Portable and retractable roof apparatus
OwnerAndrew Jacksoninventor
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Abstract
A portable and retractable roof having a rotatably retractable cover housed inside a case and attached to a spindle rotatably housed inside the case. The case is removably affixed to a tree trunk by a tree mount disposed as a frame attached to the case and attached to the trunk by a strap. The cover, when extended, is attached to and supported by a frame assembly attached to both the cover and to either the case or the tree mount. A skirt portion removably affixed to the frame assembly is also provided. In use, the cover is rotatably extended out so as to serve as a roof and rotatably retracted to store in the case. A method of use is also provided.
Claims15
A portable roof for mounting to a trunk of a tree, comprising:
- a case disposed as an elongated box having a lid and a front side, a tree side, and a pair of sides joining the front side to the tree side, with the lid, front side and tree side defining an interior space, and an elongated opening;
- wherein the lid is disposed as a removable lid allowing access to the interior space of the box;
- wherein the tree side is a tree trunk facing side;
- a spindle housed in the interior space and rotatably affixed thereto;
- a cover having a free end and a fixed end;
- wherein the fixed end is affixed to the spindle;
- wherein the free end is extendable out of the elongated opening so as to be in an extended position;
- a frame assembly having a pair of side tubes and at least one cross tube removably affixed to the pair of side tubes so as to be perpendicular to the side tubes and approximately parallel with the front facing side;
- wherein each side tube of the pair of side tubes is further comprised of a front end and a back end;
- wherein the cover in the extended position is supported by the frame assembly;
- wherein the cover is removably secured to the frame assembly;
- and
- a tree mount disposed as a frame having a first end, a second end, and a trunk engaging portion positioned between the first end and the second end, each of the first end and the second end terminating in a receiver mateable with the back end of one of the side tubes of the frame assembly.
A method of using a portable roof having a case, a tree mount attached to the case so as to be mountable to a trunk of a tree, a frame assembly, and a retractable cover rotatably housed inside the case and rotatably extended out of the case and supported by the frame assembly so as to form a temporary roof structure, the method comprising the steps of:
- mounting the portable roof to the trunk;
- assembling the frame assembly;
- attaching the assembled frame assembly to either the case or to the tree mount;
- and
- extending the cover from the case above the frame assembly,
- whereby the cover is supported by the frame assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.