Abstract: A hard walled shelter has first and second substantially parallel corner posts. The hard walled shelter also has an upper frame support extending between first ends of the corner posts and a lower frame support extending between second ends of the corner posts. The hard walled shelter additionally has a moveable wall. The moveable wall has a lower portion hinged at the lower frame support and an upper portion that fits securely on the interior of the corner posts when the moveable wall is in a closed configuration. When the moveable wall is in an open configuration the moveable wall is disposed away from the hard walled shelter to form an opening in the shelter. The hard walled shelter also has a coupling that extends around the perimeter of the opening in the shelter.

Abstract: A portable shelter including an expandable component and an expandable component support. The expandable component including at least one structural element, e.g., a wall, configured to extend from, and retract into, an opening in a wall of the portable shelter. The expandable component support including a first non-roller bearing assembly affixed to the portable shelter to bear at least a portion of the weight of the at least one structural element.

Abstract: A mobile shelter system having deployed and non-deployed configurations. The shelter system includes a towable trailer and a plurality of functional components for use in the deployed configuration. The functional components include a temperature control unit configured to output one or more of heated and cooled air, and an electric generator configured to provide power to the temperature control unit. In the non-deployed configuration, all of the functional components are positioned on the trailer and the system is configured to be towed over rugged terrain by an off-road vehicle.

Abstract: An adapter plate for a container unit that can be coupled to at an additional container unit to form an intermodal container having the approximate dimensions of a standard ISO container. The intermodal container can be handled by a medium tactical vehicle with a load handling system. The container unit has first and second substantially parallel corner posts, an upper frame support extending between first ends of the corner posts, a lower frame support extending between second ends of the corner posts, and a connection block disposed adjacent the second ends of the corner posts. The adapter plate is disposed adjacent the connection block. A proximal end of the adapter plate is connected to the connection block and positioned generally flush with an outer facing surface of the connection block. A distal end of the adapter is angled to connect to an outer surface of the lower frame support.

Abstract: A portable shelter including an expandable component and an expandable component support. The expandable component including at least one structural element, e.g., a wall, configured to extend from, and retract into, an opening in a wall of the portable shelter. The expandable component support including a first non-roller bearing assembly affixed to the portable shelter to bear at least a portion of the weight of the at least one structural element.

Abstract: A telescopic support assembly including tube assemblies and bearing assemblies. The tube assemblies are arranged telescopically from a largest cross section rear tube assembly to a smallest cross section front tube assembly. The bearing assemblies include a non-roller bearing for each tube assembly other than the front tube assembly. Each bearing assembly is configured to present a surface of the non-roller bearing at the bottom interior of a tube assembly, proximate the front of the tube. Some embodiments include a drive assembly for extending and retracting the telescopic support assembly.

Abstract: Systems for wall sections, wall panels assembled from sections, walls assembled from panels, and shelters assembled from walls. In embodiments, a wall for a shelter is disclosed, the wall comprising a frame comprising frame segments forming an n-sided closed polygon; at least one wall panel, each wall panel contained within the frame; and a plurality of flats, each flat attached to and overlapping a frame segment and a portion of a wall section, thereby retaining each wall panel within the frame. In embodiments, a shelter is disclosed, the shelter comprising a plurality of walls, each wall comprising a frame comprising frame segments forming an n-sided closed polygon; at least one wall panel, each wall panel contained within the frame; and a plurality of flats, each flat attached to and overlapping a frame segment and a portion of a wall section, thereby retaining each wall panel within the frame.

Abstract: A mobile shelter system having a transport configuration and a deployed configuration. The mobile shelter system includes an enclosed bumper-pull trailer, and a plurality of functional components, for use in the deployed configuration, including an expandable shelter configured for storage in the trailer in a collapsed state. In the transport configuration, all of the functional components are secured to the trailer, and, in the deployed configuration, the shelter is in an expanded state and is at least partially disposed on a ramp of the trailer to form a series of rooms including respective operational interior spaces of the shelter and the trailer.

Abstract: An expandable shelter having an expanded configuration and a collapsed configuration in which the shelter has the approximate dimensions of a standard International Organization for Standardization (ISO) freight container. The expandable shelter includes first and second substantially parallel corner posts disposed at a first end of the shelter. The expandable shelter also includes a ramp coupled with hinges at the first end of the shelter and is configured to fit securely on the interior of the first and second corner posts when in a closed configuration in which the ramp is disposed between the first and second corner posts. The expandable shelter has sufficient strength to withstand the forces of at least eight similar shelters stacked on top of the shelter.

Abstract: A mechanism for raising or lowering a sidewall of a container. The mechanism has a shaft that extends across a substantial width of the container adjacent an upper frame support. The shaft has two spools fixedly attached to opposing ends of the shaft. The mechanism has two cables each having one end secured to an associated one of the spools, an opposing end secured to the sidewall, and a length wrapped around the spool and extending between the spool and sidewall. The mechanism has a drive for rotating the shaft to unwrap a portion of the cable allowing for the sidewall to rotate away from the container in response to gravity, and to wrap a portion of the cable around the spool, causing the sidewall to rotate toward the container.

Abstract: An adapter plate for a container unit that can be coupled to at an additional container unit to form an intermodal container having the approximate dimensions of a standard ISO container. The intermodal container can be handled by a medium tactical vehicle with a load handling system. The container unit has first and second substantially parallel corner posts, an upper frame support extending between first ends of the corner posts, a lower frame support extending between second ends of the corner posts, and a connection block disposed adjacent the second ends of the corner posts. The adapter plate is disposed adjacent the connection block. A proximal end of the adapter plate is connected to the connection block and positioned generally flush with an outer facing surface of the connection block. A distal end of the adapter is angled to connect to an outer surface of the lower frame support.

Abstract: A hard walled shelter has first and second substantially parallel corner posts. The hard walled shelter also has an upper frame support extending between first ends of the corner posts and a lower frame support extending between second ends of the corner posts. The hard walled shelter additionally has a moveable wall. The moveable wall has a lower portion hinged at the lower frame support and an upper portion that fits securely on the interior of the corner posts when the moveable wall is in a closed configuration. When the moveable wall is in an open configuration the moveable wall is disposed away from the hard walled shelter to form an opening in the shelter. The hard walled shelter also has a coupling that extends around the perimeter of the opening in the shelter.

Abstract: An expandable shelter having an expanded configuration and a collapsed configuration in which the shelter has the approximate dimensions of a standard International Organization for Standardization (ISO) freight container. The expandable shelter includes first and second substantially parallel corner posts disposed at a first end of the shelter. The expandable shelter also includes a ramp coupled with hinges at the first end of the shelter and is configured to fit securely on the interior of the first and second corner posts when in a closed configuration in which the ramp is disposed between the first and second corner posts. The expandable shelter has sufficient strength to withstand the forces of at least eight similar shelters stacked on top of the shelter.

Abstract: A mobile shelter system having deployed and non-deployed configurations. The shelter system includes a towable trailer and a plurality of functional components for use in the deployed configuration. The functional components include a temperature control unit configured to output one or more of heated and cooled air, and an electric generator configured to provide power to the temperature control unit. In the non-deployed configuration, all of the functional components are positioned on the trailer and the system is configured to be towed over rugged terrain by an off-road vehicle.