Mobile performance stage
OwnerThomas Randolph Wilson, Sr.inventor
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Abstract
A mobile performance stage is configurable between a compact transport condition to a performance condition with expanding deck wings and expanding canopy wings. The deck wings are carried directly on top of the main trailer deck and roll on tracks to deploy to the performance condition. The roof canopy includes a main roof element and two foldable roof wings. The roof wings pivot from fully open to a fully closed stowed condition below the main roof element to reduce the height of the stage when transported. Lift columns are hinged to reduce height. The roof wings may also be stored in a vertical position to provide side walls for a cargo trailer configuration. The roof may also be completely removed to form a deck only stage.
Claims10
A mobile performance stage configurable as a low profile trailer for transport of the mobile performance stage, comprising:
- a performance deck supported by a frame carried by a plurality of ground transport wheels;
- a plurality of deck wing extensions selectively configurable between a stowed condition, stored horizontally for trailer profile reduction, atop the performance deck, and a deployed condition, extending from a lateral side of the performance deck;
- a roof canopy having a main roof element dimensioned to cover the performance deck, and a plurality of roof wings selectively extensible from the main roof element between the stowed condition, nested subjacent to the main roof element, for a trailer profile reduction, and the deployed condition, extending from the main roof element and covering the plurality of deck wing extensions;
- a plurality of upright frame members coupled to the frame to support the roof canopy in the deployed condition, and collapse to align with a top surface of the main roof element in the stowed condition;
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- a cable and winch lift system configured to elevate and lower the roof canopy.
A mobile performance stage, comprising:
- a performance deck supported by a frame carried by a plurality of ground transport wheels;
- a plurality of deck wing extensions selectively configurable between a low profile stowed condition, supported atop the performance deck, and a deployed condition, extending from a lateral side of the performance deck;
- a roof canopy having a main roof element dimensioned to cover the performance deck;
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- a plurality of roof wings pivotally coupled to the main roof element, the plurality of roof wings selectively positioned between the low profile stowed condition, nested subjacent to the main roof element, the deployed condition, extending from the main roof element and covering the plurality of deck wing extensions, and a cargo trailer condition extending vertically between the main roof element and the frame to define a sidewall of a cargo trailer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.