Patent ID: 11866927
Assignee: nan
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E  H | IPC E  H

Claim 18:
19. A method for deploying a portable shelter, comprising:
providing a shelter including:
a left base floor panel hingedly connected by a first continuous hinge to a right base floor panel, wherein the left base floor panel and right base floor panel provide complete floor space for the shelter;
a lower left wall panel hingedly connected by a second continuous hinge to left base floor panel;
an upper left wall panel hingedly connected by a third continuous hinge to the lower left wall panel;
a left roof panel hingedly connected by a fourth continuous hinge to the upper left wall panel;
a spine panel hingedly connected by a fifth continuous hinge to the left roof panel;
a right roof panel hingedly connected by a sixth continuous hinge to the spine panel;
an upper right wall panel hingedly connected by a seventh continuous hinge to the right roof panel;
a lower right wall panel hingedly connected by an eighth continuous hinge to the upper right wall panel and is further hingedly connected by a ninth continuous hinge to the right base floor panel;
a left front end wall panel hingedly connected to the left base floor panel by a tenth continuous hinge;
a right front end wall panel hingedly connected by a first vertical continuous hinge to the left front end wall panel;
a right rear end wall panel hingedly connected to the right base floor panel by an eleventh continuous hinge; and
a left rear end wall panel hingedly connected by a second vertical continuous hinge to the right rear end wall panel;
a first support bracket adapted for connecting the left base floor panel to the lower left wall panel and a second support bracket adapted for connecting the right base floor panel to the lower right wall panel;
spring-loaded clips adapted for securing the left front end wall panel, the right front end wall panel, the right rear end wall panel and the left rear wall panel to at least one of the side wall panels or the roof panels; and
adjustable legs connected at exterior corners of the left base floor panel and the right base floor panel, said adjustable legs adapted to level the left base floor panel and the right base floor panel;

simultaneously rotate the left base floor panel and the right base floor panel outward along the first continuous hinge, the fourth continuous hinge, and the seventh continuous hinge, away from the spine panel while the left roof panel is rotated along the fifth continuous hinge and the right roof panel is rotated along the sixth continuous hinge away from each other under the spine panel, resulting in the left roof panel and the right roof panel being placed into a pitch with respect to the spine panel and the left base floor panel and the right base floor panel laying horizontally and next to each other while connected by the first continuous hinge;
raise the spine panel, the left roof panel and the right roof panel upward and away from the left base floor panel and the right base floor panel thereby causing the lower left wall panel to rotate upward and away from the left base floor panel at the second continuous hinge, the upper left wall panel to rotate upward and away from the lower left wall panel at the third continuous hinge and the fourth continuous hinge and the lower right wall panel to rotate upward and away from the right base floor panel at the ninth continuous hinge, and the upper right wall panel to rotate upward and away from the lower right wall panel at the eight continuous hinge and the seventh continuous hinge;
lock the first support bracket straight between the lower left wall panel and the left base floor panel resulting in the lower left wall panel, and thereby the upper left wall panel, being deployed upward at ninety degrees with respect to the left base floor panel, and lock the second support bracket straight between the lower right wall panel and the right base floor panel resulting in the lower right wall panel, and thereby the upper right wall panel, being deployed upward at ninety degrees with respect to the right floor panel, wherein the first and second support brackets hold the lower left wall panel and the lower right wall panel upright at ninety degrees with respect to the left base floor panel and the right base floor panel;
rotate the right front end wall panel and the left front end wall panel upward and outward at the tenth continuous hinge until they are upright at ninety degrees with respect to the left base floor panel, and rotate the left rear end wall panel and the right rear end wall panel upward and outward at the eleventh continuous hinge until they are upright at ninety degrees with respect to the right base floor panel;
lock the left front end wall panel and the right rear end wall panel in place to at least one of the wall panels or the roof panels with the spring-loaded clips;
rotate the right front end wall panel at the first vertical continuous hinge outward and away from the left front end wall panel, and rotate the left rear wall panel at the second vertical continuous hinge outward and away from the right rear end wall panel;
secure the right front end wall panel and the left rear wall panel to at least one of the left roof panel, the right roof panel, the lower left wall panel, the upper left wall panel, the lower right wall panel, and/or the upper right wall panel with the spring-loaded clips; and
level the shelter using the adjustable legs provided at each corner of the shelter defined by the left base floor panel and the right floor base panel.