Frame and cover for wheeled vehicle
OwnerWilmer E. Guillotinventor
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Abstract
A rigid frame and flexible, optionally removable cover for wheeled hunting and recreational vehicles, including balloon tire, three and four wheel vehicles, which frame further includes frame floorboards. The vehicle top can be either removably or permanently attached to the vehicle and the frame includes removable, hinged doors having pivoting, transparent side window panels. In a preferred embodiment the cover is attached to the frame by snap fasteners and the frame is constructed in several segments which are assembled on the wheeled vehicle.
Claims25
In a wheeled vehicle having operating controls and a vehicle frame, the improvement comprising a vehicle top characterized by a bottom frame member rigidly carried by the vehicle frame;
- floorboard means positioned between front and rear wheels of the vehicle and carried by said bottom frame member;
- a plurality of upright supports having one end attached to said bottom frame member and the opposite end of each of said upright supports terminating above the vehicle frame;
- a top frame member carried by said opposite end of said upright supports and flexible cover means extending substantially around said bottom frame member, said upright supports and said top frame member to substantially enclose the wheeled vehicle.
In a wheeled vehicle having a vehicle frame, a front vehicle bumper attached to the vehicle frame and a front rack and a rear rack attached to the vehicle frame, the improvement comprising a cover frame rigidly attached to the vehicle frame and projecting above the front bumper, front rack and rear rack of the wheeled vehicle, a pair of floorboards carried by said cover frame and located between the front and rear wheels, respectively, of the wheeled vehicle and a flexible cover substantially covering said cover frame, whereby said cover frame and said flexible cover extend around an operator of the wheeled vehicle.
In a wheeled vehicle having a vehicle frame, front and rear wheels provided on said vehicle frame and handle bars for steering, the improvement comprising a cover frame characterized by:
- (a) a bottom frame rigidly carried by the vehicle frame and a pair of floorboards carried by said bottom frame between said front and rear wheels, respectively;
- (b) a top frame spaced from said bottom frame;
- (c) a pair of rear supports having one end fixedly secured to said bottom frame in spaced relationship, with the opposite ends of said rear supports fixedly attached to said top frame;
- (d) a pair of rear door supports spaced from each other and said rear supports, respectively, and having one end fixedly carried by said bottom frame with the opposite ends of said rear door supports fixedly attached to said top frame;
- (e) a pair of front door supports spaced from each other and said rear door supports, respectively, and having one end fixedly carried by said bottom frame, with the opposite ends of said front door supports fixedly attached to said top frame;
- (f) a pair of front supports spaced from each other and said front door supports, respectively, and having one end fixedly carried by said bottom frame with the opposite ends of said front supports fixedly attached to said top frame;
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- (g) a first door frame hingedly carried by a first one of said front door supports and closing against a first one of said rear door supports and a second door frame hingedly carried by a second one of said front door supports and closing against a second one of said rear door supports, whereby said cover frame substantially encloses an operator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.