ASSEMBLABLE AND DISASSEMBLABLE ENCLOSURE

Abstract

The enclosure is square or rectangular parallelepipedic shaped, incorporates wall forming panels, vertices at corners and elongated flanges. Each elongated flange has an uniform thickness, protrudes along each lateral side, outwards from a front, external surface of each wall forming panel and extends less than the full length of each lateral side. The elongated flange has a thickness commensurable with corresponding thickness of each of the wall forming panels. A segment of the elongated flange protruding outwards each lateral side equalizes with the thickness of each wall forming panels. An elongated rail, made of plastic material has, relatively, a lesser thickness than the thickness of each of the forming panels, provides a longitudinal and transverse flexibility and internally is so configured as to engage a pair of elongated flanges, perpendicularly positioned and in contact.

Claims

1. An assemblable and disassemblable enclosure selected from the group consisting of a square parallelepipedic shape enclosure and a rectangular parallelepipedic shape enclosure, said square parallelepipedic shape enclosure comprising 6 wall forming panels, all identical; and 8 vertices at the corners of said assemblable and disassemblable enclosure; an elongated flange, of uniform thickness, protruding along each lateral side, outwards from a front, external surface of each said wall forming panel and extending less than the full length of each said lateral side, so that a free space between each ends of said elongated flange and one of said vertices, which is proximate, is resulting; said elongated flange having a thickness commensurable with a corresponding thickness of each said wall forming panels; a segment of said elongated flange protruding outwards each said lateral side equalizing with said thickness of each wall forming panels; an elongated rail made of plastic material and having, relatively, a lesser thickness than said thickness of each of said forming panels, provides a longitudinal and transverse flexibility; each said elongated rail having a length comparable to that of each said elongated flange and a U shaped cross-section with a base and unequal legs: a long leg and a short leg; said base being, dimensionally, so chosen as to correspond to a height of a cross section of said elongated flange and a thickness of another said elongated flange, the former and the latter being perpendicularly positioned and in contact, together abutting interiorly said base; said long leg being in contact, interiorly, with a surface of said elongated flange, defined by a height of a cross-section of said elongated flange, while said short leg being interiorily in contact with a surface of said elongated rail, defined by a thickness of another said elongated rail; a first lip extending perpendicularly from an end of said long leg, while a second lip extending perpendicularly from an end of said short leg, both former and latter lips being in springy contact with external surfaces of two of said wall forming panels, perpendicularly juxtaposed; and each of said elongated rails, due to its internal configuration, engaging and entrapping by snapping or by telescopic translation each pair of said elongated flanges, which are perpendicularly juxtaposed; and said rectangular parallelepipedic shape enclosure comprising wall forming panels, all rectangular, at least 4 of said wall forming panels being identical; said elongated flanges and said elongated rails, incorporated in said rectangular parallelepipedic shape enclosure having identical structure and function as those of corresponding square parallelepipedic shape enclosure; since size-wise, said walls forming panels of said rectangular parallelepipedic shape enclosure are not equal, their length would accordingly differ; thus, the lengths of said elongated flanges and of said elongated rails of said rectangular parallelepipedic shape enclosure are, correspondingly, dimensioned to fit to said rectangular parallelepipedic shape enclosure.

Description

III. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0023] The subject matter of the present invention is particularly pointed out and distinctively claimed in the concluding portion of this specification. The invention, however, both in structure and operation, may be better understood by reference to the following description taken in conjunction with the subjoined claims and the accompanying drawings of which:

[0024] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a fully assembled square parallelipedic shaped enclosure;

[0025] FIG. 2 is a fractional perspective view of a wall forming panel, removed from of the enclosure;

[0026] FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a mating pair of wall forming panels of the enclosure;

[0027] FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of an encircled corner zone A of FIG. 3 depicting a pair of wall forming panels before a final contact;

[0028] FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of the enclosure;

[0029] FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of an encircled corner zone B of FIG. 5;

[0030] FIG. 7 is a perspective view partly in section depicting a fully assembled enclosure;

[0031] FIG. 8 is an enlarged view of an encircled zone C of FIG. 7;

[0032] FIG. 9 is an enlarged view of an encircled zone D of FIG. 7;

[0033] FIG. 10 is an enlarged view of an encircled zone E of FIG. 7;

[0034] FIG. 11 is a perspective view of an elongated rail; and

[0035] FIG. 12 is a lateral end view of the elongated rail shown in FIG. 11.

IV. DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0036] As a caveat, before the preferred embodiments of the invention are disclosed, it is to be agreed that this invention is not limited in its application to the structural details and the arrangement of the components set forth in the following description and illustrated in the accompanying in drawings. The invention is applicable to other embodiments and of being practiced or of being carried out in various variants. Also, it to be understood that the terms used herein with the reference to the orientation of the ASSEMBLABLE AND DISASSEMBLABLE ENCLOSURE, such as vertical, horizontal, forward, upwards, lateral and the like, are only used to better understand the description of the present invention with reference to a working position of use. Reference 1 was chosen for generally naming the above mentioned preferred embodiment of the invention. For simplification, in the following description, the wording enclosure 1 substitutes for the wording ASSEMBLABLE AND DISASSEMBLABLE ENCLOSURE. Generally stating, with reference to FIGS. 1 through 12, enclosure 1, which is square parallelepipedic shaped, i.e. a cube, comprises, in combination: [0037] 6 wall forming panels 10, all identical; [0038] 12 elongated rails 20, all identical, intended for releasably interconnecting perpendicularly mating wall forming panels 10; and [0039] 8 vertices 30 at the corners of enclosure 1.

[0040] Each wall forming panel 10 is square shaped and is made preferably of plastic material, has an uniform thickness with opposite plane surfaces or, alternatively, can be made of corrugated or honeycomb materials.

[0041] An elongated flange 12, of uniform thickness, protrudes along each lateral side 14 outwards from the front, external surface, of each wall forming panel 10 and extends less than the full length of each lateral side 14, so that a free space between each end of elongated flange 12 and a proximate vertex 30 is created. Elongated flange 12 has a thickness (width) commensurable with a thickness 16 of each wall forming panel 10. A segment 18 of elongated flange 12 protrudes outwards from each lateral side 14. The dimension of segment 18, which protrudes outwards lateral side 14, equalizes with the thickness 16 of each wall forming panel 10.

[0042] An elongated rail 20 is made of plastic material and has, relatively, a lesser thickness than thickness 16 of each forming panel 10. Thus, elongated rail 20 acquires a longitudinal and transverse flexibility.

[0043] Each of said elongated rails 20 has a length comparable to the length of each elongated flange 12 and has a U shaped cross-section with a base B and unequal legs, a long leg L and a short leg S. Base B is dimensionally so chosen as to correspond to a height of a cross section of an elongated flange 12 and a thickness (width) of another elongated flange 12, when the former and the latter are perpendicularly positioned and in contact, and together abut interiorly base B.

[0044] Long leg L is in contact interiorly with a surface of elongated rail 20 defined by the height of the cross section of elongated rail 20, while short leg S is in contact interiorily with a surface of elongated rail 20 defined by the thickness (width) of another elongated rail 20.

[0045] A first lip LP1 extends perpendicularly from an end of long leg L, while a second lip LP2 extends perpendicularly from an end of short leg S. Both first and second lips LP1 and LP2 are in springy contact with external surfaces of two perpendicularly juxtaposed wall forming panels 10.

[0046] Each elongated rail 20, due to its internal configuration, engages and entraps by snapping or by telescopic translation a pair of perpendicularly juxtaposed elongated flanges 12.

[0047] Another embodiment, which is based on the same inventive concept as the one applied in the above disclosed embodiment, comprises a rectangular parallelepipedic shaped enclosure, i.e. a cuboid shaped enclosure.

[0048] In order to be better understood, the description of the instant embodiment is made by reference to the previous embodiment, wherein a cube shaped enclosure is disclosed. The cuboid shaped enclosure, herein described, basically distinguishes from the previously described one. Thus, in a cube shaped enclosure, each of the 6 identical wall forming panels 10 is a square and all of these squares are equal.

[0049] Each wall forming panel of a cuboid shaped enclosure is a rectangle and at least 4 of these rectangles are identical.

[0050] Concerning elongated flanges and elongated rails, both are incorporated by reference in that cuboid shaped enclosure, their structure and their function are identical with those of elongated flanges 12 and those of elongated rails 20, the former and the latter being incorporated in the cube shaped enclosure. Since size-wise, the walls forming panels of the cuboid shaped enclosure are not equal, their length would accordingly differ. Thus, the lengths of elongated flanges and of elongated rails will be, proportionately, dimensioned.

[0051] The embodiments of the invention, in which an exclusive property or privilege are claimed, are defined as follows:

[0052] Claim 1. An assemblable and disassemblable enclosure selected from the group consisting of a square parallelepipedic shape enclosure and a rectangular parallelepipedic shape enclosure, said square parallelepipedic shape enclosure comprising [0053] 6 wall forming panels, all identical; and [0054] 8 vertices at the corners of said assemblable and disassemblable enclosure; [0055] an elongated flange of uniform thickness, protruding along each lateral side, outwards from a front, external surface of each said wall forming panel and extending less than the full length of each said lateral side, so that a free space between each ends of said elongated flange and one of said vertices, which is proximate, is resulting; said elongated flange having a thickness commensurable with a corresponding thickness of each said wall forming panels; a segment of said elongated flange protruding outwards each said lateral side equalizing with said thickness of each wall forming panels; [0056] an elongated rail made of plastic material and having, relatively, a lesser thickness than said thickness of each of said forming panels, provides a longitudinal and transverse flexibility;
each said elongated rail having a length comparable to that of each said elongated flange and a U shaped cross-section with a base and unequal legs: a long leg and a short leg;
said base being, dimensionally, so chosen as to correspond to a height of a cross section of said elongated flange and a thickness of another said elongated flange, the former and the latter being perpendicularly positioned and in contact, together abutting interiorly said base;
said long leg being in contact, interiorly, with a surface of said elongated flange, defined by a height of a cross-section of said elongated flange, while said short leg being interiorily in contact with a surface of said elongated rail, defined by a thickness of another said elongated rail;
a first lip extending perpendicularly from an end of said long leg, while a second lip extending perpendicularly from an end of said short leg, both former and latter lips being in springy contact with external surfaces of two of said wall forming panels, perpendicularly juxtaposed; and
each of said elongated rails, due to its internal configuration, engaging and entrapping by snapping or by telescopic translation each pair of said elongated flanges, which are perpendicularly juxtaposed; and

[0057] Another embodiment, which is based on the same inventive concept as the one applied in the above disclosed embodiment, comprises a rectangular parallelepipedic shaped enclosure, i.e. a cuboid shaped enclosure.

[0058] In order to be better understood, the description of the instant embodiment is made by reference to the previous embodiment, wherein a cube shaped enclosure is disclosed. The cuboid shaped enclosure, herein described, basically distinguishes from the previously described one. Thus, in a cube shaped enclosure, each of the 6 identical wall forming panels 10 is a square and all of these squares are equal.

[0059] Each wall forming panel of a cuboid shaped enclosure is a rectangle and at least 4 of these rectangles are identical.

[0060] Concerning elongated flanges and elongated rails, both are incorporated by reference in that cuboid shaped enclosure, their structure and their function are identical with those of elongated flanges 12 and those of elongated rails 20, the former and the latter being incorporated in the cube shaped enclosure. Since size-wise, the walls forming panels of the cuboid shaped enclosure are not equal, their length would accordingly differ. Thus, the lengths of elongated flanges and of elongated rails will be, proportionately, dimensioned.