Portable power generator
OwnerScott Carringtoninventor
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for portable power generation comprises an intermodal container having a front, a rear, a top and a bottom and extending between first and second ends, the intermodal container having a front and a rear corner post extending between the top and the bottom at each of the first and second ends. The apparatus further comprises a door hingedly secured to each of the front corner posts and at least one solar panel hinged to a top edge of the door, wherein the door is operable to pivot between a closed position extending between the front and the rear of the intermodal container, and an open position extending in planar alignment with the front of the intermodal container.
Claims21
An apparatus for portable power generation comprising:
- an intermodal container having a front, a rear, a top and a bottom and extending between first and second ends, said intermodal container having a front and a rear corner post extending between said top and said bottom at each of said first and second ends and doors selectably enclosing said first and second ends;
- a door frame separate from and independently rotatably relative to said doors, extending between proximate and distal ends, said proximate end hingedly secured to said front corner post along a vertical axis;
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- at least one solar panel hinged to a top edge of said door frame along a horizontal axis so as to be rotatable from a stored position substantially horizontal and parallel to said door frame and an extended position with a tilt angle between said at least one solar panel and said door frame;
- wherein said door frame is operable to pivot between a closed position parallel to end doors at said each of said first and second ends, and an open position extending from each of said first and second ends at a working angle thereto.
A method for portable power generation comprising:
- locating an intermodal container at a desired location;
- pivoting an end door frame extending between front and rear of said intermodal container about a front corner post on said intermodal container about a vertical axis to from a closed position proximate to and substantially parallel to an end door of the intermodal container to an open position such that said end door frame extends at a working angle between said end door frame and an end of said intermodal container, wherein said end door frame is separate from a door of said intermodal container so as to be rotatable of said door;
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- pivoting at least one door frame solar panel about a horizontal axis along a top edge of said end door frame from a stored position substantially parallel to said door frame into an extended position with a tilt angle between said at least one door frame solar panel and said door frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.