# US 10,309,120 B1 · Portable elevated platform assembly for mounting on a pickup truck

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- Number: US 10,309,120 B1
- Document ID: US10309120B1
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B1
- Application number: 15/281,072
- Filed: 2016-09-30
- Granted: 2019-06-04
- Earliest claimed: 2016-09-30
- Applicants: Phares Azarael Noel, II
- Inventors: Phares Azarael Noel, II
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10309120B1

## CPC

- E04G 27/00: Temporary arrangements for giving access from one level to another for men or vehicles, e.g. steps, ramps (for scaffolds E04G5/10; gangways B63; lifts B66)
- B60J 7/1607: {for covering load areas, e.g. rigid panels for pick-up truck beds}
- B60P 3/32: comprising living accommodation for people, e.g. caravans, camping, or like vehicles (tents or canopies, in general E04H15/00)
- B62D 33/02: Platforms; Open load compartments {(flat wagons including posts or standards B61D3/08)}
- B62D 33/0207: {Connections of movable or detachable racks or stanchions to platforms}
- E04H 3/126: {Foldable, retractable or tiltable tribunes (E04H3/123 takes precedence)}
- E04H 15/06: Tents at least partially supported by vehicles
- E04G: SCAFFOLDING; FORMS; SHUTTERING; BUILDING IMPLEMENTS OR AIDS, OR THEIR USE; HANDLING BUILDING MATERIALS ON THE SITE; REPAIRING, BREAKING-UP OR OTHER WORK ON EXISTING BUILDINGS
- B60J: WINDOWS, WINDSCREENS, NON-FIXED ROOFS, DOORS, OR SIMILAR DEVICES FOR VEHICLES; REMOVABLE EXTERNAL PROTECTIVE COVERINGS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES (fastening, suspending, closing, or opening of such devices E05)
- B60P: VEHICLES ADAPTED FOR LOAD TRANSPORTATION OR TO TRANSPORT, TO CARRY, OR TO COMPRISE SPECIAL LOADS OR OBJECTS (vehicles with special provisions for transporting patients or disabled persons, or their personal conveyances A61G3/00)
- B62D: MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS (steering, or guiding on a desired track, of agricultural machines or implements A01B69/00; wheels, castors, axles, increasing wheel adhesion B60B; vehicle tyres, tyre inflation or tyre changing B60C; connections between vehicles of a train or the like B60D; vehicles for use on rail and road, amphibious or convertible vehicles B60F; suspension arrangements B60G; heating, cooling, ventilating or other air treating devices B60H; windows, windscreens, non-fixed roofs, doors or similar devices, protective coverings for vehicles not in use B60J; propulsion plant arrangements, auxiliary drives, transmissions, controls, instrumentation or dashboards B60K; electric equipment or propulsion of electrically-propelled vehicles B60L; power supply for electrically-propelled vehicles B60M; passenger accommodation not otherwise provided for B60N; adaptations for load transportation or to carry special loads or objects B60P; arrangement of signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor, for vehicles in general B60Q; vehicles, vehicle fittings or vehicle parts not otherwise provided for B60R; servicing, cleaning, repairing, supporting, lifting, or manoeuvring, not otherwise provided for, B60S; brake arrangements, brake control systems or parts thereof B60T; air-cushion vehicles B60V; motor-cycles, accessories therefor B62J, B62K; testing of vehicles G01M)
- E04H: BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL (foundations E02D)

## Abstract

An elevated platform assembly suitable for mounting over the cargo area of a vehicle such as a pickup truck is disclosed. The platform assembly is modular for easy storage and can be conveniently transported to a scene wherever an elevated vantage point is desired, such as for viewing of outdoor musical concert, watching a game, or just camping out and observing nature. Embodiments of the invention disclosed include a normal platform, a wide platform for larger cargo areas where the platform is assembled with floor sections clamped together and supported with floor-pillars for extra support, or a long platform assembled with extendable platform floor modules fastened along the vehicle's axial or the length dimension. Also disclosed are the embodiments that include an awning assembly for providing shade to the occupants of the platform, and detachable handrails for the safety of platform occupants. Plurality of steps are included to facilitate the process of mounting the elevated level of the platform, particularly when occupants desire to place seating apparatus such as chairs or tables on the platform to enjoy the functionality offered by the invention.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An elevated platform assembly comprising:
a platform floor with an approximately rectangular shape
having a left edge, a right edge, a front edge, and a rear edge where each of the left edge, the right edge, the front edge and the rear edge,
the length dimension of the left edge and length dimension of the right edge is approximately equal, and the length dimension of the front edge and the length dimension of the rear edge is approximately equal, and
the left edge in communication with and be supported by a left side panel of a cargo vehicle, and the right edge in communication with and be supported by a right panel the cargo vehicle; further including a lip fixedly attached to the lower surface along the front edge of the platform floor, where the lip communicate into a preexisting cavity between a driver section and a cargo section of the cargo vehicle
a lower surface wherein the lower surface includes
a plurality of stakes along the left edge with each of the plurality of left edge stakes being fixedly attached to the lower surface and communicate into a plurality of preexisting pockets included on a top surface of the left side panels of the cargo vehicle,
a plurality of stakes along the right edge with each of the plurality of right edge stakes being fixedly attached to the lower surface and communicate into a plurality of preexisting pockets included on a top surface of the right side panels of the cargo vehicle;
an upper surface adapted to receive occupants thereupon.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

An elevated platform assembly of claim 1 further comprising
an awning having a left pole, a right pole, and a substantially rectangular shade component having an edge with a first end and a second end, with the left pole and the right pole hingeably connected respectively to the first end and the second end of the edge of the shade component,
a left collar where the left collar is fixedly attached to a left collar location on the upper surface of the platform floor,
a right collar where the right collar is fixedly attached to a right collar location on the upper surface of the platform floor,
the left collar is adapted to receive the left pole, and the right collar is adapted to receive the right pole, and
the left collar location and the right collar location are adapted to position the awning shade vertically above the upper surface of the platform floor upon inserting the left pole into the left collar and inserting the right pole into the right collar.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

An elevated platform assembly of claim 1 further includes a handrail where the handrail is detachably attached to the upper surface along the left edge, the upper surface along the rear edge, and the upper surface along the right edge.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

An elevated platform assembly of claim 1 having a platform floor with a width larger than the width of the vehicle's cargo area with the platform floor having an outside portion of the platform floor where the outside portion overhangs the vehicle's cargo area, and
further having a plurality of telescopic legs with an adjustable height wherein the telescopic legs are in communication between the lower surface of the outside portion of the platform floor and a ground upon which the cargo vehicle is parked.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

An elevated platform assembly of claim 1 further comprising a plurality of stepping devices having a step size lower than a height of the cargo vehicle floor.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

An elevated platform assembly of claim 1 wherein the platform floor further comprising
a left platform floor section where the left platform floor section is approximately rectangular in shape and has
a left edge, a right edge, a front edge, and a rear edge where each of the left edge, the right edge, the front edge and the rear edge has a length dimension, and
the length dimension of the left edge and length dimension of the right edge are approximately equal, and the length dimension of the front edge and the length dimension of the rear edge are approximately equal, and
the right edge includes a plurality of interlock teeth and a plurality of interlock receptors laid out along the length of the right edge in an alternating arrangement where each of the plurality of interlock teeth is followed by a interlock receptor and each of the plurality of interlock receptor is followed by an interlock tooth;
an upper surface and a lower surface wherein the lower surface includes
a plurality of stakes fixedly attached along the left edge with the plurality of stakes communicate into a plurality of preexisting pockets included within the side panels of a cargo vehicle, and
a plurality of platform support poles with each of the plurality of platform support poles having a length, a first end and a second end with the first end attached along the right edge with a hinge capable of being engaged in a fixed position, and the length of the platform support pole adapted to have the second end in contact with a floor of the cargo vehicle when the hinge is engaged in a fixed position;
a right platform floor section where the right platform floor section is approximately rectangular in shape and has
a left edge, a right edge, a front edge, and a rear edge where each of the left edge, the right edge, the front edge and the rear edge has a length dimension, and
the length dimension of the left edge and length dimension of the right edge are approximately equal, and the length dimension of the front edge and the length dimension of the rear edge are approximately equal, and
the left edge includes a plurality of interlock teeth and a plurality of interlock receptors laid out along the length of the right edge in an alternating arrangement where each of the plurality of interlock teeth is followed by a interlock receptor and each of the plurality of interlock receptor is followed by an interlock tooth;
an upper surface and a lower surface wherein the lower surface includes
a plurality of stakes fixedly attached along the right edge with the plurality of stakes communicate into a plurality of preexisting pockets included within the side panels of a cargo vehicle, and
a plurality of platform support poles with each of the plurality of platform support poles having a length, a first end and a second end with the first end attached along the left edge with a hinge capable of being engaged in a fixed position, and the length of the platform support pole adapted to have the second end in contact with a floor of the cargo vehicle when the hinge is engaged in a fixed position;
where the interlock receptors on the right edge of the left platform floor section are adapted to receive the interlock teeth on the left edge of the right platform floor section, and the interlock receptors on the left edge of the right platform floor section are adapted to receive the interlock teeth on the right edge of the left platform floor section, such that upon communicating the interlock teeth and receptors on the left platform section and the right platform section, a substantially uniform platform floor is formed with the upper surface of the left platform section aligned with the upper surface of the right platform section with no substantial discontinuity.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

An elevated platform assembly of claim 6 further including a left lip fixedly attached to the lower surface along the front edge of the left platform floor section and, and a right lip fixedly attached to the lower surface of the front edge of the right platform floor section, where the left lip and the right lip are adapted to communicate into a preexisting cavity between a driver section and a cargo section of the cargo vehicle.

### Claim 8 (depends on 6)

An elevated platform assembly of claim 6 further comprising
an awning having a left pole, a right pole, and a substantially rectangular shade component having an edge with a first end and a second end, with the left pole and the right pole hingeably connected respectively to the first end and the second end of the edge of the shade component,
a left collar where the left collar is fixedly attached to a left collar location on the upper surface of the left platform floor section,
a right collar where the right collar is fixedly attached to a right collar location on the upper surface of the right platform floor section,
the left collar is adapted to receive the left pole, and the right collar is adapted to receive the right pole, and
the left collar location and the right collar location are adapted to position the awning shade vertically above the upper surface of the platform floor upon inserting the left pole into the left collar and inserting the right pole into the right collar.

### Claim 9 (depends on 6)

An elevated platform of claim 6 further includes a handrail where the handrail is detachably attached to the upper surface along the left edge of the left platform section, the upper surface along the rear edge of both the left and the right platform floor sections, and the upper surface along the right edge of the right platform floor section.

### Claim 10 (depends on 6)

An elevated platform assembly of claim 6 further having a platform floor with a width larger than the width of the vehicle's cargo area with the platform floor having an outside portion of the platform floor where the outside portion overhangs the vehicle's cargo area, and
further having a plurality of telescopic legs with an adjustable height wherein the telescopic legs are in communication between the lower surface of the outside portion of the platform floor and a ground upon which the cargo vehicle is parked.

### Claim 11 (depends on 6)

An elevated platform assembly of claim 6 further including a plurality of stepping devices having a step size lower than a height of the cargo vehicle floor.

### Claim 12 (depends on 1)

An elevated platform assembly of claim 1 which further includes comprising
an extender platform floor module having approximately rectangular shape with a
having a left edge, a right edge, a front edge, and a rear edge where each of the left edge, the right edge, the front edge and the rear edge, and the length dimension of the left edge and length dimension of the right edge is approximately equal, and the length dimension of the front edge and the length dimension of the rear edge is approximately equal,
a lower surface wherein the lower surface includes a plurality of stakes along the left edge with each of the plurality of left edge stakes being fixedly attached to the lower surface and adapted to communicate into a plurality of preexisting pockets included on a top surface of a left side panels of a cargo vehicle,
a plurality of stakes along the right edge with each of the plurality of right edge stakes being fixedly attached to the lower surface and adapted to communicate into a plurality of preexisting pockets included on a top surface of a right side panels of the cargo vehicle,
an upper surface adapted to receive occupants thereupon;
having the last stake on the platform floor occupy the same pocket as the first stake of the extender module.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

An elevated platform of claim 12 further comprising
an awning having a left pole, a right pole, and a substantially rectangular shade component having an edge with a first end and a second end, with the left pole and the right pole hingeably connected respectively to the first end and the second end of the edge of the shade component,
a left collar where the left collar is fixedly attached to a left collar location on the upper surface of the platform floor,
a right collar where the right collar is fixedly attached to a right collar location on the upper surface of the platform floor,
the left collar is adapted to receive the left pole, and the right collar is adapted to receive the right pole, and
the left collar location and the right collar location are adapted to position the awning shade vertically above the upper surface of the platform floor upon inserting the left pole into the left collar and inserting the right pole into the right collar.

### Claim 14 (depends on 12)

An elevated platform of claim 12 further includes a handrail where the handrail is detachably attached to the
upper surface along the left edge of the extender platform floor module,
upper surface along the left edge of the platform floor,
the upper surface along the rear edge of the platform floor,
the upper surface along the right edge of the platform floor, and
the upper surface along the right edge of the extender platform floor module.

### Claim 15 (depends on 12)

An elevated platform of claim 12 including the platform floor and the extender platform floor module having a width larger than the width of the vehicle's cargo area with the platform floor having an outside portion of the platform floor and the outside portion of the extender platform floor module where the outside portion of the platform floor and the outside portion of the extender platform floor module overhangs the vehicle's cargo area, and
further having a plurality of telescopic legs with an adjustable height wherein the telescopic legs are in communication between the lower surface of the outside portion of the platform floor module and the outside portion of the extender platform floor module and a ground upon which the cargo vehicle is parked.

### Claim 16 (depends on 12)

An elevated platform of claim 12 further comprising a plurality of stepping devices having a step size lower than a height of the cargo vehicle floor.