Pop-up camper shell for pickup truck and vehicle roof
OwnerRoss Williamsinventor
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Abstract
A pop-up camper shell is provided, comprising: slide rails; a bed platform slideable along the slide rails; a pop-up top hingedly secured to a front of the bed platform; and a tent secured between the top of the tray and bed platform and the bottom of the pop-up top. The slides of the camper shell are securable to the roof of a vehicle. Alternatively, the camper shell may also include a tray, secured to the top of a shell body and having an opening to which the slides are secured. The tray is securable within the bed of a pickup truck. When the bed platform is in its forward position and the pop-up top in a raised or tilted position, the tent deploys to define an enclosed space accessible through an opening in the roof of the vehicle or from the truck bed through the opening in the tray.
Claims18
A pop-up camper shell, comprising:
- a pair of slide rails;
- a bed platform slideable along the slide rails from a rearward position to a forward position;
- a pop-up top hingedly secured to a front of the bed platform, the pop-up top having a closed position covering the bed platform and a tilted position;
- and
- a tent, comprising:
- a pair of opposing sides secured along bottom edges to sidewalls of the bed platform and secured along top edges to bottom side edges of the pop-up top;
- and
- a rear panel secured along a top edge to a rear edge of the pop-up top and extending downward;
- whereby, when the bed platform is in its forward position and the pop-up top in its tilted position, the tent deploys to define an enclosed space.
A pop-up camper shell, comprising:
- an open-top body securable within a bed of a pick-up truck, comprising:
- left and right sides;
- a back panel;
- a front panel;
- and
- a front shelf extending from the tops of the left and right sides above the front panel;
- a tray, secured to flanges around inside top edges of the left and right sides, the back panel, and the front panel of the body, the tray comprising opposing sidewalls, a rear wall, and a bottom panel having an opening formed in a rear portion thereof;
- a bed platform slideable within the tray from a rearward position, in which the opening is closed, to a forward position, in which the opening is exposed;
- a pop-up top hingedly secured to a front of the bed platform, the pop-up top having a closed position covering the bed platform and a tilted position;
- a tent, comprising:
- a pair of opposing sides secured along bottom edges to the sidewalls of the tray and the bed platform and secured along top edges to bottom side edges of the pop-up top;
- and
- a rear panel secured along a bottom edge to the rear wall of the tray and secured along a top edge to a rear edge of the pop-up top;
- whereby, when the bed platform is in its forward position and the pop-up top in its tilted position, the tent deploys to define an enclosed space.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.