Segmented modular enclosures

Abstract

A modular enclosure apparatus includes six segments that couple together to form a spherical core having three wings extending radially from spherical core. The three wings are angularly offset from one another about the spherical core. The spherical core and the wings are hollow. The modular enclosure apparatus is configured to be provided in a modular enclosure system including multiple modular apparatus configured to be coupled together.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A modular enclosure apparatus comprising:
 six segments that couple together to form a spherical core having three wings extending radially from spherical core and being angularly offset from one another about the spherical core, the spherical core and the wings being hollow.   
     
     
         2 . The modular enclosure apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein each segment is identical to each of the other segments. 
     
     
         3 . The modular enclosure apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein a first set of three segments of the six segments define a first annular portion when the first set is connected together, and wherein a second set of three segments of the six segments define a second annular portion when the second set is connected together, and wherein the second annular portion is configured to be mounted on the first annular portion or vice versa. 
     
     
         4 . The modular enclosure apparatus of  claim 3 , wherein at least one of the first or second annular portions defines an annular opening. 
     
     
         5 . The modular enclosure apparatus of  claim 4 , wherein a cap assembly is securable to the at least one of the first or second annular portions. 
     
     
         6 . The modular enclosure apparatus of  claim 5 , wherein the cap assembly includes a window. 
     
     
         7 . The modular enclosure apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein at least one of the three wings is configured to couple to a door assembly, an enclosure wall assembly, or a window assembly. 
     
     
         8 . The modular enclosure apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the segments are stackable in a nested arrangement. 
     
     
         9 . The modular enclosure apparatus of  claim 8 , wherein each segment includes a ridge on an outer surface of the respective segment and each segment defines a channel on an inner surface of the respective segment, and wherein the ridge of a first segment of the six segments is configured to be received in the channel of a second segment of the six segments to nest the first and second segments together in a stacked arrangement. 
     
     
         10 . The modular enclosure apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein each segment defines an arched section disposed between a first shell portion and a second shell portion. 
     
     
         11 . A modular enclosure system comprising:
 a first modular enclosure apparatus;   a second modular enclosure apparatus; and   a wing union that connects the first and second modular enclosure apparatus together, wherein each of the first and second modular enclosure apparatus includes six segments that couple together to form a spherical core having three wings extending radially from spherical core and being angularly offset from one another about the spherical core, the spherical core and the wings being hollow.   
     
     
         12 . The modular enclosure system of  claim 11 , wherein each segment is identical to each of the other segments. 
     
     
         13 . The modular enclosure system of  claim 11 , wherein a first set of three segments of the six segments define a first annular portion when the first set is connected together, and wherein a second set of three segments of the six segments define a second annular portion when the second set is connected together, and wherein the second annular portion is configured to be mounted on the first annular portion or vice versa. 
     
     
         14 . The modular enclosure system of  claim 13 , wherein at least one of the first or second annular portions defines an annular opening. 
     
     
         15 . The modular enclosure system of  claim 14 , wherein a cap assembly is securable to the at least one of the first or second annular portions. 
     
     
         16 . The modular enclosure system of  claim 15 , wherein the cap assembly includes a window. 
     
     
         17 . The modular enclosure system of  claim 11 , wherein at least one of the three wings is configured to couple to a door assembly, an enclosure wall assembly, or a window assembly. 
     
     
         18 . The modular enclosure system of  claim 11 , wherein the segments are stackable in a nested arrangement. 
     
     
         19 . The modular enclosure system of  claim 18 , wherein each segment includes a ridge on an outer surface of the respective segment and each segment defines a channel on an inner surface of the respective segment, and wherein the ridge of a first segment of the six segments is configured to be received in the channel of a second segment of the six segments to nest the first and second segments together in a stacked arrangement. 
     
     
         20 . A modular enclosure system comprising:
 a first modular enclosure apparatus including six segments that couple together to form a spherical core having three wings extending radially from spherical core and being angularly offset from one another about the spherical core, the spherical core and the wings being hollow;   a second modular enclosure apparatus; and   a wing union that connects the first and second modular enclosure apparatus together.