Wall panel structure for portable building unit

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EP 0 693 601 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	11.09.1996 Bulletin 1996/37

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	24.01.1996 Bulletin 1996/04

(21)	Application number: 95305138.0

(22)	Date of filing: 21.07.1995

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁶: E04H 1/12, E04B 1/348

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	BE DE FR GB NL

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Priority:

21.07.1994 GB 9414766

(71)	Applicant: PORTAKABIN LIMITED
	Huntington York Y03 9PT (GB)

(72)	Inventors:
	Botham, Stephen Charles Stockton on the Forest, York YO3 9UT (GB) Hoggarth, Christopher John Huntington, York YO3 9RQ (GB)

(74)	Representative: Leach, John Nigel et al
	FORRESTER & BOEHMERT Franz-Joseph-Strasse 38 D-80801 München D-80801 München (DE)

(54)	Wall panel structure for portable building unit

(57) A wall panel of the kind specified wherein the panel is provided with a frame member extending along or adjacent one edge of the panel and the frame member comprising a frame element comprising a channel shape formation comprising two spaced limbs defining an open mouth therebetween at their one ends and interconnected by a transversely extending web and having a plurality of bracing elements extending transversely between the limbs and disposed between the one ends of the limbs and said web and arranged at spaced positions longitudinally of the frame element.

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