US1262564A - Portable building. - Google Patents

Description

M. L` REYNOLDS.

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einer 'eg MARVIN L. REYNOLDS, OF FARIBAULT, MINNESOTA.

PORTABLE BUILDING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 16, 1916, Serial No. 115,343. Renewed March 1, 1918. Serial No. 219,871.

To all whom t may concern:

' Be it known that I, MARVIN L. REYNOLDS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Faribault, in the county of Rice and State of Minnesota, have invented new and use- Aful improvements in Portable Buildings, of

.vious to air so that the air may readily circulate through the structure, thereby enabling the building to be used for open-air sleeping and like purposes.

lt is also my purpose to improve and simplify the general construction of portable buildings and to provide a building wherein the parts may be assembled and held in proper relative positions without the use of nails, staples or analogous fastening devices. y

With the above and other obj ects in view, the invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter set forth in and falling within the scope of the claim.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a view in front elevation of an open-air bungalow constructed in accordance with the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a view in side elevation thereof, the curtains being shown in open position.

Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse sectional View through the building.

Fig. 4 `is a longitudinal sectional view therethrough.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged fragmentary transverse sectional view showing the supports for the fly or auxiliary roof.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged fragmentary side elevation showing the connections between the sections of the side and end walls.

Fig. 7 is an enlarged fragmentary horizontal sectional view through one of the side walls.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, 1 designates the lloor of my portable building, 2, 2, the side walls and 3, 3, the end' walls, the side and end walls uprising from the bottom wall and being suitably secured to the bottom wall. Each side and end wall is formed of .plurality of sections 4 placed in edge to edge contact and having the confronting edges thereof formed with tongues 5, respectively, overlapping one another and the inner surface of each section 4 adjacent to one edge thereof has fastened thereto securing 'plates 6 spaced apart vertically and loverlying the adjoining portion of. the adjacent section and formed with transversely extending slots 7, respectively, adapted to engage screws 8y carried by the adjoining portion of the adjacent section. Thus, the sections of each side and end wall are rigidly and effectively connected to one another and held in wall formation. Each section 4, adjacent to the lower end thereof, is provided with a panel 9 of canvas or other material that may be penetrated by the air and above the panel 9 each section is formed with a panel 10 of foraminous: material, such as wire screen. Curtainsl'll are adapted to close the screen panels 10, respectively, and each curtain 11 has the upper edge thereof fastened tothe outer side of the particular section at the upper end ofsuch section and has the lower end thereof equipped with a rod 12. Secured to the inner surface of each curtain 11 and disposed in vertical rows adjacent to the respective side edges of the curtain are eyes 13 slidably vmounted upon guide wires 14 carried by the section at the opposite sides of the foraminous panel therein. Formed in each section 4 above the foraminous panel therein and spaced apart across the section are openings 15 lined with metal sleeves 16 and passed through the sleeves is a cord 17 having the extremities secured to the lower end of the curtain and the central portion disposed upon the inner side of the particular section. By means of this construction, it will be seen that when the central portion of the cord is pulled downwardly the curtain will be elevated to open the screen panel to increase the volume of air passing through such panel and enable the light to penetrate the panel. Any

2, 2 are top side wall plates 18, while secured to the upper ends of the end walls are top .end wall plates 19. In the present instance, each top wall plate is formed with bolt holes that aline with similar holes in the upper end rails of the respective sections of the walls and through these alining bolt holes are passed securing bolts 2O having the lower ends thereof headed and the upper ends thereof equipped with winged nuts 2l, the bolts and nuts cooperating to hold the wall plates to the upper end edges of the respective walls.

22 designates a lower ridge pole extending` longitudinally .of the structure centrally thereof and secured'to the lower ridge pole 22 and projecting outwardly therefrom in relatively opposite directions are rafters 23 having the outer ends thereof secured to the upper surfaces of the top side wall plates 19, respectively. Surmounting the lower ridge pole 22 is an upper ridge pole 24: parallel with the ridge pole 22 and formed with vertical openings alining with similar openings, respectively, 'in the lower ridge pole and disposed within the alining openings are pins 25 and encircling the respective pins 25 are coiled expansion springs 26 having the upper ends thereof abutting the lower edge of the upper ridge pole and the bottom ends inengagement with the upper edge of the lower ridge pole, such springs acting to hold' the upper ridge pole spaced apart from the lower ridge pole.

Suitably secured to each side wall adjacent to the op-posite ends thereof and' projecting outwardly therefrom are bracketarms 27 and secured to the outer ends ofthe bracket arms 27 Von each side wall is a horizontal rod 28. Covering the rafters 23 is a sheet 29 of canvas forming a roof for the structure, while secured to the horizontal rods 28 a-re the side edge portions of a fly or auxiliary roof 30, the central portion of the fly being trained over the upper ridge pole and engaged by such ridge pole. This fly 30 is spaced apart from themain roof vand lies in parallelism therewith, and the springs 26 act upon the upper ridge pole section' to maintain the fly taut. Depending from the horizontal rods 28 is a flap 31 of canvas or analogous material. In the present instance, the front and rear ends of the` edge of the opposite section,'the central section constituting a door and being capable of swinging positions.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the constructionI and mode of assembling and disassembling my improved portable building will be readilyapparent. It will be seen that I have provided a portable open-air bungalow which may be readily knocked down and put together and which is entirely open to the air.

While I have herein shown and described one preferred form of my invention by way of illustration, I wish it to be understood that I do not limit or confine myself to the precise details of construction herein de* scribed and delineated, as modification and variation may be made within the scope of the claim without departing from the spirit of the invention.

I claim:

In a portable building structure, an auxiliary roof comprising a ridge pole spaced above the roof of the building, a plurality of brackets secured upon the walls of the building and extending horizontally therefrom and terminating in upwardly and outwardly curved ends, rods' engaging said ends, a fabric covering extending from said ridge pole and secured to said rods, and means for forcing said ridge pole upwardly to hold said rods firmly against said brackets, said fabric being apertured for the passage of said. curved ends.

movement to open and closed In testimony whereof I 'atlix my signature I Witnesses Ii. F. SHANDORF, B. M. I-IUTCHINsoN.

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