Patent ID: 7318300

Claim:
A prefabricated jail cell, comprising: a. a front panel; b. a rear panel; c. two side panels joining said front and rear panel, wherein each said side panel presents a continuous interior wall surface toward the interior of said cell along its entire horizontal length from said front panel to said rear panel; d. a roof panel joining said front, rear, and side panels at their upper edges; e. wherein said jail cell includes first means for connecting said front panel and one of said side panels at their juncture to an adjacently positioned second cell; f. wherein said jail cell includes second means for connecting said rear panel and one of said side panels at their juncture to an adjacently positioned second cell, and wherein said second means comprises a flat steel connecting plate welded over adjacent surface portions of each said roof panel; g. wherein said cell includes an additional first means located on a side opposite from said other first means to enable said front panel to connect to an adjacently located third cell, and wherein said cell includes an additional second means located on a side opposite from said other second means to enable said rear panel to connect to an adjacently located third cell; and, h. wherein said first means comprises a front panel extension portion extending laterally outward from said front panel and a side panel support member spaced from said front panel extension portion and defining a slot positioned proximal to said extension portion and adapted to receive an interlock plate for connecting said first means to an adjacently positioned cell.