US 12,392,127 B2
Rapid set shelter
Philip J. Dunne, Houston, TX (US); and Andrew J. Grygiel, Houston, TX (US)
Filed by Advanced Containment Systems, Inc., Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Oct. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/961,526.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/253,110, filed on Oct. 6, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0106634 A1, Apr. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. E04B 1/344 (2006.01); E04B 1/343 (2006.01); E04H 9/00 (2006.01); E04H 9/14 (2006.01); E04H 9/16 (2006.01)
CPC E04B 1/344 (2013.01) [E04B 1/34384 (2013.01); E04B 1/3445 (2013.01); E04H 9/00 (2013.01); E04H 9/14 (2013.01); E04H 9/16 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device comprising:
a bottom wall comprising:
a base plate comprising one or more metal sheets of a first thickness;
a top skin comprising one or more metal sheets of a second thickness that is less than the first thickness; and
a foamed polymeric core sandwiched between the base plate and the top skin;
a first sidewall connected to the bottom wall via a first hinge and connected to a top wall via a second hinge, wherein a third hinge is disposed in the first sidewall about parallel to both the first hinge and the second hinge;
a second sidewall connected to the bottom wall via a fourth hinge and connected to the top wall via a fifth hinge, wherein a sixth hinge is disposed in the second sidewall about parallel to both the fourth hinge and the fifth hinge, wherein the second sidewall is opposite the first sidewall, and wherein the third hinge of the first sidewall and the sixth hinge of the second sidewall have about a co-equal height along the side first and second sidewalls, relative to the bottom wall;
a third sidewall connected to the bottom wall via a seventh hinge; and
a fourth sidewall connected to the bottom wall via an eight hinge, wherein the fourth sidewall is configured to fold onto the bottom wall, and wherein the third sidewall is configured to fold onto the fourth sidewall in a collapsed position of the device.