Portable carport
OwnerSriramkumar Lakshminarayananinventor
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Abstract
A portable carport where vertical support members can be set up by one or more people and a horizontally disposed roof assembly attached to vertical support members, the roof assembly allowing an accordion style roof member to automatically extend or retract from the vertical support members when a person presses a button on a handheld transmitter that sends a radio signal to a receiver that is connected to a battery and motorized extension arm assemblies which can extend the roof and connected side panels forming protection for vehicle from sun and or rain. The roof assembly and side panels can be brought back to their original stored position when not needed. The roof assembly further comprising solar photovoltaic panels enabling the carport to be operable when line power is not available.
Claims6
A portable retractably enclosable carport comprising:
- a front, a rear, a left side, and a right side;
- a vertical support system, the vertical support system comprising:
- a plurality of vertical support posts disposed in the rear, each of the support posts comprising:
- a weighted base member, wherein each of the base members being a refillable hollow container;
- a lower post tube;
- an upper post tube comprising a lower end and an upper end, the upper post tube being slidably inserted into the lower post tube whereby the upper end extends adjustably from the lower post tube;
- a plurality of reinforcing struts connecting adjacent lower post tubes of the lower post tubes;
- a roof assembly cantaleverably attached to the vertical support system comprising:
- a roof support structure protective panel;
- an extendable roof member, whereby the extendable roof member being capable of covering an area at least seven feet by fifteen feet when fully extended, the extendable roof member comprising a front end bar and rear end bar, the rear end bar fixedly attached to the vertical support system;
- a roof member deployment drive mechanism for extending and retracting the extendable roof member;
- a front horizontal support member and a rear horizontal support member, wherein furthermore the front horizontal support member comprises a built-in track;
- a left side curtain, a right side curtain, a front roll curtain, and a rear fixed curtain;
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- a protective cover.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.