Temporary shelter and mobile cart
AssigneeEDAR (Everyone Deserves a Roof), Inc.
InventorsEric Lindeman, Miguel (Mike) de Jesus Orozco, Peter Samuelson
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Abstract
Embodiments of the invention are generally related to a mobile shelter. In particular, several embodiments relate more particularly to a movable storage container configured for interconversion between various configurations. In several embodiments, the mobile shelter is configured as a shelter adequate for protection of its occupants against the elements. In several embodiments, the shelter optionally converts into a collapsed configuration suitable for transportation.
Claims13
A mobile shelter capable of converting between a first cart position, a second shelter position, and a third collapsed position, comprising:
- a chassis having a first end and a second end, the chassis coupled to a plurality of wheels;
- a base coupled to the chassis;
- two substantially rigid primary support structures hingeably connected to the chassis, each primary support structure comprising two side portions and a top portion connecting the two side portions, the two side portions being perpendicular to the chassis in the first cart and second shelter positions and the top portion having a center portion that is substantially parallel to the chassis in the first cart and second shelter positions, and having end portions that extend at an angle from the center portion towards each side of the primary support structures;
- wherein both primary support structures are able to fold downwards such that they may lie substantially parallel to the chassis in the third collapsed position;
- two frames hingeably connected to the ends of the chassis, the frames being moveable between the first cart position, wherein the frames are substantially perpendicular to the chassis, the second shelter position wherein the frames are substantially parallel to the chassis and coplanar with the chassis, and the third collapsed position wherein a lowered portion of each frame lies substantially parallel to and above the chassis;
- two secondary supports, one hingeably connected to each frame, moveable between the second shelter position wherein the secondary supports are substantially perpendicular to the chassis and the third collapsed position wherein the secondary supports lie between the lowered portion of the frame and the base;
- a weatherproof covering enclosing at least a portion of the shelter, the covering connected to the frame and supported by the primary support structures, and the secondary supports when the mobile shelter is in the second shelter position such that a weather-protected interior volume is formed, the interior volume capable of sheltering an adult human;
- wherein the mobile shelter is configured to be movable by a single adult human when the mobile shelter is in the first cart position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.