Vehicle cover

• US 4,886,083 A
• Filed: 02/15/1989
• Issued: 12/12/1989
• Est. Priority Date: 02/15/1989
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Gamache, Mark
• Original Assignee: Gamache, Mark
• Inventors: Gamache, Mark
• Primary Examiner(s): Scherbel, David A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): MAI, LANNA
• Application Number:
  US07/310,581
• Time in Patent Office: 300 Days
• Field of Search: 135/88, 135/97, 135/101, 135/102, 135/106, 135/109, 135/112, 135/103
• US Class Current: 135/88.06
• CPC Class Codes: E04H 15/38 expansible, e.g. extensible in a fan type manner
• CPC Class Codes: E04H 6/005 Garages for vehicles on two wheels
• CPC Class Codes: E04H 6/04 wheeled, hinged, foldable, telescopic, swinging or otherwise movable

Abstract

Portable cover for vehicle has foldable frame with weather resistant flexible sheet. A ground-rail on each side of the vehicle includes support bars redoubtably mounted on the ground-rail, the bars supporting the weather resistant sheet and being connected over the top of the vehicle. The redoubtably mounted bars are arranged in pairs so that they can be folded over the vehicle, or folded down to the ground beyond the ground rails. For larger vehicles, each ground-rails includes a track, and the support bars are mounted for sliding along a portion of the length of the relatively parallel tracks. Flanges mounted on support bars at the ends of the ground-rails receive wheels of the vehicle for anchoring down the portable cover and for fastening down an end of the frame when it is closed over the vehicle.

Claims

1. A portable cover for a vehicle having a first side, a second side, a first end, a second end, a wheel at said first end, and a wheel at said second end, said cover comprising:

a foldable frame and weather resistant flexible sheet means attached to said frame for protecting the vehicle from weather,

said frame comprising a first ground-rail on said first side, and a second ground-rail on said second side, said first ground-rail comprising a first track, and said second ground-rail comprising a second track, said second track being generally parallel to said first track, said two tracks having a first end and a second end,

a plurality of pairs of support bar means, one bar of each pair being mounted by a first end on said first ground-rail and the other bar of the pair being mounted by a first end on said second ground-rail, the two bars of each pair being generally coplanar with one another,

of said plurality of pairs of support bar means;

a first pair of said support bar means mounting being near said first end of the tracks,

a second pair of said support bar means being mounted near said second end of the tracks,

a third pair of said support bar means being mounted between said first and second pairs, said mounting by said third pair being by means for sliding for traveling a length of said track,

each of said support bar means including a second end, and

each pair of support bar means comprising a spacer bar at said second ends of said support bar means of said each pair,

the mounting of said second and third pair of support bar means further comprising rotatable mounting means, said second and third pairs each being rotatable about said rotatable mounting means in a vertical arc that is coplanar with a line that is parallel with the tracks,

the mounting of said first pair of said support bar means comprising means for fixing said first pair against traveling the track, and further comprising rotatable mounting means, said first pair being rotatable about said rotatable mounting means in a vertical arc that is coplanar with a line that is parallel with the tracks,

flange means mounted on a bar of said first pair of said support bar means, and on a bar of said second pair of said support bar means, said flange means for receiving wheels of said vehicle for holding said flanged bars to the ground.

2. A portable cover for a vehicle having a first side, a second side, a first end, a second end, a wheel at said first end, and a wheel at said second end, said cover comprising:

a foldable frame and weather resistant flexible sheet means attached to said frame for protecting the vehicle from weather,

said frame comprising a first ground-rail on said first side, and a second ground-rail on said second side, said first ground-rail comprising a first track, and said second ground-rail comprising a second track, said second track being generally parallel to said first track, said two tracks having a first end and a second end,

a plurality of pairs of support bar means, one bar of each pair being mounted by a first end on said first ground-rail and the other bar of the pair being mounted by a first end on said second ground-rail, the two bars of each pair being generally coplanar with one another,

of said plurality of pairs of support bar means;

a first pair of said support bar means mounting being near said first end of the tracks,

a second pair of said support bar means being mounted near said second end of the tracks,

a third pair of said support bar means being mounted between said first and second pairs, said mounting by said third pair being by means for sliding for traveling a length of said track,

each of said support bar means including a second end, and

each pair of support bar means comprising a spacer bar at said second ends of said support bar means of said each pair,

the mounting of said second and third pair of support bar means further comprising rotatable mounting means, said second and third pairs each being rotatable about said rotatable mounting means in a vertical arc that is coplanar with a line that is parallel with the tracks,

said track comprising tubular means including a longitudinal opening for receiving said means for sliding.

3. A portable cover for a vehicle having a first side, a second side, a first end, a second end, a wheel at said first end, and a wheel at said second end, said cover comprising:

a foldable frame and weather resistant flexible sheet means attached to said frame for protecting the vehicle from weather,

said frame comprising a first ground-rail on said first side, and a second ground-rail on said second side, said first ground-rail comprising a first track, and said second ground-rail comprising a second track, said second track being generally parallel to said first track, said two tracks having a first end and a second end,

a plurality of pairs of support bar means, one bar of each pair being mounted by a first end on said first ground-rail and the other bar of the pair being mounted by a first end on said second ground-rail, the two bars of each pair being generally coplanar with one another,

of said plurality of pairs of support bar means;

a first pair of said support bar means mounted being near said first end of the tracks,

a second pair of said support bar means being mounted near said second end of the tracks,

a third pair of said support bar means being mounted between said first and second pairs, said mounting by said third pair being by means for sliding for traveling a length of said track,

each of said support bar means including a second end, and

each pair of support bar means comprising a spacer bar at said second ends of said support bar means of said each pair,

the mounting of said second and third pair of support bar means further comprising rotatable mounting means, said second and third pairs each being rotatable about said rotatable mounting means in a vertical arc that is coplanar with a line that is parallel with the tracks,

said track comprising tubular means including a longitudinal opening for receiving said means for sliding,

said means for sliding, comprising roller means within said tube for traveling a length of said tube, said roller means being angled within the tube for transmitting lateral force from the support bar with reduced rolling friction.

4. A portable cover for a vehicle having a first side, a second side, a first end, a second end, a wheel at said first end, and a wheel at said second end, said cover comprising:

a foldable frame and weather resistant flexible sheet means attached to said frame for protection the vehicle from weather,

said frame comprising a first ground-rail on said first side, and a second ground-rail on said second side said second ground-rail being generally parallel to said first ground-rail, said two ground-rails having a first end and a second end,

a plurality of pairs of support bar means, one bar of each pair being mounted by a first end on said first ground-rail and the other bar of the pair being mounted by a first end on said second ground-rail, the two bars of each pair being generally coplanar with one another,

of said plurality of pairs of support bar means;

a first pair of said support bar means being mounted at said first end of the ground-rails,

a second pair of said support bar means being located at said second end of the ground-rails,

a third pair of said support bar means being located in the area between said first and second pair of support bar means,

the mounting of said second and third pairs on the ground-rails being by rotatable mounting means, said second and third pairs each being rotatable about said rotatable mounting means in a vertical arc that is coplanar with a line that is parallel with the ground-rails,

each of said support bar means including a second end, and

each pair of support bar means comprising a spacer bar at said second ends of said support bar means of said each pair,

the mounting of said first pair of said support bar means being by rotatable mounting means, said first pair being rotatable about said rotatable mounting means in a vertical arc that is coplanar with a line that is parallel with the ground-rails, and flange means mounted on a bar of said first pair of said support bar means, and flange means mounted on a bar of said second pair of said support bar means, said flange means being for receiving wheels of said vehicle for holding said flanged bars to the ground.

5. A portable cover for a vehicle having a first side, a second side, a first end, a second end, a wheel at said first end, ad a wheel at said second end, said cover comprising:

a foldable frame and weather resistant flexible sheet means attached to said frame for protecting the vehicle from weather,

said frame comprising a first ground-rail on said first side, and a second ground-rail on said second side said second ground-rail being generally parallel to said first ground-rail, said two ground-rails having a first end and a second end,

a plurality of pairs of support bar means, one bar of each pair being mounted by a first end on said first ground-rail and the other bar of the pair being mounted by a first end on said second ground-rail, the two bars of each pair being generally coplanar with one another,

of said plurality of pairs of support bar means;

a first pair of said support bar means being mounted at said first end of the ground-rails,

a second pair of said support bar means being located at said second end of the ground-rails,

a third pair of said support bar means being located in the area between said first and second pair of support bar means,

the mounting of said second and third pairs on the ground-rails being by rotatable mounting means, said second and third pairs each being rotatable about said rotatable mounting means in a vertical arc that is coplanar with a line that is parallel with the ground-rails,

each of said support bar means including a second end, and

each pair of support bar means comprising a spacer bar at said second ends of said support bar means of said each pair,

the mounting of said first pair of said support bar means being by rotatable mounting means, said first pair being rotatable about said rotatable mounting means in a vertical arc that is coplanar with a line that is parallel with the ground-rails, and flange means mounted on a bar of said first pair of said support bar means, and flange means mounted on a bar of said second pair of said support bar means, said flange means being for receiving wheels of said vehicle for holding said flanged bars to the ground,

a spacer ground strip attached, with one end at said flange on the bar of said first pair of said support bar means, attached between said support bars of said first pair of support bar means, and

a spacer ground strip attached, with one end at said flange on the bar of said second pair of said support bar means, attached between said support bars of said second pair of support bar means.