A transformable house comprises a stationary part and a movable part placed inside the stationary part and configured to move out of the stationary part along a first direction of the movable part by a first distance. The movable part includes a first sub section having a first width equal to the first distance and a second sub section having a second width that is the rest of a width of the movable part, the second sub section including a water tank. The first width and the second width are determined to meet the following equation: W1D1=W2D2, wherein W1, W2, D1, and D2 are the weight of the first sub section, the weight of the second sub section, the first width, and the second width, respectively.

A collapsible pop-up structure for the rapid erection of buildings includes at least two portals forming two first parallel aspect facades of the shelter, the two other facades each comprising means for vertical articulation, on one hand with respect to the uprights of the portals that they connect, and on the other hand with respect to an axis positioned centrally between the portals. The portals are independent and the uprights of one portal each comprise an internal profile that can be made to slide so as to increase the height thereof in order to impart pitch to the roof, wherein said internal profiles are connected by an upper beam and form a secondary upper portal that can be made to slide into the portal. Means for controlling the sliding are provided in at least one of the uprights.

The present invention discloses an office soundproof compartment and a mounting method thereof, and the compartment comprises a lower compartment body, an upper compartment body and a compartment door. The lower compartment body comprises a seat, telescoping columns and a plurality of lower compartment plates. The upper compartment body comprises top plates and a plurality of upper compartment plates; the top plates are connected to the telescoping columns and can move in synchronization with the telescoping columns and the top plates are maintained in extended or retracted state relative to the lower compartment body; one end of at least one of the upper compartment plates is connected to the lower compartment body, and the other end is detachably connected with the top plate when the top plate is in extended state, which can save packaging costs, occupy less transportation space, help handling and can be mounted simply, conveniently and quickly.

The object of the invention is an emergency escape tunnel in a multi-storey building, especially in a building with a centrally situated staircase and useable rooms surrounding it, used to evacuate people in case of a fire hazard. The emergency escape tunnel according to the invention is equipped with a load-bearing skeleton (6) with an outline similar in shape to an upturned letter U, its surface wail (7) and side walls (8) being covered with layers of a fire-resistant material. The tunnel has a self-activating drive system (13, 32, 36) and is horizontally shiftable in the space (14) between the staircase (1) and the external wall (2) of the building. In the resting position, the tunnel is situated within the staircase and in the operating position the outlet section (15) of the tunnel is situated within the exit door (16) of the building whereas its exit opening (17) is situated beyond the building. To make it possible to use the tunnel in relatively vast spaces of the building, it consists of two or three telescopically overlapping segments (3, 3a, 4), the ends of which are mutually interlocked with their cover flanges (5).

A containment booth assembly includes a floor, a plurality of vertical sidewalls, and a plurality of sliding panels corresponding to each of the vertical sidewalls. The plurality of sliding panels define an extendible top portion, the extendible top portion extendible upwardly and configured to interface with a ceiling surface of a room above the containment booth assembly. In a non-limiting aspect or embodiment, one or more of the plurality of vertical sidewalls is rotatably mounted to vertical support beams and define an extendible side portion. The extendible side portion is extendible horizontally and configured to interface with a wall surface of the room beside the containment booth assembly.

The invention relates to vehicle-transportable expandable structures. The structure comprises a stationary module, slide-out modules, expansion mechanisms and support mechanisms for the slide-out modules, a power supply system, a frame, a control unit. The expansion mechanisms are mounted below and represent tube in a tube systems having rollers and motors synchronized between each other. Each support mechanism is formed by at least three profile elements, comprises its own motor, two sets of rollers and vertical masts with reinforcing ropes. The support mechanisms are mounted above and attached to roofs of the stationary module and the slide-out modules. The expansion mechanisms' motors are synchronized between each other and with support mechanisms' motors. The invention achieves: stable, uniform, smooth, mechanized and automated, simultaneous sliding out/retraction of several slide-out modules outwardly from the stationary module; stable and long-term support of the slid-out slide-out modules above and below; increasing a useful living area.

A transformable house comprises a stationary part and a movable part placed inside the stationary part and configured to move out of the stationary part along a first direction of the movable part by a first distance. The movable part includes a first sub section having a first width equal to the first distance and a second sub section having a second width that is the rest of a width of the movable part, the second sub section including a water tank. The first width and the second width are determined to meet the following equation: W1D1=W2D2, wherein W1, W2, D1, and D2 are the weight of the first sub section, the weight of the second sub section, the first width, and the second width, respectively.

An expandable home structure can expand outward from at least one side thereof to expand the living space once the home is delivered to a desired location. The expansion process includes raising two roof panels from a side edge of its main structure, where the roof panels follow a track so that an outer one of the two roof panels can, once fully raised, slide outward along front and rear walls of the expansion section so that the roof panels form a box gable roof structure over the expansion section.

A customizable workstation panel is provided. The panel includes a screen portion, a lifting mechanism, a base portion, and a control unit. The control unit receives input from a user and controls the lifting mechanism to move the dynamic portion between a retracted position and a deployed position in accordance with the user input.

While such systems and methods can include any suitable component, in some cases, they include a first and a second piece of sauna housing and a sauna heater. In some such cases, the second piece of sauna housing slidingly couples with the first piece to define an interior sauna chamber. Additionally, in some cases, a first portion of the second piece of sauna housing is configured to slidably fit within the first piece such that a volume of the sauna chamber is configured to increase and decrease, respectively, when the second piece is moved into an extended position or when the second piece is moved from the extended position into a collapsed position in which the second piece nests within the first piece. In some cases, the first and second pieces include a ceiling that is configured to extend over a user within the sauna chamber. Other implementations are described.