CA2000225C - Containerized transportable house - Google Patents

Containerized transportable house

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CA2000225C
CA2000225C CA 2000225 CA2000225A CA2000225C CA 2000225 C CA2000225 C CA 2000225C CA 2000225 CA2000225 CA 2000225 CA 2000225 A CA2000225 A CA 2000225A CA 2000225 C CA2000225 C CA 2000225C
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Abstract

A containerized home for shipping unassembled in a standard size cargo shipping container is disclosed.
It is comprised of a housing having first and second longitudinal side walls, first and second end walls, a bottom and top section. The first and second end walls of the housing are fixedly mounted to the bottom section to form part of a first and second side wall of the home.
The first and second longitudinal side walls of the housing are pivotably mounted along a first edge to the bottom section of the housing to form with the bottom section a base frame of the home. The top section is fixedly mounted to the first and second end walls to form part of a second floor plan of the home. A plurality of frame composite panels, suitably stored in the housing form the remaining sections of the side walls, front and rear walls and roof sections of the home.

Description

20no225 CONTAINERIZED TRANSPORTABLE HOUSE

This invention relates to portable homes and more particularly a portable house which can be shipped unassembled and constructed from a standard "high cube"
steel shipping container.

Most of today's prefabricated houses are assembled at a factory and transported as either a single unit or two separate sections. These are usually transported or towed by a truck or tractor and later combined or assembled on the construction site.

Such a foldable and transportable home is disclosed in United States Patent 3,983,665. This portable home is comprised of two foldable sections which are transported in their folded conditions, placed on a foundation and later joined rigidly together after erecting the walls.

With this design, a certain amount of prefabrication is required before the house can be shipped to its final destination. Accordingly, care must be taken when the sections of the house are transported on the highway by conventional means.

Accordingly, there exists a requirement for a fully transportable house which is shipped in unassembled form in a container.

It is therefore the principal object of the present invention to provide a containerized home, which in its unassembled state will have the size of a standard sealand "high cube" steel shipping container.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a containerized home in which the steel shipping ~0~0225 container is used as the main support for the structure of the home.

And yet another object of the present invention is to provide a containerized home in which the steel walls of the container will unfold, with composite panels being withdrawn from their storage places and reassembled as they are attached to form the outer walls and room sections of the home.

Accordingly, the present invention provides a containerized house adapted to be assembled from a standard sized cargo shipping container comprising:
a container having a rectangular box-like frame;
first and second longitudinal side walls hingedly mounted along first and second bottom longitudi-nal side edges, respectively, of said frame;
first and second end walls fixedly mounted to said frame;
top and bottom sections fixedly mounted to said frame, said top section forming part of a second floor plan of said house and said bottom section forming with said first and second longitudinal side walls, when opened, a base frame of said house;
first and second inner longitudinal side panels hingedly mounted to top longitudinal side edges of said side walls, respectively, said panels forming, when opened and erected, front and rear walls of said house;
a plurality of composite panels stored in said container to form remaining side walls, front and rear walls, second floor and roof sections of said house.
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Particular embodiments of the invention will be understood in conjunction with accompanying drawings in which:

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Figure 1 is a perspective view of a standard sealand "high cube" steel shipping container;
Figure 2 is a cross section taken along lines 2-2 of Figure l;
Figure 3a is a sectional view of a first half of an assembled home according to a first embodiment of the present invention;
Figure 3b is a sectional view of the second half of said home;
Figures 4a to 4k are illustrations of basic assembly steps used for erecting a house according to a second embodiment of the present invention;
Figure 5 is a perspective view of the assembled home shown in Figures 3a and 3b; and Figure 6 shows a further detail of the shipping container.

Referring now to Figure 1 we have shown in reference numeral 10 the unassembled containerized home of the present invention. The containerized home is pro-vided in a standard high cube steel shipping container which can either have dimensions of eight feet by twenty feet or eight feet by thirty feet and nine and a half feet high. The container is basically comprised of end walls 11 and 12, longitudinal walls 13 and 14 and a top and bottom section 15 and 16 respectively. Each longitudinal side wall is hinged at its bottom edge to bottom section 16 whereas end walls 11 and 12 and top section 15 are fixedly mounted to remain in their positions and to become the main support for the structure of the house.

As depicted in Figure 2, longitudinal side wall 13 can be pivoted about hinge 17 to form part of the base frame of the house. The upper edge 18 of wall 13 can be supported in its open and pivoted position on house foun-dation 19. An inner side wall 20 is pivotably mounted - 20Q0225~' about hinge 21 to the upper edge 18 of side wall 13.
Inner wall 20 will first pivot downwardly along with side wall 13 and then upwardly to form part of the front or rear wall of the house. Longitudinal side wall 14 will similarly pivot about its lower side edge to form another part of the base frame of the house. Also, an inner wall 22 (shown in Figure 3a) will fold down and up to form part of the rear or front wall of the house.

As shown in Figure 6, there is a lip 13a extending up from hinge 17 and formed as an extension to wall 13. Hinge 17 and lip 13a are positioned and dimen-sioned to ensure that when wall 13 is pivoted downwardly about hinge 17 the inner surface of wall 13 becomes the upper or inner surface of the floor and is in the same plane as the upper or the inner surface of bottom section 16, as shown in Figure 2. At the tip of wall 13, as shown in Figure 6, there is a second lip 13b extending upwardly. This allows the shipping containers to be held by bolts 100 extending through clear holes 102 and lip 20 13b to engage threaded openings 104 in top section 15.
In the finished structure lip 13b produces a gap at a lower longitudinal edge which can be sealed by members l9a as shown in Figure 3b.

Figure 3a is a sectional view of the first half 25 of a partially completed house according to a first embo-diment of the present invention. Figure 3b is a sec-tional view of the other half of the partially completed house. As shown in Figures 3a and 3b, top section 15 forms part of the second floor plan. Longitudinal side wall 14 is also provided with a pivotably mounted inner wall 22 which forms part of the front wall of the house.
Roof sections 24, 25 and 26 can be made of polystyrene frame composite panels 27. These composite panels are stored within container 10 shown in Figure 1 and withdrawn from their storage places and reassembled on - - 5 ~ o 0 0 2 2 5 the construction site to form the outer walls as well as room sections of the house. Other composite panels are not shown for sake of clarity. The gap formed in the floor because of lip 13a may be filled with a filler piece 16a.

The other section of the second floor plan 28, is secured to steel beam 29 of shipping container 10 (shown in Figure 1) by means of a joist hanger 30 bolted to steel beam 29 of the container. Each house comes complete with prefabricated stairs, kitchen and bathroom cabinets and drainage piping for basins and toilet faci-lities. A one piece fibreglass bathtub is provided as well as a sink and toilet with the bathroom. The bathroom is completely installed with all plumbing on the inside wall completely done at the plant. Also provided is an electric in line instant hot water heater.

To facilitate the assembly, the composite panels are numbered and interlocked with each other, making a tight seal. The outside wall panels are bolted through the steel edges into the bottom of the panels.

Hardboard siding is installed on solid polystyrene wall with the splines which are used to interlock the keyed components and create efficient airlock.

On the inside a decorative faced fibreglass reinforced gypsum may be used also with some wood panelling.

These panels are finished on the inside and outside at the plant and stacked inside the container.
The roof, folding front and rear walls are done the same way.

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20~0225 The floor of the container is fibreglass insu-lated and houses the electrical wiring.

Prefinished wooden half-inch doubled glazed windows are used. All doors and windows are pre-S installed in panels and radiant heat is pre-installed in the panels as well.

As depicted in Figures 4a to 4k, the assembly of the house can be relatively simple and in general will take approximately five days with four workers using simple hand tools. As indicated above, longitudinal side walls 13 and 14 unfold from the cargo container 10 to form part of the base frame of the house.

Side walls 13 and 14 are unfolded by loosening securing bolts 100. Container 10 and side walls 13 and 14 are then levelled before assembly is to be started.
The prefabricated wall panels and fixtures are then withdrawn from the container to permit the assembly of the house. These panels are labeled 201 to 246 to permit the easy assembly of the walls and roof sections.

In Figure 4c panels 201 and 202 are installed onto a side edge of panel 13 and panel 201 is secured to corner post 50 of end wall 11 by means of a U-shaped channel and a series of bolts. Panels 201 and 202 are secured together by means of a tongue and groove joint.
In Figure 4d, ladder 51 is shown secured to the floor or side wall 13 and roof 15. The front wall 22 of the house has been erected in one step as discussed above. In another embodiment, the front and rear walls of the house can be built separately from a number of composite panels.

In Figure 4e, panels 203 to 213 have been simi-larly secured to finish the front wall and a side wall of , 20~22~

the house. Panel 204 is provided with main entrance door 52 whereas panels 5 and 6 are provided with bay windows 53 and 54 respectively. Panel 210 is provided with a window 55 which will be used as an upper bedroom window.
In Figure 4f panels 214 to 222 have been installed and secured in place. Panels 214 to 218 will form the rear wall of the house and panels 219 to 222 will complete the remaining side of the house. Again, the rear wall of the house can be erected in one step as described above.

In Figure 4g all side panels have been installed and secured and side panels 245 and 246 are installed to complete the installation of the exterior side panels. In Figure 4h, interior panels 241, 242 and 243 are used to separate two of the main rooms of the house.

Once all interior side panels have been installed and tightly secured, roof panels 223, 224, 225, 226 and 227 are fixedly secured and positioned onto side panels 201 to 209 as is depicted in Figure 4i. In Figure 4j the final set of roof panels have been positioned and secured onto the rear end portion of the house and include 5 sets of panels as generally depicted by reference numeral 56.

In Figure 4k the side panels are shown covered with hardboard siding 57 used in providing weather protection to the composite side panels.

Figure 5 depicts the shape of a fully assembled home according to the first embodiment of the present invention. Cross sectional views have been shown in Figures 3a and 3b. This house is provided with a flat roof section 35 to allow a greater living space on the second floor of the house.

Claims (6)

1. A containerized house adapted to be assembled from a standard sized cargo shipping container comprising:
a container having a rectangular box-like frame;
first and second longitudinal side walls hingedly mounted along first and second bottom longitudinal side edges, respectively, of said frame;
first and second end walls fixedly mounted to said frame;
top and bottom sections fixedly mounted to said frame, said top section forming part of a second floor plan of said house and said bottom section forming with said first and second longitudinal side walls, when opened, a base frame of said house;
first and second inner longitudinal side panels hingedly mounted to top longitudinal side edges of said side walls, respectively, said panels forming, when opened and erected, front and rear walls of said house;
a plurality of composite panels stored in said container to form remaining side walls, front and rear walls, second floor and roof sections of said house.
2. A containerized home as defined in claim 1 wherein said composite panels are provided with tongue and groove joints for interlocking with an adjacent panel while creating a tight seal.
3. A containerized home as defined in claim 1 wherein said housing further comprises bathroom facilities with drainage piping enclosed in said composite panels and said base frame.
4. A container as defined in claim 1 wherein said first and second longitudinal side walls are hingedly mounted along said respective first and second bottom longitudinal side edges of said frame by means of a hinge positioned centrally along said edge, each longitudinal side wall being connected to a hinge by means of a longitudinal lip extending from an exterior surface of each wall to the hinge such that the interior surface of each wall can lie along the same plane as said bottom section when the walls are pivoted and said exterior surface can lie along the same plane as said bottom and top longitudinal edges when closed.
5. A container as defined in claim 4 wherein said top longitudinal side edge of said side wall is further comprised of a lip extending from said exterior surface along a plane defined by said surface.
6. A container as defined in claim 5 wherein said container further comprises joist hangers adapted to be placed along said frame to mate said frame with said composite panels.
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