Prefabricated structure for shelter or storage
Abstract
Abstract SHELTER OR STORAGE SPACE IS PROVIDED BY A PREFABRICATED STRUCTURE WHICH IS EASILY ERECTED WITHOUT THE NEED FOR FIELD FABRICATION AND SIMPLY DISMATLED, YET THE STRUCTURE IS STRONG AND HIGHLY RESISTANT TO WIND FORCES, ETC. THE ROOF AND SIDE WALLS ARE FORMED FROM INDIVIDUAL PANELS OF ALUMINUM SHEET MATERIAL WHICH ARE PROVIDED ABOUT THEIR PERIPHERY WITH EXTRUDED MALE CONNECTING STRIPS HAVING A CONNECTION FLANGE EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY OF EACH STRIP THE SUPERSTRUCTURE IS FORMED BY MEANS OF INTERCONNECTED TUBULAR MEMBERS WHICH CARRY EXTRUDED STRIPS SUBSTANTIALLY ALONG ELONGATED U-SHAPED CHANNELS FOR RECEIVING THE CONNECTION FLANGE OF THE MALE EXTRUDED STRIPS SUBSTANTIALLY ALONG THEIR RESPECTIVE LENGTHS. THE U-SHAPTED RECEPTACLES ARE PROVIDED WITH APERTURES WHICH ALIGN WITH CORRESPONDING APERTURES IN THE CONNECTION FLANGES OF THE MALE CONNECTING STRIPS. LOCK PINS ARE INSERTED THROUGH EACH SET OF ALIGNED APERTURES, AND THE PINS ARE HELD IN PLACE BY REMOVABLE RETAINER MEMBERS FOR EASY DISASSEMBLY. THE STRUCTURE IS SECURED TO THE GROUND BY RE-USEABLE FOOTINGS RESEMBLING A PADDLE-WHEEL IN HORIZONTAL CROSS SECTION.
Inventors
- 👤 Louis W Horvath
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