Patent ID: 7418802
Filing Date: 2008-09-02
Classification: E04B

Abstract:
1. A single-side expandable shelter system having a transport mode in which a side expandable shelter section is completely nested within a main shelter section having a main floor surface, and a deployment mode in which said side expandable section is completely protracted from said main shelter section, said single-side expandable shelter system comprising: a side flooring structure with a side floor surface provided by a hinged flooring panel assembly comprising at least first and second floor panels hinged together for stacking compactly in a vertically elongated direction when said side expandable shelter section is retracted within said main shelter section, in a nested manner, so as to be completely contained therewithin during said transport mode; wherein said side expandable section includes a front wall panel, a top panel, and first and second side panels, fixedly arranged with respect to each other, and said foldable flooring assembly; wherein said first and second floor panels are hinged together at a point and also with the bottom of said front wall panel and the edge of the main floor structure of said main shelter section; and wherein said main floor surface and said side floor surface are disposed in substantially the same plane during said deployment mode.