US2022025664A1PendingUtilityA1

Portable enclosed-structure deployment system

Assignee: LifeboxPriority: Jul 23, 2020Filed: Jul 22, 2021Published: Jan 27, 2022
Est. expiryJul 23, 2040(~14 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
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Abstract

A portable enclosed-structure deployment system configured to be stored and deployed from within a shipping container. A floor support system including a plurality of floor panels is disposed in the shipping container proximate to a bottom surface of the shipping container. The plurality of floor panels withdraw from an open side of the shipping container. A plurality of wall panels are stored in the shipping container above the plurality of floor panels. The plurality of wall panels are withdrawn from the open side of the shipping container subsequent to the plurality of floor panels being withdrawn from the shipping container. A roof system includes a plurality of roof panels supported on a rack in the shipping container above the plurality of wall panels. The plurality of roof panels slideably withdraw from the shipping container subsequent to the plurality of wall panels being withdrawn from the shipping container.

Claims

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What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A portable enclosed-structure deployment system configured to be stored and deployed from within a shipping container, comprising:
 the shipping container, the shipping container including:
 a top surface, 
 a bottom surface opposite the top surface, 
 a front wall between the top surface and the bottom surface, 
 a back wall between the top surface and the bottom surface opposite the front wall, 
 an open side disposed between the front wall and the back wall, a portion of the open side arranged at the bottom surface of the shipping container and adjoining with the bottom surface of the shipping container and a portion of the open side arranged at the top surface of the shipping container; 
   a floor support system including a plurality of floor panels disposed in the shipping container such that the plurality of floor panels are withdrawable from the portion of the open side of the shipping container arranged at the bottom surface of the shipping container;   a plurality of wall panels supported on a rack in the shipping container above the plurality of floor panels such that the plurality of wall panels are withdrawable from the shipping container subsequent to the plurality of floor panels being withdrawn from the shipping container; and   a roof system including a plurality of roof panels supported on a rack in the shipping container above the plurality of wall panels such that the plurality of roof panels are slideably withdrawable from the shipping container proximate to the portion of the open side of the shipping container arranged at the top surface of the shipping container subsequent to the plurality of wall panels being withdrawn from the shipping container.   
     
     
         2 . The portable enclosed-structure deployment system according to  claim 1 , wherein each floor panel of the plurality of floor panels includes a wheel mechanism that respectively supports each floor panel of the plurality of floor panels when each floor panel of the plurality of floor panels is withdrawn from the shipping container. 
     
     
         3 . The portable enclosed-structure deployment system according to  claim 1 , wherein each floor panel of the plurality of floor panels includes a wheel mechanism, and
 the floor support system further includes a plurality of floor support structures having a railing system embedded therein, the rail system for guiding each wheel mechanism of each floor panel of the plurality of floor panels along the plurality of floor support structures when the plurality of floor panels are withdrawn from the shipping container.   
     
     
         4 . The portable enclosed-structure deployment system according to  claim 3 , wherein the plurality of floor support structures having the railing system embedded therein are disposed in the shipping container below the floor panels such that the plurality of floor support structures withdraw from the portion of the open side arranged at the bottom surface of the shipping container prior to the plurality of floor panels being withdrawable from the shipping container. 
     
     
         5 . The portable enclosed-structure deployment system according to  claim 1 , wherein each floor panel of the plurality of floor panels includes a wheel mechanism, and
 wherein, when the plurality of floor panels are deployed, each wheel mechanism of each floor panel of the plurality of floor panels is recessed respectively into each floor panel of the plurality of floor panels.   
     
     
         6 . The portable enclosed-structure deployment system according to  claim 1 , wherein each floor panel of the plurality of floor panels includes a tongue disposed along a length of each floor panel of the plurality of floor panels, each tongue of each floor panel of the plurality of floor panels received by a groove arranged along a length of a neighboring floor panel on a side opposite to a tongue of an adjacent floor panel. 
     
     
         7 . The portable enclosed-structure deployment system according to  claim 1 , wherein each roof panel of the plurality of roof panels includes a wheel mechanism, and
 the plurality of wall panels further includes a channel system embedded therein, the channel system for guiding each wheel mechanism of each roof panel of the plurality of roof panels along a top of the plurality of wall panels when the plurality of roof panels are withdrawn and assembled in place on the assembled plurality of floor panels from the shipping container.   
     
     
         8 . A portable enclosed-structure deployment system configured to be stored and deployed from within a shipping container, comprising:
 the shipping container, the shipping container including:
 a top surface, 
 a bottom surface opposite the top surface, 
 a front wall between the top surface and the bottom surface, 
 a back wall between the top surface and the bottom surface opposite the front wall, 
 an open side disposed between the front wall and the back wall, a portion of the open side arranged at the bottom surface of the shipping container and adjoining with the bottom surface of the shipping container and a portion of the open side arranged at the top surface of the shipping container; 
   a floor support system including a plurality of floor panels disposed in the shipping container proximate to the bottom surface of the shipping container;   a plurality of wall panels supported on a rack in the shipping container above the plurality of floor panels;   a roof system including a plurality of roof panels supported on a rack in the shipping container above the plurality of wall panels and proximate to the top surface of the shipping container; and   wherein when the portable enclosed-structure deployment system is deployed from within the shipping container,
 the plurality of floor panels withdraw from the portion of the open side of the container arranged at the bottom surface of the shipping container, 
 the plurality of wall panels withdraw from the shipping container subsequent to the plurality of floor panels being withdrawn from the shipping container, and 
 the plurality of roof panels slideably withdraw from the shipping container proximate to the portion of the open side of the shipping container arranged at the top surface of the shipping container subsequent to the plurality of wall panels being withdrawn from the shipping container. 
   
     
     
         9 . The portable enclosed-structure deployment system according to  claim 8 , wherein each floor panel of the plurality of floor panels includes a wheel mechanism that respectively supports each floor panel of the plurality of floor panels when each floor panel of the plurality of floor panels is withdrawn from the shipping container. 
     
     
         10 . The portable enclosed-structure deployment system according to  claim 8 , wherein each floor panel of the plurality of floor panels includes a wheel mechanism, and
 the floor support system further includes a plurality of floor support structures having a railing system embedded therein, the rail system for guiding each wheel mechanism of each floor panel of the plurality of floor panels along the plurality of floor support structures when the plurality of floor panels are withdrawn from the shipping container.   
     
     
         11 . The portable enclosed-structure deployment system according to  claim 10 , wherein the plurality of floor support structures having the railing system embedded therein are disposed in the shipping container below the floor panels such that the plurality of floor support structures withdraw from the portion of the open side arranged at the bottom surface of the shipping container prior to the plurality of floor panels being withdrawn from the shipping container. 
     
     
         12 . The portable enclosed-structure deployment system according to  claim 8 , wherein each floor panel of the plurality of floor panels includes a wheel mechanism, and
 wherein when the plurality of floor panels are deployed each wheel mechanism of each floor panel of the plurality of floor panels are recessed respectively into each floor panel of the plurality of floor panels.   
     
     
         13 . The portable enclosed-structure deployment system according to  claim 8 , wherein each floor panel of the plurality of floor panels include a tongue arranged along a length of each floor panel of the plurality of floor panels, each tongue of each floor panel of the plurality of floor panels received by a groove arranged along a length of a neighboring floor panel on a side opposite to a tongue of an adjacent floor panel. 
     
     
         14 . A portable enclosed-structure deployment system configured to be stored and deployed from within a shipping container, comprising:
 the shipping container, the shipping container including an open side disposed between the front wall and the back wall, a portion of the open side arranged at a bottom surface of the shipping container and adjoining with the bottom surface of the shipping container and a portion of the open side arranged at a top surface of the shipping container;   a floor support system including a plurality of floor panels disposed in the shipping container proximate to the bottom surface of the shipping container such that the plurality of floor panels withdraw from the portion of the open side of the shipping container arranged at the bottom surface of the shipping container;   a plurality of wall panels stored in the shipping container above the plurality of floor panels such that the plurality of wall panels withdraw from the shipping container subsequent to the plurality of floor panels being withdrawn from the shipping container; and   a roof system including a plurality of roof panels supported on a rack in the shipping container above the plurality of wall panels such that the plurality of roof panels slideably withdraw from the shipping container proximate to the portion of the open side of the shipping container arranged at the top surface of the shipping container subsequent to the plurality of wall panels being withdrawn from the shipping container.   
     
     
         15 . The portable enclosed-structure deployment system according to  claim 14 , wherein each floor panel of the plurality of floor panels includes a wheel mechanism that respectively supports each floor panel of the plurality of floor panels when each floor panel of the plurality of floor panels is withdrawn from the shipping container. 
     
     
         16 . The portable enclosed-structure deployment system according to  claim 14 , wherein each floor panel of the plurality of floor panels includes a wheel mechanism, and
 the floor support system further includes a plurality of floor support structures having a railing system embedded therein, the rail system for guiding each wheel mechanism of each floor panel of the plurality of floor panels along the plurality of floor structures when the plurality of floor panels are withdrawn from the shipping container.   
     
     
         17 . The portable enclosed-structure deployment system according to  claim 16 , wherein the plurality of floor support structures having the railing system embedded therein are disposed in the shipping container below the floor panels such that the plurality of floor support structures withdraw from the shipping container proximate to the bottom surface of the shipping container prior to the plurality of floor panels being withdrawn from the shipping container. 
     
     
         18 . The portable enclosed-structure deployment system according to  claim 14 , wherein each floor panel of the plurality of floor panels includes a wheel mechanism, and
 wherein when the plurality of floor panels are deployed each wheel mechanism of each floor panel of the plurality of floor panels are recessed respectively into each floor panel of the plurality of floor panels.   
     
     
         19 . The portable enclosed-structure deployment system according to  claim 14 , wherein each floor panel of the plurality of floor panels include a tongue arranged along a length of each floor panel of the plurality of floor panels, each tongue of each floor panel of the plurality of floor panels received by a groove arranged along a length of a neighboring floor panel on a side opposite to a tongue of an adjacent floor panel. 
     
     
         20 . The portable enclosed-structure deployment system according to  claim 14 , wherein the shipping container comprises a 20′ shipping container or a 40′ shipping container.

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