Structure for relocatable building with folding plate roof and folding end walls

Abstract

Abstract A building having a roof constructed of a plurality of plates connected by hinges at the common edges, said plates initially arranged folded together, with lower edges of the outer plates hingeably connected to upper edge of side walls, and said side walls hingeably connected at each end of each side wall to a pair of end walls constructed of a plurality of wall panels, said wall panels hingeably interconnected along common vertical edges, and initially arranged folded together. Total projected width of end panels is substantially less than total width of roof plates. Unfolding the roof plates causes the side walls of the structure to move apart and the end walls to simultaneously unfold until the end walls are fully distended, at which position said end walls stop the roof plates from unfolding further, and retain the roof plates in a folded plate configuration. Disclosure is made of a floor constructed of a plurality of hingeably connected floor panels arranged initially in a folded position, with each outer panel attached to a side wall. When the side walls move apart, said floor panels unfold to form a flat floor. The said floor may be incorporated in the described building.

Inventors

• 👤 Delp W. Johnson

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