IP Library Granted Patent US 8,707,634
Granted Patent B2
US 8,707,634 · App. 13/360,754 · Granted Apr 29, 2014

Collapsible modular building with canvas seams

Inventor: Edward D. Anklam (Culbertson, MT)
Assignee: Edward D. Anklam
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,707,634
App. No.
13/360,754
Granted
Apr 29, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A collapsible structure comprising four collapsible walls and a roof member, each of the four walls and roof member comprising two foam panels joined by a canvas seam. The canvas seam extends along one side of each foam panel. The invention further comprises vinyl flashing around all or part of the perimeter of each foam panel except on the side of the foam panel where the canvas seam is located. Preferably, the canvas seam is comprised of duck canvas.

Claims (7)

1. A collapsible structure comprising four collapsible walls and a roof member, each of the four walls and collapsible roof member comprising two foam panels joined by a canvas seam

further comprising a door frame, a boot and a plurality of boot locks;

wherein the boot is roughly the same shape and size as the door frame;

wherein the boot comprises a frame with a first side and a second side, a rubber gasket that is joined to the first side of the frame, and a rubber gasket that is joined to the second side of the frame;

wherein each boot lock is a bracket comprising a longitudinal section and two end sections that protrude from either end of the longitudinal section at roughly ninety-degree angles; and

wherein each boot lock is roughly the width of the boot plus two walls.

2. The collapsible structure of claim 1 , wherein the boot and boot locks join two collapsible structures together, and wherein the rubber gaskets create a seal between the two structures.

Continuity (1)
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