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Portable car port

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1959-06-08
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Granted: 1963-06-04
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Expires: 1979-06-08
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Audrey K Smith

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-04 04:22
CPC Classifications
E; E04; E04H; E04H6/00; E04H6/02; E04H6/04; B; B60; B60J; B60J11/00; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S135/00; Y10S135/912

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 288 words
IN A FOLDABLE ROOF-INCORPORATING CARPORT OR THE LIKE, A KNOCKDOWN FRAME COMPRISING END PORTIONS, UPPER AND LOWER LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING FRAME-END PORTION CONNECTING MEMBERS OF SEPARABLE SECTION FORM AND WITH THE LOWER ONES OF SAID MEMBERS LOCATED ADJACENT EACH FRAME SIDE, EACH OF SAID FRAME END PORTIONS COMPRISING LATERALLY SPACED POSTS AND AN UPPER BAR CONNECTING SAID POSTS; EACH OF SAID LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING FRAME END PORTION-CONNECTING MEMBERS COMPRISING SEPARABLE TELESCOPING END AND INTERMEDIATE SECTIONS, AND REMOVABLE MEANS RETAINING THE RELATED TELESCOPING END AND INTERMEDIATE SECTIONS AGAINST RELATIVE LONGITUDINAL SHIFTING MOVEMENT; A BOSS PORTION PROVIDED BY EACH UPPER FRAME END PORTION BAR AND HAVING A SEAT RECEIVING THE OUTER END OF AN END SECTION OF THE UPPER FRAME END PORTION CONNECTING MEMBER, EACH OF THE POSTS OF SAID FRAME END PORTION HAVING A LONGITUDINAL SLOT TERMINATING ADJACENT ITS LOWER END, A SLIDE MEMBER WORKING IN AND RETAINED IN EACH OF SAID POST SLOTS AND HAVING A PROJECTING PORTION EXTENDING FROM THE LATTER, MEANS PIVOTING THE OUTER PORTIONS OF THE END SECTIONS OF SAID LOWER FRAME END PORTION CONNECTING MEMBERS TO THE PROJECTING PORTIONS OF THE RELATED POST SLOT-CARRIED SLIDE MEMBER, BRACE MEMBERS PIVOTED AT ONE END ADJACENT THE UPPER END OF EACH FRAME END PORTION-PROVIDED POST, AND PIVOT MEANS DETACHABLY CONNECTING THE RESPECTIVE LOWER BRACE MEMBER ENDS TO AN INTERMEDIATE END SECTION PORTION OF ONE OF THE LOWER FRAME END CONNECTING MEMBERS, WHEREBY TO MAINTAIN THE LATTER IN A PLANE ADJACENT THE UPPER END OF THE RELATED POST SLOT WHEN THE FRAME IS SET UP FOR USE, WHILE PERMITTING THE LOWER FRAME END PORTION-CONNECTING MEMBERS TO DROP TO THE PLANE OF THE LOWER ENDS OF SAID POST SLOTS WHEN THE BRACE MEMBERS HAVE BEEN DISCONNECTED FROM SAID LAST-MENTIONED PIVOT MEANS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 288 words
IN A FOLDABLE ROOF-INCORPORATING CARPORT OR THE LIKE, A KNOCKDOWN FRAME COMPRISING END PORTIONS, UPPER AND LOWER LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING FRAME-END PORTION CONNECTING MEMBERS OF SEPARABLE SECTION FORM AND WITH THE LOWER ONES OF SAID MEMBERS LOCATED ADJACENT EACH FRAME SIDE, EACH OF SAID FRAME END PORTIONS COMPRISING LATERALLY SPACED POSTS AND AN UPPER BAR CONNECTING SAID POSTS; EACH OF SAID LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING FRAME END PORTION-CONNECTING MEMBERS COMPRISING SEPARABLE TELESCOPING END AND INTERMEDIATE SECTIONS, AND REMOVABLE MEANS RETAINING THE RELATED TELESCOPING END AND INTERMEDIATE SECTIONS AGAINST RELATIVE LONGITUDINAL SHIFTING MOVEMENT; A BOSS PORTION PROVIDED BY EACH UPPER FRAME END PORTION BAR AND HAVING A SEAT RECEIVING THE OUTER END OF AN END SECTION OF THE UPPER FRAME END PORTION CONNECTING MEMBER, EACH OF THE POSTS OF SAID FRAME END PORTION HAVING A LONGITUDINAL SLOT TERMINATING ADJACENT ITS LOWER END, A SLIDE MEMBER WORKING IN AND RETAINED IN EACH OF SAID POST SLOTS AND HAVING A PROJECTING PORTION EXTENDING FROM THE LATTER, MEANS PIVOTING THE OUTER PORTIONS OF THE END SECTIONS OF SAID LOWER FRAME END PORTION CONNECTING MEMBERS TO THE PROJECTING PORTIONS OF THE RELATED POST SLOT-CARRIED SLIDE MEMBER, BRACE MEMBERS PIVOTED AT ONE END ADJACENT THE UPPER END OF EACH FRAME END PORTION-PROVIDED POST, AND PIVOT MEANS DETACHABLY CONNECTING THE RESPECTIVE LOWER BRACE MEMBER ENDS TO AN INTERMEDIATE END SECTION PORTION OF ONE OF THE LOWER FRAME END CONNECTING MEMBERS, WHEREBY TO MAINTAIN THE LATTER IN A PLANE ADJACENT THE UPPER END OF THE RELATED POST SLOT WHEN THE FRAME IS SET UP FOR USE, WHILE PERMITTING THE LOWER FRAME END PORTION-CONNECTING MEMBERS TO DROP TO THE PLANE OF THE LOWER ENDS OF SAID POST SLOTS WHEN THE BRACE MEMBERS HAVE BEEN DISCONNECTED FROM SAID LAST-MENTIONED PIVOT MEANS.

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