Cover for a car with multiple use
OwnerNam S. Leeinventor
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Abstract
A multiple use cover for a car made of a plurality of individual truss modules flexibly connected with center pins, external pins and internal pins forming a scissors structure. Parallel major trusses are interconnected with transverse bars additionally used on the external pins of the some truss module. The external ends of both the flexible major trusses are coupled to fixing holes in a support beam with the use of fixing pins. The internal ends of the trusses are connected to elongate guide holes with the movable pins. The cover is connected to a height adjusting base and to a rotatable connecting frame. The rotatable connected frame is coupled to a fixing pillar which is fixed to the bottom of the trunk of a car.
Claims12
A multipurpose car cover, which stores in a trunk of a car when not in use, comprising:
- a means for attaching the car cover to the trunk;
- a means for rotating the car cover out of the trunk;
- a rear support beam, connected to the means for rotating;
- two flexible major trusses, each having a scissors-like structure, the trusses being disposed in parallel and each being slidably connected on one end to the rear support;
- a front support beam, slidably connected to the end of the flexible trusses opposing the rear support;
- means for connecting the front support to the front of the car;
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- a sheet, carried by the flexible trusses, for covering the car.
A multipurpose car cover comprising:
- at least one fixing pillar, which attaches to a trunk of a car;
- a rotatable connecting frame, supported by the fixing pillar;
- a height adjusting base, positioned on the rotatable connecting frame;
- two support beams, each having a fixing hole at each of its lateral ends and two guide hole slots positioned along the length of said respective support beams, the first beam being connected to the height adjusting base and the second beam being attachably connected to the front of the car;
- a first and second major truss, positioned in parallel along the car body, connected at each terminal end to said respective support beams, said major trusses having a scissor structure and each being comprised of
- a plurality of truss modules, said truss modules being comprised of
- a female arm, having an opening in its center and having a first set of connecting holes, one at the top and one at the bottom of said opening, and a second set of connecting holes at the lateral ends of said female arm;
- a male arm, positioned in said opening of said female arm and having a third set of connecting holes, one at the top and one at the bottom of said male arm, and a fourth set of connecting holes at the lateral ends of said male arms, said first and third sets of connecting holes being aligned;
- two center pins connecting said female arm and said male arm at the first and third sets of holes;
- a plurality of internal pins, interconnecting the truss modules at the second and fourth sets of connecting holes facing toward the other major truss;
- a plurality of outer pins, interconnecting the truss module at the second and fourth sets of connecting holes farthest from the other major truss;
- a plurality of transverse bars, interconnecting said outer pins of said first major truss to said second major truss such that said transverse bars are perpendicular to said major trusses and parallel to said support beams;
- four fixing pins, one at each terminal, outer edge of each major truss, for fixedly connecting said major truss to said support beams at said fixing hole;
- four movable pins, one at each terminal, inner edge of each major truss, for slidably connecting said major trusses to said support beams at said guide hole slots, whereby extension or contraction of the major trusses scissor structure causes said movable pins to slide in said guide hole slots;
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- a sheet, having four edges, large enough to cover the car, connected to said support beams at two edges and to the major trusses at said trasverse bars.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.