Patent ID: 8381455
Filing Date: 2013-02-26
Classification: E04B,E04H

Abstract:
1. A modular shelter made from stock material comprising a first side wall, a first end wall, a second side wall, a second end wall, a first roof section, and a second roof section, such that: (a) the first side wall and the first end wall, the first end wall and the second side wall, the second side wall and the second end wall, and the second end wall and the first side wall are disposed at an angle between 60 and 120 degrees relative to one another and are connected by at least two mortise and tenon joints; and (b) the first roof section and the second roof section are disposed at an angle between 45 and 180 degrees relative to one another and are connected by at least two mortise and tenon joints; such that there is at least one mortise in the first side wall, the first end wall, the second side wall, the second end wall, the first roof section, and the second roof section; a first member having a left side, a right side, a left edge, a right edge, a top edge and a bottom edge, wherein the length of the first member is at least the distance between the first mortise in the first end wall, the second side wall, the second end wall, the first roof section, or the second roof section, and the first mortise in an adjacent wall or section; the first member comprising: at least one first tenon on the left side of the first member and at least one second tenon on the right side of the first member such that the first tenon protrudes from an edge on the left side of the first member and the second tenon protrudes from an edge on the right side of the first member, wherein the size and shape of the first tenon and the second tenon correspond to the size and shape of the first mortise such that the first tenon and the second tenon each fit within the first mortise, and the first tenon and the second tenon are each comprised of a distal end, a left side and a right side; a second mortise in the distal end of the first tenon and a third mortise in the distal end of the second tenon; locking pegs corresponding in size and shape to the second mortise and the third mortise such that each locking peg fits within the second mortise and within the third mortise, and the locking pegs comprise a top portion, a bottom portion, and two side portions; at least one first tenon inserted into the first mortise of a wall or section; at least second tenon inserted into the first mortise of an adjacent wall or section; and one locking peg inserted into the second mortise and one locking peg into the third mortise, wherein the top portion of the locking peg includes a notch to control how far the locking peg may be inserted into the second mortise or the third mortise, wherein the first tenon further comprises a vertical shoulder on either side of the first tenon, and the second tenon further comprises a vertical shoulder on either side of the second tenon, wherein the first tenon further comprises indents on either side of the first tenon, such that the bottom of the indents is parallel to the edge of the first member from which the first tenon protrudes, and the second tenon further comprises indents on either side of the second tenon, such that the bottom of the indents is parallel to the edge of the first member from which the second tenon protrudes, wherein the combined height of the vertical shoulder of the first tenon and an indent of the first tenon is equal to the thickness of the stock material, and the combined height of the vertical shoulder of the second tenon and an indent of the second tenon is equal to the thickness of the stock material, and wherein the corner radius of the locking pegs is at least one half the diameter of the inside corner radius of the second mortise, and the corner radius of the locking pegs is at least one half the diameter of the inside corner radius of the third mortise, wherein the first side wall, the first end wall, the second side wall, and the second end wall each contain interlocking finger members on at least one side thereof to connect the first side wall to the first end wall, the first end wall to the second side wall, the second side wall to the second end wall, and the second end wall to the first side wall, wherein a side of the first end wall, the second side wall, and the second end wall with interlocking finger members interlocks with the interlocking finger members of an adjacent wall.