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US3203143A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Automobile shelter

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1962-08-14
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Granted: 1965-08-31
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Expires: 1982-08-14
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Oscar J Swenson

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-07 11:14
CPC Classifications
E; E04; E04H; E04H6/00; E04H6/02

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 211 words
AN ELONGATED TUNNEL-LIKE SHELTER FOR COMPACTLY HOUSING AN AUTOMOBILE AND PROVIDING IMPROVED ACCESS TO SUCH AUTOMOBILE FOR A PERSON WHOSE HEIGHT IS GREATER THAN THE HEIGHT OF SUCH SHELTER, SAID SHELTER COMPRISING OPPOSITELY SPACED, ELONGATED, UPRIGHT SIDE WALLS, A ROOF WALL, SAID ROOF WALL SPANNING SAID SIDE WALLS AND DEFIINING THEREABOVE A CONTINUATION THEREOF, SAID ROOF WALL AND SAID SIDE WALLS DEFINING A TRASVERSE CROSS-SECTIONAL PROFILE OF SAID SHELTER OF SUCH INTERNAL DIMENSIONS AS WILL PERMIT SUCH AUTOMOBILE TO PASS THERETHROUGH WITH ONLY SLIGHTLY CLEARANCE FROM EACH OF THE WALLS, SAID WALLS COMPRISING PARTIALLY RIGID PANELS, MEANS INTERCONNECTING SAID PANELS INTO A RIGID UNITARY STRUCTURE CONFORMING TO SAID PROFILE AND DEFINING A CONTINUOUS SELF-SUPPORTING WALL STRUCTURE HAVING AN END TERMINAL OPENING FROM ACCESS OF THE AUTOMOBILE INTO THE SHELTER, ONE OF SAID SIDE WALLS HAVING AN ACCESS PASSAGEWAY EXTENDING THERETHROUGH AND CONTINUING THROUGH AN ADJACENT PORTION OF SAID ROOF WALL AND DEFINING A FREE OPENING SO AS TO PERMIT NORMAL FREE ACCESS INTO SUCH HOUSED AUTOMOBILE SIMULTANEOUSLY THROUGH SAID PASSAGEWAY AND DOORWAY OF THE AUTOMOBILE FROM A POSITION EXTENDING INTO A LEVEL ABOVE SAID ROOF WALL, SAID PASSAGEWAY SPACED FROM THE ENDS OF SAID SHELTER WITH PORTIONS OF SAID SIDE WALL AND ROOF WALL EXTENDING ON EACH SIDE OF SAID PASSAGEWAY.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 211 words
AN ELONGATED TUNNEL-LIKE SHELTER FOR COMPACTLY HOUSING AN AUTOMOBILE AND PROVIDING IMPROVED ACCESS TO SUCH AUTOMOBILE FOR A PERSON WHOSE HEIGHT IS GREATER THAN THE HEIGHT OF SUCH SHELTER, SAID SHELTER COMPRISING OPPOSITELY SPACED, ELONGATED, UPRIGHT SIDE WALLS, A ROOF WALL, SAID ROOF WALL SPANNING SAID SIDE WALLS AND DEFIINING THEREABOVE A CONTINUATION THEREOF, SAID ROOF WALL AND SAID SIDE WALLS DEFINING A TRASVERSE CROSS-SECTIONAL PROFILE OF SAID SHELTER OF SUCH INTERNAL DIMENSIONS AS WILL PERMIT SUCH AUTOMOBILE TO PASS THERETHROUGH WITH ONLY SLIGHTLY CLEARANCE FROM EACH OF THE WALLS, SAID WALLS COMPRISING PARTIALLY RIGID PANELS, MEANS INTERCONNECTING SAID PANELS INTO A RIGID UNITARY STRUCTURE CONFORMING TO SAID PROFILE AND DEFINING A CONTINUOUS SELF-SUPPORTING WALL STRUCTURE HAVING AN END TERMINAL OPENING FROM ACCESS OF THE AUTOMOBILE INTO THE SHELTER, ONE OF SAID SIDE WALLS HAVING AN ACCESS PASSAGEWAY EXTENDING THERETHROUGH AND CONTINUING THROUGH AN ADJACENT PORTION OF SAID ROOF WALL AND DEFINING A FREE OPENING SO AS TO PERMIT NORMAL FREE ACCESS INTO SUCH HOUSED AUTOMOBILE SIMULTANEOUSLY THROUGH SAID PASSAGEWAY AND DOORWAY OF THE AUTOMOBILE FROM A POSITION EXTENDING INTO A LEVEL ABOVE SAID ROOF WALL, SAID PASSAGEWAY SPACED FROM THE ENDS OF SAID SHELTER WITH PORTIONS OF SAID SIDE WALL AND ROOF WALL EXTENDING ON EACH SIDE OF SAID PASSAGEWAY.

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