Patent ID: 6901710
Filing Date: 2005-06-07
Classification: B29C,E04B

Abstract:
1. An enclosure for underground use having a plurality of pultruded prefabricated panels formed of a fiber resinous composite matrix, comprising: a plurality of interconnecting pultruded vertical panels; a pultruded floor panel attached to a lower end of the vertical panels; and a pultruded ceiling panel attached to an upper end of the vertical panels, wherein said vertical, floor, and ceiling panels include opposing substantially planar sheets attached to a plurality of spaced support members disposed between the sheets and said sheets, and said support members and said planar sheets comprising pultruded unidirectional glass filaments; wherein each panel comprise sections that individually do not extend the entire longitudinal length of the panel and wherein ends of the sections abut against each other; wherein the plurality of vertical panels comprises opposing longitudinal wall panels and opposing lateral wall panels; wherein the enclosure further comprises a plurality of pultruded fiber resin angle members for bonding the longitudinal wall panels to the lateral wall panels at perpendicular interconnections therebetween and said perpendicular interconnections including a cap element mating with said angle members.