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US 2024/0174162 A1Published application
Retractable double width expanding camper shell
AssigneeRivian IP Holdings, LLC
InventorPhilipp J. Wolf
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Abstract
Disclosed are embodiments for providing an apparatus including a platform configured to be supported by a side of a vehicle and one or more actuators configured to support a roof structure, wherein the roof structure is coupled with the platform to support the platform over the side of the vehicle.
Claims20
An apparatus, comprising:
- a platform configured to be supported by a side of a vehicle;
- and
- one or more actuators configured to support a roof structure, wherein the roof structure is coupled with the platform to support the platform over the side of the vehicle.
A vehicle including an apparatus, comprising:
- a platform that, when extended, is supported by a side of a vehicle;
- and
- one or more vertical risers configured to support a roof structure, wherein the roof structure is coupled with the platform using a collapsible material that, when stretched, forms at least a portion of a sidewall of the apparatus.
A method, comprising:
- causing a power source of a vehicle having a truck bed to provide power to one or more risers configured to support a roof structure of an apparatus, wherein the roof structure is coupled with a platform to support the platform over a side of the vehicle;
- and
- causing the one or more risers to extend the roof structure along a vertical axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.