALL OF SAID BOX SECTION AND MOVABLE BETWEEN STOWED POSITIONS WITHIN SAID BOX AND VERTICAL PARALLEL POSITIONS NORMAL TO THE TOP OF SAID BOX; TWO SIDE ASSEMBLIES, EACH INCLUDING A ROOF PANEL, A SIDEWALL PANEL, AND FRONT AND REAR PANELS, EACH OF PANEL BEING HINGEDLY CONNECTED ALONG ONE SIDE EDGE TO THE INSIDE SURFACE OF A RESPECTIVE SIDE WALL OF SAID BOX, EACH SIDE WALL PANEL BEING HINGEDLY CONNECTED ALONG ONE SIDE EDGE TO THE OPPOSITE SIDE EDGE OF ITS RESPECTIVE ASSOCIATED ROOF PANEL, AND EACH FRONT AND REAR PANEL BEING HINGEDLY CONNECTED ALONG ONE EDGE TO THE RESPECTIVE OPPOSITE ENDS OF THEIR RESPECTIVE ASSOCIATED SIDE WALL PANELS, RELEASABLE MEANS FOR SECURING THOSE EDGES OF THE FRONT AND REAR PANELS WHICH ARE OPPOSITE THEIR HINGED EDGES TO THE RESPECTIVE ADJACENT EDGES OF THE TWO CENTRAL END PANELS WHEN THE FRONT AND REAR PANELS AND CENTRAL END PANELS ARE IN THEIR RESPECTIVE ERECTED AND UNFOLDED POSITIONS, THE FRONT AND REAR PANELS BEING MOVABLE FROM POSITIONS NORMAL TO THEIR RESPECTIVE ASSICIATED SIDE WALL PANELS IN PLANES COMMON TO THE RESPECTIVE CENTRAL END PANELS TO POSITIONS FLAT AGAINST THE INSIDE SURFACE OF THE RESPECTIVE SIDE WALL PANELS, EACH SIDE WALL PANEL WITH ITS TWO ASSOCIATED FRONT AND REAR PANELS FOLDED FLAT AGAINST THE INSIDE SURFACE THEREOF BEING MOVABLE TO A POSITION SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO THE INNER SURFACE OF ITS RESPECTIVE ASSOCIATED ROOF PANEL, AND EACH SIDE ASSEMBLY INCLUDING THE ROOF PANEL, THE SIDE WALL PANEL AND THE FRONT AND REAR PANELS BEING MOVABLE TO A STOWED POSITION WITHIN SAID BOX SECTION, ALL PANELS WHEN STOWED LYING WITHIN THE BOX SECTION ABOVE THE OPEN BOTTOM THEREOF THE BEING DISPOSED IN SUPERPOSED SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL POSITIONS THEREIN.

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