Patent ID: 9611637
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: E04B,E04H

Claim:
1. A prefabricated, foldable building module, including: a central core, including a central roof portion, a central floor portion and two opposing fixed walls extending between the central roof portion and the central floor portion; a plurality of foldable wall panels including side wall panels each foldably connected to one of the opposing fixed walls and foldable out therefrom and end wall panels each foldably connected to one of the side wall panels and foldable out therefrom; roof panels, each being foldably connected to the central roof portion and foldable out therefrom such that the roof panels swing outwards and upwards on opposite sides of the central core; floor panels, each being foldably connected to the central floor portion and foldable out therefrom such that the floor panels swing outwards and downwards on opposite sides of the central core, wherein the module is moveable between, a folded configuration, in which the foldable wall panels, roof panels and floor panels are stowed at least one of partially within and substantially adjacent the central core, and an erected configuration, in which the wall panels are outwardly folded from the central core such that the side walls extend from the two opposing fixed walls and the end walls extend between the respective side walls, the floor panels are outwardly folded from the central core so as to extend from opposing sides of the central floor portion and the roof panels are outwardly folded from the central core so as to extend from opposing sides of the central roof portion, wherein in the erected configuration, the central roof portion is recessed relative to tops of the end wall panels and leading edges of the roof panels are positioned inside of and below the tops of the end wall panels such that the roof panels slope downwardly toward the central roof portion, and wherein the central roof and floor portions are each narrower in plan form than the two opposing fixed walls so as to define recesses between ends of the two opposing fixed walls and side edges of the respective central roof and floor portions, the recesses providing a depth such that the roof panels, floor panels and at least one of the plurality of foldable wall panels are received by the recesses in the folded configuration.