Landscape concealment structure
AssigneeRLP Management Holdings, LLC
InventorCharles A. Copeland
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Abstract
A landscape concealment structure (200) includes a housing (150) formed by shell (100) and a cover panel member (140) coupled to the shell and overlaying an enclosed space (126) into which a utility structure or mechanical device (20) is received to obscure such from view. The shell includes at least a pair of side panel members (120 and 130) coupled to a front panel member (110). The housing is camouflaged by a plurality of artificial foliage members (160) coupled to the housing to take on the appearance of a shrub, tree or other flora. The landscape concealment structure may further include a coupling assembly (180) that has a pivotal coupling (182) for facilitating rotative displacement of at least the shell relative to a base surface (30, 34).
Claims17
A landscape concealment structure for obscuring a utility structure or mechanical device from view, comprising:
- a front panel member having a parallelepiped contour and a plurality of ventilation openings formed therein, said front panel member including fastening structures formed integrally thereon;
- a pair of side panel members each including fastening structures formed integrally thereon and being complementary to said fastening structures of said front panel member for mated coupling therebetween, each of said pair of side panel members being directly releasably lockingly coupled to said front panel member adjacent a corresponding one of opposing sides thereof by respective engagement between said fastening structures of said front panel member and said complementary fastening structures of each said side panel members to form a self-supporting shell, each of said side panel members having a parallelepiped contour with a plurality of ventilation openings formed therein, said shell defining a self-supporting structure and substantially surrounding a space containing an object to be concealed;
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- a cover panel member having a parallelepiped contour, said cover panel member being releasably coupled to said shell and overlaying said space containing the object to form a housing.
A landscape concealment structure for obscuring a utility structure or mechanical device from view, comprising:
- a front panel member having fastening structures formed on longitudinal sides thereof, said fastening structures being integrally formed thereon;
- a pair of side panel members each having fastening structures formed on longitudinal sides thereof, said fastening structures of said side panel members being integrally formed thereon and complementary to said fastening structures of said front panel member for mated coupling therebetween, each of said pair of side panel members being directly releasably lockingly coupled to said front panel member adjacent a corresponding one of opposing longitudinal sides thereof by respective longitudinal sliding engagement between said fastening structures of said front panel member and said complementary fastening structures of each said side panel members to form a shell, said shell defining a self-supporting structure and substantially surrounding an interior space containing an object to be concealed;
- a cover panel member releasably coupled to said shell and overlaying said interior space to form a housing;
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- a plurality of artificial foliage members coupled to said housing to camouflage said housing.
A landscape concealment structure for obscuring a utility structure or mechanical device from view, comprising:
- a front panel member having a parallelepiped contour and a plurality of louvered openings formed therein and oriented to limit ingress of precipitation therein, said first panel member including fastening structures integrally formed thereon;
- a pair of side panel members respectively coupled to said front panel member adjacent opposing sides thereof to form a self-supporting shell, each of said side panel members having a parallelepiped contour and a plurality of louvered openings formed therein and oriented to limit ingress of precipitation therein, each of said pair of side panel members includes fastening structures integrally formed thereon and being in correspondence with and complementary to said fastening structures of said front panel member for mated coupling therewith, said side panel members being directly releasably lockingly coupled to said front panel member by said fastening structures of said front panel member and said complementary fastening structures of said side panel members, said shell substantially surrounding an interior space containing an object to be concealed;
- a cover panel member having a parallelepiped contour, said cover panel member being releasably coupled to said shell by a plurality of corresponding complementary fastening structures integrally formed respectively thereon, said cover panel member overlaying said interior space to form a housing and having a plurality of louvered openings formed therein;
- a plurality of artificial foliage members each having a supporting shaft portion coupled to said housing and extending radially therefrom to respectively support said artificial foliage members in spaced relationship from said housing and thereby camouflage said housing, said supporting shaft portion of each of said plurality of artificial foliage members being respectively releasably engaged within bores formed in each of said front panel member, said pair of side panel members and said cover panel member;
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- a coupling assembly coupled to said shell for securing said shell to a base surface, said coupling assembly including at least one pivotal coupling member disposed in said interior space for rotatively displacing at least said shell relative to the base surface about said pivotal coupling member to expose the object, said at least one coupling member having a pair of opposing end portions, a first of said pair of end portions being coupled to said shell and a second of said pair of end portions being coupled to the base surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.