Patent ID: 8720593

Claim:
A portable, expandable fire protection enclosure having a collapsed transportable configuration and an expanded occupiable configuration, comprising: a base enclosure member comprising a perimeter wall of a thermally resistant material, the perimeter wall having an inner surface and an outer surface, the base enclosure member having an open top and an open bottom, the perimeter wall proximate the open top extending inwardly to form an upper ledge; at least one intermediate enclosure member, the at least one intermediate enclosure member having at least one perimeter wall of the thermally resistant material, the at least one perimeter wall having an inner surface and an outer surface, the at least one intermediate enclosure member having an open top and an open bottom, the at least one intermediate enclosure member having an upper ledge extending inwardly from the inner surface of the at least one perimeter wall proximate the open top, the at least one intermediate enclosure member having a lower ledge extending outwardly from the outer surface of the at least one perimeter wall proximate the open bottom, the at least one intermediate enclosure member nested within the base enclosure member in the collapsed transportable configuration, the at least one intermediate enclosure member slidable upwards within the base enclosure member to engage the lower ledge of the at least one intermediate enclosure member with the upper ledge of the base enclosure member in the occupiable configuration; and a top enclosure member having a perimeter wall of the thermally conductive material, the perimeter wall having an inner surface and an outer surface, the top enclosure member having an open bottom and a closed top, the top enclosure member having a lower ledge extending outwardly from the outer surface of the perimeter wall proximate the open bottom, the top enclosure member nested within the at least one intermediate enclosure member in the collapsed transportable configuration, the top enclosure member slidable upwards within the at least one intermediate enclosure member to engage the lower ledge of the top enclosure member with the upper ledge of the at least one intermediate enclosure member in the occupiable configuration.