Patent ID: 8806810

Claim:
A portable freestanding, foldable, and interconnectable architectonic module that is horizontally and vertically extendible via two or more freestanding basic sub-modules, each basic sub-module comprising: a cover ( 7 ) comprising a first cover part ( 7 a ) and a second cover part ( 7 b ); a floor ( 9 ) comprising a first floor part ( 9 a ) and a second floor part ( 9 b ); and a wall ( 8 ) comprising a top beam ( 11 ) and a bottom beam ( 12 ), wherein: the basic sub-modules further comprise columns ( 13 ) having pivoting hinges ( 17 ) adjacent a top part of the columns ( 13 ) and adjacent a bottom part of the columns ( 13 ), so as to enable rotation of the columns so as to provide articulation thereof along with the related basic sub-modules; the top beam ( 11 ) is defined by a first top beam part ( 11 a ) and a second top beam part ( 11 b ), the first and second top beam parts ( 11 a , 11 b ) being axially symmetric relative to one another and about at least one top beam pivoting hinge ( 14 ) located at an inner end of the top beam ( 11 ), the top beam pivoting hinge ( 14 ) being configured so as to provide a pivoting connection between respective ends of the first and second top beam parts ( 11 a , 11 b ); the first and second cover parts ( 7 a , 7 b ) are operatively connected to at least the first and second top beam parts ( 11 a , 11 b ) via at least one pivoting hinge ( 10 ) extending along a length of the first and second top beam parts ( 11 a , 11 b ), such that the first and second cover parts ( 7 a , 7 b ) are axially symmetric relative to one another about the top beam pivoting hinge ( 14 ) and an axial rotation axis is defined between the cover ( 7 ) and the wall ( 8 ) by the pivoting hinge ( 10 ); the bottom beam ( 12 ) is defined by a first bottom beam part ( 12 a ) and a second bottom beam part ( 12 b ), the first and second bottom beam parts ( 12 a , 12 b ) being axially symmetric relative to one another and about at least one bottom beam pivoting hinge ( 14 ) located at an inner end of the bottom beam ( 12 ), the bottom beam pivoting hinge ( 14 ) being configured so as to provide a pivoting connection between respective ends of the first and second bottom beam parts; and the first and second floor parts ( 9 a , 9 b ) are axially symmetric relative to one another about at least one common pivoting hinge ( 19 ).