Patent ID: 7581357
Filing Date: 2009-09-01
Classification: E04B,E04H

Abstract:
1. An injection molded utility shed comprising: a floor assembly for enclosing the bottom of said utility shed, said floor assembly including a plurality of like-configured floor panel members, wherein each said floor member includes a first closed edge, a second edge opposite said closed edge, said second edge including a first means for connecting to juxtapositioned panel members, a third edge substantially perpendicular to and extending between said first and said second edges, said third edge including said first means for connecting to juxtapositioned panel members, a fourth edge opposite to and substantially parallel to said third edge, said fourth edge including said first means for connecting to juxtapositioned panel members, a top surface and a bottom surface, wherein said top surface includes a second means of connecting to wall panel members in a substantially perpendicular relationship with respect to said top surface, wherein at least two of said like configured floor panels may be assembled having said second edges juxtapositioned in interlocking engagement to assemble a floor assembly having a predetermined width, wherein at least two of said like configured floor panels may be assembled having said third and said fourth edges juxtapositioned in interlocking engagement to assemble a floor assembly having a predetermined length; a pair of side wall assemblies for enclosing the left side and right side of said utility shed, wherein said pair of side wall assemblies are constructed and arranged to cooperate with said second means for connecting panel members to secure said side walls to said floor assembly in a substantially perpendicular relationship; a rear wall assembly for enclosing the back of said utility shed, wherein said rear wall assembly is constructed and arranged to cooperate with said second means for connecting panel members to secure said rear wall assembly to said floor assembly in a substantially perpendicular relationship; a front wall assembly for enclosing the front of said utility shed, wherein said front wall assembly is constructed and arranged to cooperate with said second means for connecting panel members to secure said front wall assembly to said floor assembly in a substantially perpendicular relationship, wherein said front wall assembly includes a door assembly for enclosing and providing ingress into and egress from said utility shed; a roof assembly, wherein said roof assembly includes a third means of connecting, wherein said third means for connecting is constructed and arranged to cooperate with said front wall assembly and said rear wall assembly in an interlocking relationship for enclosing the top of said utility shed; wherein said first means for connecting panel members includes a series of spaced apart fingers and recesses, wherein a portion of said fingers are provided with at least one countersunk aperture for receiving a fastener, said fingers and recesses constructed and arranged so that said fingers overlap and mateably engage the recesses of a juxtapositioned floor panel and wherein at least one fastener secures said floor panel members together in an inter-fitting engagement with their respective top surfaces in a co-planar arrangement wherein at least one of said fingers includes an alignment boss outwardly projecting from a lower surface thereof, wherein said alignment boss mateably engages an alignment socket positioned within an upper surface of at least one of said recesses wherein said alignment boss includes at least one integrally formed spring clip, wherein said spring clip is constructed and arranged to interlockingly engage said alignment socket wherein a utility shed can be shipped in a disassembled state and assembled on a desired site.