Collapsible multilevel building

Claim 2

A collapsible, multistory building structure comprising at least first, second and third platform members each extending in generally horizontal planes, said second platform member being disposed between said first and third platforms, said building structure having wall means between said platform members extending from at least one of said platform members toward an adjacent platform member for providing an enclosed space between said first and second platform members and between said second and third platform members when said building structure is in its collapsed condition, said second platform member having surfaces facing said first and third platform members for forming the floor and ceiling respectively to the enclosed space formed above and beneath said second platform member each of said platform members having generally parallel sides said second platform member having a first set of supporting braces pivotally connected to its sides, said first set extending between said second platform member and said first platform member and being also pivotally attached to said wall means extending therebetween, said second platform member having a second set of supporting braces pivotally connected to its sides said second set extending between said second platform member and said third platform member and being also pivotally attached to said wall means extending therebetween each of said supporting braces being swingable in a vertical plane, a first number of said supporting braces in said first set being connected to one end of said first platform member and extending to said second platform member and pivotally connected thereto at a distance from an end of said second platform member equal to the length of said brace, a first number of said supporting braces in said second set extending from one end of the opposite face of said second platform member to said third platform member and pivotally connected thereto at a distance from an end of said third platform member equal to the length of a said brace, each of said braces in said first and second sets being equally spaced from each adjacent brace whereby said braces allow movement in an angular pivoting fashion between said first, second and third platform members relative to one another and whereby said first, second and third platform members when collapsed, form a parallelepiped shaped unit and when raised establish a stepped relationship between adjacent platforms so that one end of said second and third platform members is cantilevered over at least the next adjacent lower platform member thereby forming an overhanging roof, the opposite end of said second and third platform member being stepped away from and exposing the next lower platform member thereby forming a gallery area in the lower platform member.

Claim 3

The building as claimed in claim 1, wherein plumbing utilities are located on at least said first platform and the height of said walls is sufficient to bound a volume large enough to enclose said plumbing utilities when said building is in the collapsed position.

Claim 4

A multilevel structure where each level contains a plurality of building units, said multilevel structure includes a support frame network means for providing a plurality of vertically spaced support levels for supporting a plurality of individual building units, wherein each of said plurality of building units comprises a collapsible multistory building comprising at least first, second and third platform members each extending in generally horizontal planes, said second platform member being disposed between said first and third platforms, said building structure having wall means between said platform members extending from at least one of said platform members toward an adjacent platform member for providing an enclosed space between said first and second platform members and between said second and third platform members when said building structure is in its collapsed condition, said second platform member having surfaces facing said first and third platform members for forming the floor and ceiling respectively of the enclosed space formed above and beneath said second platform member each of said platform members having generally parallel sides said second platform member having a first set of supporting braces pivotally connected to its sides, said first set extending between said second platform member and said first platform member and being also pivotally attached to said wall means extending therebetween, said second platform member having a second set of supporting braces pivotally connected to its sides said second set extending between said second platform member and said third platform member and being also pivotally attached to said wall means extending therebetween each of said supporting braces being swingable in a vertical plane, a first number of said supporting braces in said first set being connected to one end of said first platform member and extending to said second platform member and pivotally connected thereto at a distance from an end of said second platform member equal to the length of a said brace, a first number of said supporting braces in said second set extending from one end of the opposite face of said second platform member to said third platform member and pivotally connected thereto at a distance from an end of said third platform member equal to the length of a said brace, each of said braces in said first and second sets being equally spaced from each adjacent brace whereby said braces allow movement in an angular pivoting fashion between said first, second and third platform members relative to one another and whereby said first, second and third platform members when collapsed, form a parallelepiped shaped unit and when raised establish a stepped relationship between adjacent platforms so that one end of said second and third platform members is cantilevered over at least the next adjacent lower platform member thereby forming an overhanging roof, the opposite end of said second and third platform member being stepped away from and exposing the next lower platform member thereby forming a gallery area in the lower platform member.

Claim 5

A multilevel structure where each level contains a plurality of building units, said multilevel structure includes a support frame network means for providing a plurality of vertically spaced support levels for supporting a plurality of individual building units, wherein each of said plurality of building units comprises a collapsible multistory building comprising at least first, second and third platform members each extending in generally horizontal planes, said second platform member being disposed between said first and third platforms, said building structure having wall means between said platform members extending from at least one of said platform members toward an adjacent platform member for providing an enclosed space between said first and second platform members and between said second and third platform members when said building structure is in its collapsed condition, said second platform member having surfaces facing said first and third platform members for forming the floor and ceiling respectively of the enclosed space formed above and beneath said second platform member each of said platform members having generally parallel sides said second platform member having a first set of supporting braces pivotally connected to its sides, said first set extending between said second platform member and said first platform member and being also pivotally attached to said wall means extending therebetween, said second platform member having a second set of supporting braces pivotally connected to its sides said second set extending between said second platform member and said third platform member and being also pivotally attached to said wall means extending therebetween each of said supporting braces being swingable in a vertical plane, a first number of said supporting braces in said first set being connected to one end of said first platform member and extending to said second platform member and pivotally connected thereto at a distance from an end of said second platform member equal to the length of a said brace, a first number of said supporting braces in said second set extending from one end of the opposite face of said second platform member to said third platform member and pivotally connected thereto at a distance from an end of said third platform member equal to the length of a said brace, each of said braces in said first and second sets being equally spaced from each adjacent brace whereby said braces allow movement in an angular pivoting fashion between said first, second and third platform members relative to one another and whereby said first, second and third platform members when collapsed, form a parallelepiped shaped unit and when raised establish a stepped relationship between adjacent platforms so that one end of said second and third platform members is cantilevered over at least the next adjacent lower platform member thereby forming an overhanging roof, the opposite end of said second and third platform member being stepped away from and exposing the next lower platform member thereby forming a gallery area in the lower platform member.