# US 12,215,514 B2 · Hard shell rooftop tent frame and exterior assembly and method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,215,514 B2 - Document ID: US12215514B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/397,775 - Filed: 2023-12-27 - Published: 2024-05-30 - Granted: 2025-02-04 - Earliest claimed: 2021-02-02 - Assignees: Hotbodies Racing, Inc. - Applicants: Hotbodies Racing, Inc. - Inventors: Roger George Lee Davis, Jr. - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12215514B2 ## CPC - B60P 3/341: {comprising flexible elements} - E04H 15/008: {Tents or tent-like constructions composed partially of rigid panels (E04H15/06 takes precedence; trailer-type vehicles or caravans with foldable or readily disassembled living accommodation comprising flexible elements B60P3/341)} - B60P 3/38: Sleeping arrangements {, e.g. living or sleeping accommodation on the roof of the vehicle} - E04H 15/06: Tents at least partially supported by vehicles - 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) - E04H: BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL (foundations E02D) ## Abstract A method of transporting a rooftop tent frame and exterior assembly for a rooftop or truck bed of a vehicle to a customer, the assembly including one or more frame assemblies; a roof supported by the one or more frame assemblies and positionable between a retracted position where the roof is adjacent to the rooftop of the vehicle, and a deployed camping position where at least part of the roof is elevated relative to the rooftop of the vehicle, wherein the one or more frame assemblies and the roof are modular components, the method including inserting all of assembly including the modular components of the assembly into one or more shipping boxes, each no greater than 20,736 cubic inches in volume; shipping the one or more boxes with all of the assembly including the modular components to the customer via a shipping carrier. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of transporting a rooftop tent frame and exterior assembly for a rooftop or truck bed of a vehicle to a customer, comprising one or more frame assemblies; a roof supported by the one or more frame assemblies and positionable between a retracted position where the roof is adjacent to the rooftop of the vehicle, and a deployed camping position where at least part of the roof is elevated relative to the rooftop of the vehicle, wherein the one or more frame assemblies and the roof are modular components, comprising: inserting all of rooftop tent frame and exterior assembly including the modular components of the rooftop tent frame and exterior assembly into one or more shipping boxes, each no greater than 20,736 cubic inches in volume; shipping the one or more boxes with all of rooftop tent frame and exterior assembly including the modular components to the customer via a shipping carrier; positioning the roof in the retracted position where the roof is adjacent to the rooftop of the vehicle; positioning the roof in the deployed camping position where at least part of the roof is elevated relative to the rooftop of the vehicle during camping. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the rooftop tent frame and exterior assembly has a slim aerodynamic design that matches a roof line of the vehicle without modification to or removal of the rooftop. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the rooftop tent frame and exterior assembly includes one of a soft wall tent and a hard wall tent. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more frame assemblies include a top frame assembly that supports the roof. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the rooftop tent frame and exterior assembly includes flooring and the one or more frame assemblies include a bottom frame assembly that supports the flooring. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising, while lying on one's back under the moon roof, looking up through the roof. ### Claim 7 A method of transporting a rooftop tent frame and exterior assembly for a rooftop or truck bed of a vehicle to a customer, comprising one or more frame assemblies; a roof supported by the one or more frame assemblies and positionable between a retracted position where the roof is adjacent to the rooftop of the vehicle, and a deployed camping position where at least part of the roof is elevated relative to the rooftop of the vehicle, wherein the one or more frame assemblies and the roof are modular components and the rooftop tent frame and exterior assembly includes one of a soft wall tent and a hard wall tent, comprising: inserting all of rooftop tent frame and exterior assembly including the modular components of the rooftop tent frame and exterior assembly into one or more shipping boxes, each no greater than 20,736 cubic inches in volume; shipping the one or more boxes with all of rooftop tent frame and exterior assembly including the modular components to the customer via a shipping carrier; receiving by the customer the one or more boxes with all of rooftop tent frame and exterior assembly including the modular components from the shipping carrier. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, further comprising removing all of rooftop tent frame and exterior assembly including the modular components from the one or more boxes by the customer. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein the rooftop tent frame and exterior assembly has a slim aerodynamic design that matches a roof line of the vehicle without modification to or removal of the rooftop. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein the one or more frame assemblies include a top frame assembly that supports the roof. ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein the rooftop tent frame and exterior assembly includes flooring and the one or more frame assemblies include a bottom frame assembly that supports the flooring. ### Claim 12 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, further comprising: positioning the roof in the retracted position where the roof is adjacent to the rooftop of the vehicle; positioning the roof in the deployed camping position where at least part of the roof is elevated relative to the rooftop of the vehicle during camping. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, further comprising, while lying on one's back under the roof, looking up through the roof.