Patent ID: 9416527
Filing Date: 2016-08-16
CPC Classification: A01M,A63H,E04B,E04H

Claim Text:
1. A method of forming a portable, collapsible, lightweight housing structure, comprising the steps of: (a) taking a cover panel having a plurality of sidewall panels and at least one end flap and folding the peripheral edges of said cover panel along a fold line of said sidewall panels so as to form a cover having a central cover area and vertical peripheral cover sidewalls which are formed by said folding of said sidewall panels and the securing of said at least one end flap to an adjacent sidewall panel, and wherein said vertical peripheral cover sidewalls have an inner peripheral cover sidewall and an outer peripheral cover sidewall; (b) placing at least one first securing means on at least a portion of said inner peripheral cover sidewall of said cover panel; (c) taking at least one single panel having a first wall edge and a second wall edge and having a plurality of fold lines and securing said first wall edge to said second wall edge using at least one second securing means and forming a housing sleeve, said housing sleeve having an inner housing sleeve panel wall and an outer housing sleeve panel wall such that said housing sleeve has at least one wall panel having an upper edge and a lower edge, and folding said at least one wall panel along said plurality of fold lines so as to form a front sleeve panel, a back sleeve panel, and at least one side sleeve panel; (d) placing at least one third securing means on at least a portion of said outer housing sleeve panel wall; (e) securing said cover panel to said housing sleeve such that at least a portion of said at least one first securing means is secured to at least a portion of said third securing means, and wherein said plurality of sidewall panels of said cover panel completely envelope said upper edge of said housing sleeve; and (f) forming at least one door in said housing sleeve for an entry and exit by at least one human, and thereby forming said portable, collapsible, lightweight housing structure.