Modular observatory and an unassembled kit thereof
IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
E04B-007/08
E04B-001/32
E04H-003/00
E04B-001/02
E04B-001/346
E04B-007/10
E04B-007/16
E04B-001/343
출원번호
US-0739794
(2015-06-15)
등록번호
US-9315983
(2016-04-19)
발명자
/ 주소
Sedehi, Babak
출원인 / 주소
Canadian Telescopes Inc.
대리인 / 주소
Cameron IP
인용정보
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1인용 특허 :
23
초록▼
There is provided a modular observatory including an annular wall assembly and a roof assembly selectively engageable with the wall assembly. The assemblies include a plurality of interengageable panels. The panels of the wall assembly are generally curved and rectangular. A set of the panels of the
There is provided a modular observatory including an annular wall assembly and a roof assembly selectively engageable with the wall assembly. The assemblies include a plurality of interengageable panels. The panels of the wall assembly are generally curved and rectangular. A set of the panels of the roof assembly are generally curved and rectangular in shape. Selective ones of the panels of the roof assembly are removeable to form an elongate opening in the top thereof. There is further provided an unassembled modular observatory kit comprising a plurality of interengageable wall panels, each of which is similar in size and curved and rectangular in profile. The kit includes a plurality of interengageable roof panels, a first set of which are similar in size and curved and rectangular in profile and a second set of which are similar in size and curved and triangular in profile.
대표청구항▼
1. A modular observatory comprising: an annular wall assembly and a roof assembly selectively engageable with the wall assembly, the roof assembly having a front, a rear opposite the front, and opposite sides interposed between the front and rear thereof, each of the assemblies including a plurality
1. A modular observatory comprising: an annular wall assembly and a roof assembly selectively engageable with the wall assembly, the roof assembly having a front, a rear opposite the front, and opposite sides interposed between the front and rear thereof, each of the assemblies including a plurality of interengageable panels, the panels of the wall assembly being generally curved and rectangular, a set of the panels of the roof assembly being generally curved and rectangular in shape, and peripheral edge portions of some of the panels of the roof assembly forming a pair of spaced-apart arcuate-shaped supports which extend from the front to the rear of the roof assembly, the supports being inwardly spaced-apart from the sides of the roof assembly, each of the supports being at least in part outwardly convex in lateral cross-section. 2. The observatory as claimed in claim 1 wherein the panels of the wall assembly are similar in shape to each other and wherein the panels of the roof assembly are similar in shape to each other. 3. The observatory as claimed in claim 1 wherein a further set of the panels of the roof assembly are generally curved and triangular in shape. 4. The observatory as claimed in claim 1 wherein the roof assembly is rotatable relative to the wall assembly. 5. The observatory as claimed in claim 1 wherein the roof assembly has a lower peripheral edge portion and wherein the wall assembly has an upper peripheral edge portion which is in interfitted engagement with the lower peripheral edge portion of the roof assembly. 6. The observatory as claimed in claim 1 wherein the wall assembly has an upper peripheral edge portion and wherein the roof assembly has a lower peripheral edge portion which is channel-shaped and configured to receive the upper peripheral edge portion of the wall assembly. 7. The observatory as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the supports includes a ridge-shaped portion which is outwardly convex in lateral cross-section and includes a channel-shaped portion adjacent thereto, wherein central ones of the panels of the roof assembly which are spaced-apart from the sides of the roof assembly have peripheral edge portions configured to interfit with said supports, and wherein at least some of said central ones of the panels of the roof assembly are selectively removable to form an elongate opening extending through the roof assembly. 8. The observatory as claimed in claim 1 wherein each of the panels has a length and a width, and wherein the panels of the roof assembly are curved in directions extending along the widths thereof and curved in directions extending along the lengths thereof. 9. The observatory as claimed in claim 1 wherein each of the panels has a length and a width, wherein the panels of the wall assembly are curved in directions extending along the widths thereof, and wherein the panels of the roof assembly are curved in directions extending along the widths thereof and curved in directions extending along the lengths thereof. 10. The observatory as claimed in claim 1, wherein the wall assembly further includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced-apart elongate upright members, the panels of the wall assembly extending between and abutting said upright members, a first set of rollers rotatably connecting to top ends of said upright members and a second set of rollers rotatably connecting to upper peripheral edge portions of the panels of the wall assembly, the second set of rollers having axes of rotatation that extend outwards and downwards, and wherein the roof assembly has a lower peripheral edge portion which includes a pair of spaced-apart downwardly-facing, annular channels shaped to receive said rollers therein, the roof assembly being rotatable relative to the wall assembly. 11. The observatory as claimed in claim 1, wherein the roof assembly rotatably connects to the wall assembly. 12. The observatory as claimed in claim 1, wherein the roof assembly has an elongate opening extending therethrough, has a vertically-extending central axis and rotatably connects to the wall assembly, positioning of the elongate opening being selectively adjustable about said central axis. 13. The observatory as claimed in claim 12 wherein the elongate opening is positioned between said sides of the roof assembly. 14. The observatory as claimed in claim 1, wherein a further set of the panels of the roof assembly are similar in size and curved and triangular in profile. 15. A modular observatory comprising: an annular wall assembly and a roof assembly selectively engageable with the wall assembly, the roof assembly having opposite sides, each of the assemblies including a plurality of interengageable panels, the panels of the wall assembly being generally curved and rectangular, wherein a set of the panels of the roof assembly are generally curved and rectangular in shape, wherein peripheral edge portions of some of the panels of the roof assembly form a pair of spaced-apart arcuate-shaped supports which extend from a first to a second of the sides of the roof assembly, the supports being s-shaped in cross-section, wherein central ones of the panels of the roof assembly have peripheral edge portions that are s-shaped in cross-section, the central ones of the panels of the roof assembly being configured to interfit with said supports, and wherein at least some of said central ones of the panels of the roof assembly are selectively removable to form an elongate opening extending through the roof assembly. 16. The observatory as claimed in claim 15, wherein the wall assembly further includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced-apart elongate upright members, the panels of the wall assembly extending between and abutting said upright members, a first set of rollers rotatably connecting to top ends of said upright members and a second set of rollers rotatably connecting to upper peripheral edge portions of the panels of the wall assembly, the second set of rollers having axes of rotatation that extend outwards and downwards, and wherein the roof assembly has a lower peripheral edge portion which includes a pair of spaced-apart downwardly-facing, annular channels shaped to receive said rollers therein, the roof assembly being rotatable relative to the wall assembly. 17. The observatory as claimed in claim 15 wherein the roof assembly rotatably connects to the wall assembly. 18. The observatory as claimed in claim 15, wherein a further set of the panels of the roof assembly are similar in size and curved and triangular in profile. 19. A modular observatory comprising: an annular wall assembly and a roof assembly selectively engageable with the wall assembly, the wall assembly having an upper peripheral edge portion and the roof assembly having a lower peripheral edge portion, each of the assemblies including a plurality of interengageable panels, the panels of the wall assembly being generally curved and rectangular, and a set of the panels of the roof assembly being generally curved and rectangular in shape; anda plurality circumferentially spaced-apart rollers rotatably connected to the peripheral edge portion of a first one of the assemblies, and wherein the peripheral edge portion of a second one of the assemblies being channel-shaped to receive said rollers, the roof assembly being rotatable relative to the wall assembly thereby. 20. The observatory as claimed in claim 19, wherein the roof assembly has opposite sides, a front, a rear, a bottom and a top, the front and the rear of the roof assembly extending between said sides thereof, the front, rear and sides of the roof assembly extending from the bottom towards the top thereof, and wherein the panels of the roof assembly, the panels of the roof assembly being shaped such that selective ones of the panels of the roof assembly are removeable to form an elongate opening in the top of the roof assembly which extends from the front towards the rear thereof and between the sides thereof.
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