Packaged Container Housing with Deployable Panels and Adjustable Feet
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current portable housing solutions primarily provide temporary shelters and fail to offer durable, aesthetically pleasing, and affordable long-term housing options for individuals living in poverty, especially in areas where development is scarce.
Innovation Solution
A packaged container housing structure and construction method utilizing a transportable container box frame with deployable panels, adjustable support feet, and a crane for rapid assembly, allowing for the creation of a durable and customizable home that can be easily set up on-site, forming either a single or double unit format.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional portable housing solutions are used, then temporary shelter is provided, but durability and long-term usability are compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The housing structure is divided into modular components including container box frames, deployable panels, and interchangeable wall panels that can be assembled and disassembled. This segmentation allows the housing to maintain durability through standardized connections while enabling long-term usability through reconfigurability and adaptability to different needs over time.
2Reliability
If custom-built homes are constructed, then durability and aesthetics are improved, but cost and construction time increase
Solution Approach 1:
Components such as container box frames, deployable panels, and wall panels are pre-fabricated and prepared in advance at manufacturing facilities. This preliminary action ensures high durability through controlled manufacturing conditions while dramatically reducing on-site construction time, as components can be rapidly assembled using standardized connection mechanisms rather than built from scratch.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention utilizes standardized dimensions and modular parameters for container box frames and panels that allow for rapid assembly while maintaining structural integrity. By changing the parameter of modularity, the system achieves both durability through standardized testing and certification of components, and high productivity through efficient on-site assembly of pre-engineered elements.
3Productivity
If packaged housing structures are assembled rapidly, then construction time is reduced, but assembly complexity and equipment requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The housing structure incorporates deployable panels with movable connections that can be easily manipulated during assembly. The dynamic design of panel connections allows workers to quickly engage and disengage components without requiring complex specialized equipment, thereby maintaining high assembly speed while minimizing device complexity requirements.
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AI summary
A packaged container housing structure includes a container box frame of rectangular configuration defining an interior space and an open top, closed bottom, opposite right and left open sides and opposite open ends, a top roof mounted on the container box frame and movable toward and away from the open top to close and open access of air flow into the interior space, coupling fittings integrated at top cover corners to enable lifting the packaged container housing structure, a plurality of deployable panels including wall panels, ceiling panels and floor panels stored in the interior space of the container box frame, and support feet attachable to the floor panels and container box frame being adjustable in length independent of one another so as to position the container box frame in a level orientation relative upon a mounting site.