Patent ID: 7000795
Filing Date: 2006-02-21
Classification: E04B

Abstract:
1. A container, in particular as a work room, with variable volume, comprising: a basic container with a bottom wall and a roof wall, at least one expansion element, which can be non-rotatably moved out of the basic container and which exhibits a bottom wall, a side that is open in a direction of the basic container, a front wall opposite the open side, non-folding side walls at opposing ends of the front wall and arranged parallel to a direction of movement of the expansion element, and additional surface elements which, after the expansion element is in a moved-out state, close a gap above each side wall so as to totally close an interior space within the deployed expansion element from the exterior environment, wherein when the expansion element is within the basic container the expansion element bottom wall is parallel to the basic container bottom wall, and a device, with which the expansion element can be lowered in such a manner that, after the expansion element has been non-rotatably moved out of the basic container, the bottom wall of the expansion element and the basic container are at a same height, and with which the expansion element can be lifted in such a manner that, after lowering, the expansion element can be non-rotatably slid again into the basic container, wherein the basic container further has at least one hinged side wall, wherein the expansion element is open at a top, in the moved-out state a roof wall of the expansion element is formed by the side wall that is opened up on hinges and belongs to the basic container, and a height of the hinged side wall when the expansion element is in the container is substantially the same as the height of the expansion element.