Deployable Shelter Structure
OwnerWilliam Finckinventor
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Abstract
A shelter structure arranged to be deployed from a stowed configuration above a vehicle to a deployed configuration, having a number of elongate stays for supporting a flexible awning, the stays being movable to fan out from a stowed configuration to a fanned out configuration when deployed. The structure is provided with a mounting permitting the structure to move with respect to the mounting when deployed to selectively cover alternative sheltered zones in a deployed configuration.
Claims24
A shelter structure arranged to be deployed from a stowed configuration to a deployed configuration, the shelter structure comprising:
- a plurality of elongate stays for supporting a flexible awning, the stays arranged to be movable so as to fan out from a stowed configuration to a fanned out configuration when deployed;
- wherein the structure is provided with a mounting permitting the structure to move with respect to the mounting when deployed to selectively cover alternative sheltered zones in the deployed configuration.
A shelter structure arranged to be deployed from a stowed configuration to a deployed configuration, the shelter structure comprising:
- a plurality of elongate stays for supporting a flexible awning, the stays arranged to be movable so as to fan out from a stowed configuration to a fanned out configuration when deployed;
- the elongate stays being supported by flexible support lines connected to a line anchor structure which re-orientatable between a stowed configuration and an erect configuration.
A shelter structure arranged to be deployed from a stowed configuration to a deployed configuration, the shelter structure comprising:
- a plurality of elongate stays for supporting a flexible awning, the stays arranged to be movable so as to fan out from a stowed configuration to a fanned out configuration when deployed;
- an elongate stowage container, the stays being stowed within the stowage container in the stowed configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.