Portable power system

A method of deploying a portable power system to a deployed position and restoring the portable power system to a storage position, comprising:

• providing a transportable platform;
• providing a plurality of solar array racking structures, each having a rear portion and front portion;
• providing a plurality of solar panels, said solar panels being securely mounted upon said solar array racking structures thereby supporting said solar panels to form a plurality of planar solar arrays;
• providing a plurality of substantially vertical, free-standing hinge posts, each respectively connected near the corners of said transportable platform;
• providing a plurality of solar array support frames, each of said solar array support frames is vertically hinged to respective hinge post, wherein each of said respective solar array support frames is capable of rotating at various angles around the vertical axis of said respective hinge post;
• providing a plurality of horizontal hinges, each horizontal hinge rotatably interconnected between said solar arrays and said plurality support frames respectively, each respective hinge capable of rotatably positioning said respective solar array at various angles;
• providing at least one electrical component for receiving and processing in the deployment position electric energy generated by said plurality of solar arrays, said electric energy processed by said at least one electrical component for distributing electrical power to at least one external receptacle, wherein, in order to restore said system to storage position said system comprises the steps of:
• rotating each of said solar arrays to a vertical position, rotating each of said respective solar array support frames about the vertical axis of their respective hinge posts toward the transportable platform and securing thereto for transportation, and wherein in order to deploy said system in the deployment position said system comprises the steps of:
• unsecuring and rotating each of said respective solar array support frames to a desired angle;
• and
• rotating each of said respective solar arrays to a desired angle.