Portable protective shielding device

A method of providing protective shielding to animals in an outdoor environment, said method comprising:

• A) providing a portable outdoor protective shielding device consisting essentially of:
• a) a supportive frame adapted for wheeled transport;
• b) at least one vertical extending member supported by said frame
• c) an arm deploying unit elevationally positioned upon the vertical member to permit the protective shielding of animals with said arm deploying unit comprising a mounting plate equipped with pivotal arm mounts and retaining members for retaining the device at a closed position for the wheeled transport and at an open position for the protective shielding of animals;
• d) a plurality of pivotally mounted arms individually mounted to the pivotal arm mounts so as to permit the pivotally mounted arms to radially fan about said arm deploying unit when the pivotally mounted arms are placed at the open position and when the arm deploying unit is placed at the closed position to longitudinally align the pivotally mounted arms in alignment with the wheeled transport and;
• e) at least one canopy supportive stationary arm positionally mounted to the mounting plate in the alignment with the wheeled transport so as to permit deployment of the pivotally mounted arms to the open position and a retraction of the pivotally mounted arms thereto when the pivotally mounted arms are placed at the closed position, and
• f) a sectionalized canopy having canopy sections supported by the pivotally mounted arms so as to permit the canopy sections to radially move about the arm deploying unit to the closed position and radially move about the arm deploying unit to the open position and thereby provide the protective shielding of animals sheltered thereunder;
• B) placing the device with the pivotal mounted arms in the closed position at a desired outdoor site;
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• C) deploying the pivotally mounted arms to the open position so as to provide the protective shielding of animals thereunder at the outdoor site.

A method of providing protective shielding of animals in an outdoor environment, said method comprising:

• A) providing a portable outdoor protective shielding device comprised of:
• a) a supportive frame having an undercarriage for wheeled transport;
• b) an arm deploying unit elevationally positioned to permit a desired animal to be shielded by said device with said the deploying unit including retaining stops for retaining the arms at a closed position and open retaining stops for retaining the pivotally mounted arms at an open position;
• c) a plurality of arms of at least 16 feet in length equipped with supportive bracing to maintain the arms in a horizontal position with said arms being radially movable about the arm deploying unit at an elevation of at least seven feet above ground level and radially fanning about said arm deploying unit when said arms are placed at the open position and when the arm deploying unit is placed at the closed position to longitudinally align the arms in direction of the wheeled transport;
• d) a sectionalized canopy separating the canopy into canopy sections supported and deployed by said arms which canopy sections permit the arms supportive of said canopy to radially move about the arm deploying unit to the closed position for transport by the wheeled transport and radially move the arm deploying unit to the open position so as to provide the protective shielding of animals sheltered by the canopy sections at the open position, with said canopy sections having a partially open structure containing a sufficient number of uniformly dispersed apertures to allow heated air currents occluded beneath the canopy sections to flow upwardly therethrough and a sufficiently dark structure to protectively shield the animal from sun rays;
• B) placing the device at a desired outdoor site;
• C) deploying and retaining the movable arms at the open position with the open retaining stops;
• D) retracting and retaining the arms with said retracting stops at the closed position;
• E) transporting the device to a different shielding site;
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• F) redeploying the arms and the canopy sections to the open position to provide the protective shielding of animals at a different site.