MULTIPURPOSE FRAME MODULE Russian patent published in 1997 - IPC

FIELD: fulfilling needs of population for rest, marketing, tourism,, agricultural work and for saving of personnel and equipment under emergency situations (sheltering of people, animals, equipment from cold, rain, radiation, etc). SUBSTANCE: multipurpose frame module includes base framework, dome enclosure of one-type restoring arcs-rings joined to base framework and one to another by parallel joints and soft covering pulled over enclosure. Multipurpose frame module can if necessary by provided with ventilation hole at vertex of dome with canopy, change architectural form with the aid of tie-rod in plane of one ring as minimum, be bent into "book" after folding in plane of base, increase degree of folding thanks to manufacture of framework and (or) enclosure from pneumatic hoses, have creaseless covering due to torus on top of dome enclosure and rubberized inserts into panel of covering. Multipurpose frame module is easy to store, to transport and to mount by self-rising, it is technologically and ecologically safe and allows many versions of form and dimensions of article to be assembled on one base. EFFECT: expanded application field, simplified design, reduced labour input into mounting. 5 cl, 6 dwg