Sheltering apparatus and method of sheltering same

A sheltering apparatus comprising:

• a main body having a bottom, a plurality of walls connected to and extending upwardly from said bottom, and an inner chamber defined by the inner confines of said bottom and said plurality of walls;
• an inner chamber cover connected to said main body for covering the inner chamber of said main body when in a closed position and for accessing the inner chamber when in an open position, said inner chamber cover including a pair of cover members connected to said main body for covering and for accessing the upper end of the inner chamber and cover extending and retracting means connected to said pair of cover members for extending each of said pair of cover members outwardly and downwardly in a generally arcuate-shaped path to the open position and for retracting each of said pair of cover members upwardly and inwardly along the generally arcuate-shaped path to the closed position;
• a sheltered device mounting platform positioned in the inner chamber and connected to said main body for mounting a device to be sheltered thereto;
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• a platform extender and retractor connected to said sheltered device mounting platform for extending said sheltered device mounting platform upwardly from said bottom along a generally vertical path through the open pair of cover members simultaneous with the opening of said pair of cover members to thereby position said sheltered device mounting platform for operational use and retracting said sheltered device mounting platform downwardly toward said bottom along the generally vertical path through the open pair of cover members simultaneous with the closing of said pair of cover members to thereby position said sheltered device mounting platform for sheltering the device mounted thereto.

A sheltering apparatus comprising:

• a main body having a bottom, a plurality of walls connected to and extending upwardly from said bottom, and an inner chamber defined by the inner confines of said bottom and said plurality of walls;
• inner chamber covering and accessing means connected to said main body for covering the inner chamber of said main body when in a closed position and for accessing the inner chamber when in an open position;
• projectile mounting means positioned in the inner chamber and connected to said main body for mounting at least one projectile thereto;
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• projectile mount extending and retracting means connected to said projectile mounting means for extending said projectile mounting means upwardly from said bottom simultaneous with the opening of said inner chamber covering and accessing means to thereby position said projectile mounting means for launching and retracting said projectile mounting means downwardly toward said bottom simultaneous with the closing of said inner chamber covering and accessing means to thereby position said projectile mounting means for sheltering.

A method of sheltering devices, the method comprising:

• providing a main body having a bottom, a plurality of walls connected to and extending upwardly from the bottom, and an inner chamber defined by the inner confines of the bottom and the plurality of walls;
• providing a pair of inner chamber cover members connected to the main body to cover the inner chamber of the main body when in a closed position and to access the inner chamber when in an open position;
• mounting a device to be sheltered to a sheltered device mount positioned within the inner chamber when the pair of inner chamber cover members are in the closed position;
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• extending the sheltered device mount upwardly from the bottom simultaneous with the opening of the pair of inner chamber cover members to thereby position the sheltered device mount for operational use;
• and retracting the sheltered device mount downwardly toward the bottom simultaneous with the closing of the pair of inner chamber cover members to thereby position the sheltered device mount for sheltering of the device mounted thereto.

A method of sheltering devices, the method comprising:

• opening a pair of inner chamber cover members which cover an inner chamber of a main body;
• upwardly extending a sheltered device mount positioned within the inner chamber of the main body simultaneous with and responsive to the opening of the pair of inner chamber cover members to thereby position the sheltered device mount for operational use;
• closing the pair of inner chamber cover members;
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• downwardly retracting the sheltered device mount simultaneous with and responsive to the closing of the pair of inner chamber cover members to thereby position the sheltered device mount for sheltering of the device mounted thereto.