Collapsible portable cabin structure for automotive vehicles

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION WITH AN AUTOMOBILE HAVING A PASSENGER COMPARTMENT AND A TRUNK TO THE REAR OF THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT WITH A REAR WINDOW ON THE BACK OF THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT ABOVE THE TRUNK, A COLLAPSIBLE PORTABLE CABIN STRUCTURE FOR ATTACHMENT OVER THE UPPER SIDE OF THE AUTOMOBILE TRUNK, THE STRUCTURE COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF PANELS FOLDABLE UPON ONE ANOTHER TO FORM A FLAT PACKAGE OF SUBSTANTIALLY LESS HEIGHT THAN THAT OF THE AUTOMOBILE REAR WINDOW, THE PANELS INCLUDING A GENERALLY HORIZONTAL FIRST FLOOR PANEL OVERLYING THE AUTOMIBLE TRUNK AND HAVING A FORWARD EDGE ADJACENT THE AUTOMOBILE REAR WINDOW, A REAR EDGE POSITIONED SLIGHTLY REARWARD OF THE BACK OF THE AUTOMOBILE , AND SIDE EDGES GENERALLY ALIGNED WITH THE SIDES OF THE AUTOMOBILE, A FRONT END PANEL HINGED TO THE FORWARD EDGE OF THE FIRST FLOOR PANEL AND PIVOTAL TO A SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL POSITION ADJACENT THE AUTOMOBILE REAR WINDOW, THE FRONT PANEL HAVING SIDE EDGES AND A TOP EDGE, A PAIR OF FIRST SIDE PANELS HINGED TO THE SIDE EDGES OF THE FIRST FLOOR PANEL, THE FIRST SIDE PANELS BEING PIVOTAL TO SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL POSITIONS INTO CONTACT WITH THE SIDE EDGES OF THE FRONT END PANEL, A DEPENDING PANEL HINGED TO THE REAR EDGE OF THE FIRST FLOOR PANEL AND PIVOTAL TO A SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL POSITION DEPENDING DOWNWARDLY FROM THE FIRST FLOOR PANEL OPPOSITE THE REAR END OF THE AUTOMOBILE, THE DEPENDING PANEL HAVING SIDE EDGES, SECOND SIDE PANELS HINGED TO THE SIDE EDGES OF THE DEPENDING PANEL AND EXTENDING REARWARDLY THEREOF, SECOND FLOOR PANELS HINGED TO THE LOWER EDGES OF THE SECOND SIDE PANELS, THE SECOND FLOOR PANELS BEING PIVOTAL INTO SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL POSITIONS IN CONTACT WITH THE BOTTOM EDGE OF THE DEPENDING PANEL, A REAR END PANEL HINGED TO THE SECOND SIDE PANELS AND HAVING A LOWER EDGE IN CONTACT WITH THE SECOND FLOOR PANELS, THE REAR END PANEL HAVING A TOP EDGE, A FORWARD ROOF PANEL ASSEMBLY COMPRISING FIRST ROOF PANELS FASTENED TO THE UPPER EDGES OF THE FIRST SIDE PANELS AND HAVING FORWARD EDGES IN CONTACT WITH THE TOP EDGE OF THE FRONT END PANEL, A REARWARD ROOF PANEL ASSEMBLY COMPRISING SECOND ROOF PANELS HINGED TO THE REAR EDGES OF THE FIRST ROOF PANELS AND HAVING REARWARD EDGES IN CONTACT WITH THE TOP EDGE OF THE REAR END PANEL, THE SECOND ROOF PANELS INCLUDING PANEL MEANS EXTENDING TO THE UPPER EDGES OF THE SECOND SIDE PANELS.