Pop-up roof system for a camper or trailer

A method of a pop-up roof system for a vehicle, the method of the pop-up roof system comprising the steps of:

• a) providing a first pop-up assembly including a fore wall-mount and an aft wall-mount, the fore wall-mount securely attached to a fore sidewall placement on a first interior sidewall, and the aft wall-mount securely attached to an aft sidewall placement on the first interior sidewall;
• b) providing a lever-bar that is substantially U-shaped, with a fore lever-bar distal end and an aft lever-bar distal end, the fore lever-bar distal end of the lever-bar hingeably attached to a fore lever-bar hinge of the fore wall-mount, and the aft lever-bar distal end of the lever-bar hingeably attached to an aft lever-bar hinge of the aft wall-mount, the lever-bar including a fore lever-bar arm that terminates with the fore lever-bar distal end, the lever-bar includes an aft lever-bar arm that terminates with the aft lever-bar distal end, a lever-bar grip-bar inter connects the fore lever-bar arm with the aft lever-bar arm, and the fore lever-bar arm including a fore roof-bar pivot and the aft lever-bar arm includes an aft roof-bar pivot;
• c) providing a roof-bar pivotably attached to the lever-bar at each roof-bar pivot, the roof-bar substantially U-shaped with a fore-roof distal end and an aft-roof distal end, the fore-roof distal end of the roof-bar hinge-ably attached to the fore roof-bar pivot on the lever-bar fore-arm and the aft-lever distal end of the lever bar hinge-ably attached to the aft roof-bar pivot on the lever-bar aft-arm, the roof-bar including a fore roof-bar arm that terminates with the fore roof-bar distal end, the roof-bar includes an aft roof-bar arm that terminates with the aft roof-bar distal end, a roof-bar lateral-bar interconnects the fore roof-bar arm with the aft roof-bar arm, the roof-bar including a fore roof-bar elbow located proximate to where the fore roof-bar arm meets the roof-bar lateral-bar, and the roof-bar includes an aft roof-bar elbow located proximate to where the aft roof-bar arm meets the roof-bar lateral-bar;
• d) providing a fore canopy-link attaches to a canopy at a fore canopy-mount and an aft canopy-link attached to the canopy at an aft canopy-mount, the fore canopy-link includes a fore roof-bar pivot and the aft canopy-link includes an aft roof-bar pivot;
• and the fore roof-bar pivot attached to the roof-bar proximate to the fore roof-bar elbow, and the aft roof-bar pivot attaches to the roof-bar proximate to the aft roof-bar elbow;
• e) providing a lock-bar hinge that receives a lock-bar, with a fore lock-bar arm that terminates at a fore lock-bar distal end, an aft lock-bar arm that terminates and an aft lock-bar distal end, the fore lock-bar distal end of the lock-bar hingeably attached to a fore lock-bar hinge of the fore wall-mount, the aft lock-bar distal end of the lock-bar hingeably attached to an aft lock-bar hinge of the aft wall-mount, and the lock-bar substantially U-shaped and includes a lock-bar grip-bar that interconnects the lock-bar fore-arm with the lock-bar aft-arm;
• f) providing a fore strut lever-bar pivot and a fore strut lock-bar pivot at the opposite end of the fore-strut, and the aft strut including an aft strut lever-bar pivot and an aft strut lock-bar pivot at the opposite end of the aft-strut, the fore-strut lock-bar pivot connecting to a fore lock-bar strut bracket on the lock-bar, the fore-strut lever-bar pivot attached to a fore lever-bar strut bracket on the lever-bar, and the aft-strut lock-bar pivot connecting to an aft lock-bar strut bracket on the lock-bar, the aft strut lever-bar pivot attached to an aft lever-bar strut bracket on the lever-bar;
• g) providing the roof-bar supporting the canopy is raised to an extended assembly position when the roof-bar is raised, and the roof-bar is locked in the extended assembly position when the lever-bar is raised;
• h) actuating the pop-up roof assembly from a lowered canopy position, with the fore strut and the aft strut in a retracted strut position and the lock-bar rotated to press against an interior sidewall, and the lever-bar grip-bar rotated upward and tight against the canopy;
• i) pulling the lever-bar downward with an first applied force actuating the lever-bar in an first movement to raise the canopy from the lowered canopy position with the fore strut and the aft strut remaining in the retracted strut position;
• j) raising the canopy to a primary intermediate position by lifting the roof-bar with the aid of the fore strut and extending from the retracted strut position to an extended strut position by a second applied force on the roof-bar actuating the roof-bar in a second movement;
• k) rotating the lock-bar with a third applied force on the lock-bar and actuating the pop-up roof assembly in a third movement to a secondary intermediate position of the pop-up roof assembly;
• l) further raising the roof-bar and attached canopy by a continued lifting of the lock-bar for further actuating the lock-bar with a fourth applied force on the lock-bar, and further actuating the lock-bar for a fourth movement to a tertiary intermediate position of the pop-up roof assembly, further raising the roof-bar and attached canopy by the continued lift of the lock-bar;
• m) pushing of the lever-bar with a fifth applied force on the lever-bar to actuate the lever-bar in a fifth movement to a quaternary intermediate position of the pop-up roof assembly;
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• n) rotating the lock-bar upward and tight against the interior sidewall to leverage the roof-bar into the extended assembly position of the pop-up assembly, with a sixth applied force on the lock-bar actuating the lock-bar in a sixth movement.