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US3354891A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Portable camper of fabric adapted for mounting to a box of a pickup truck

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1965-09-08
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Granted: 1967-11-28
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Expires: 1985-09-08
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Abstract

No abstract record available.

Inventors

  • 👤 Brown Frank Edward

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-03 03:17
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60J; B60J7/00; B60J7/08; B60J7/10; B60J7/102

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 280 words
A PORTABLE CAMPER FASTENED TO AN OPEN TOPPED BOX OF A PICKUP TRUCK TO PROVIDE A SHELTERED ENCLOSURE, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING WITH SAID BOX A FRAMEWORK OF GENERALLY U-SHAPED CROSS SECTION COMPRISED OF SEPARABLE PARTS DETACHABLY MOUNTED TO SAID BOX INCLUDING FIRST AND SECOND PAIRS OF SPACED APART DETACHABLY VERTICALLY MOUNTED RESPECTIVELY TO FIRST AND SECOND OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID BOX IN A RECTANGULAR CONFIGURATION, FIRST AND SECOND CROSSBEAMS AND FIRST AND SECOND HORIZONTAL SUPPORT BEAMS EACH ONE OF WHICH IS HORIZONTALLY DETACHABLY MOUNTED INDIVIDUALLY BETWEEN ONE PAIR OF ADJACENT STRUTS AT THE TERMINAL ENDS THEREOF DISTAL SAID BOX, A FABRIC COVERING HAVING FIVE RECTANGULAR SEGMENTS INTEGRALLY JOINED IN A CROSS-LIKE CONFIGURATION HAVING A CENTER SEGMENT AND A SEGMENT EXTENDING FROM EACH SIDE THEREOF, SAID COVERING DETACHABLY MOUNTED TO SAID FRAMEWORK WITH ITS RECTANGULAR CENTER SEGMENT DISPOSED TO COVER THE AREA DEFINED BY THE CROSSBEAMS AND HORIZONTAL SUPPORT BEAMS AND SAID RECTANGULAR SEGMENTS EXTENDING THEREFROM ARRANGED TO COVER THE AREAS DEFINED BETWEEN SAID STRUTS, CLOSURE MEANS JOINING ADJACENT EDGES OF RECTANGULAR SEGMENTS EXTENDING FROM SAID CENTER SEGMENT, A PLURALITY OF EYELETS FASTENED TO THE RECTANGULAR SEGMENTS OF SAID COVERLIN EXTENDING FROM SAID CENTER SEGMENT THEREOF, A SPRING ASSOCIATED WITH EACH EYELET, EACH SPRING MOUNTED UNDER TENSION BETWEEN SAID EYELET ASSOCIATED THEREWITH AND SAID BOX, AT LEAST FIRST AND SECOND FABRIC EXTENSIONS SECURED RESPECTIVELY TO THE TERMINAL ENDS OF FIRST AND SECOND OPPOSITE RECTANGULAR SEGMENTS OF SAID COVERING TO DEFINE RESPECTIVELY FIRST AND SECOND SLEEVES WHICH EXTEND THE LENGTH OF SAID RECTANGULAR SEGMENTS, AND THIRD AND FOURTH HORIZONTAL SUPPORT BEAMS INSERTED RESPECTIVELY INTO SAID FIRST AND SECOND SLEEVES, SAID THIRD AND FOURTH HORIZONTAL SUPPORT BEAMS BEING DETACHABLY SECURED TO SAID FRAMEWORK.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 280 words
A PORTABLE CAMPER FASTENED TO AN OPEN TOPPED BOX OF A PICKUP TRUCK TO PROVIDE A SHELTERED ENCLOSURE, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING WITH SAID BOX A FRAMEWORK OF GENERALLY U-SHAPED CROSS SECTION COMPRISED OF SEPARABLE PARTS DETACHABLY MOUNTED TO SAID BOX INCLUDING FIRST AND SECOND PAIRS OF SPACED APART DETACHABLY VERTICALLY MOUNTED RESPECTIVELY TO FIRST AND SECOND OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID BOX IN A RECTANGULAR CONFIGURATION, FIRST AND SECOND CROSSBEAMS AND FIRST AND SECOND HORIZONTAL SUPPORT BEAMS EACH ONE OF WHICH IS HORIZONTALLY DETACHABLY MOUNTED INDIVIDUALLY BETWEEN ONE PAIR OF ADJACENT STRUTS AT THE TERMINAL ENDS THEREOF DISTAL SAID BOX, A FABRIC COVERING HAVING FIVE RECTANGULAR SEGMENTS INTEGRALLY JOINED IN A CROSS-LIKE CONFIGURATION HAVING A CENTER SEGMENT AND A SEGMENT EXTENDING FROM EACH SIDE THEREOF, SAID COVERING DETACHABLY MOUNTED TO SAID FRAMEWORK WITH ITS RECTANGULAR CENTER SEGMENT DISPOSED TO COVER THE AREA DEFINED BY THE CROSSBEAMS AND HORIZONTAL SUPPORT BEAMS AND SAID RECTANGULAR SEGMENTS EXTENDING THEREFROM ARRANGED TO COVER THE AREAS DEFINED BETWEEN SAID STRUTS, CLOSURE MEANS JOINING ADJACENT EDGES OF RECTANGULAR SEGMENTS EXTENDING FROM SAID CENTER SEGMENT, A PLURALITY OF EYELETS FASTENED TO THE RECTANGULAR SEGMENTS OF SAID COVERLIN EXTENDING FROM SAID CENTER SEGMENT THEREOF, A SPRING ASSOCIATED WITH EACH EYELET, EACH SPRING MOUNTED UNDER TENSION BETWEEN SAID EYELET ASSOCIATED THEREWITH AND SAID BOX, AT LEAST FIRST AND SECOND FABRIC EXTENSIONS SECURED RESPECTIVELY TO THE TERMINAL ENDS OF FIRST AND SECOND OPPOSITE RECTANGULAR SEGMENTS OF SAID COVERING TO DEFINE RESPECTIVELY FIRST AND SECOND SLEEVES WHICH EXTEND THE LENGTH OF SAID RECTANGULAR SEGMENTS, AND THIRD AND FOURTH HORIZONTAL SUPPORT BEAMS INSERTED RESPECTIVELY INTO SAID FIRST AND SECOND SLEEVES, SAID THIRD AND FOURTH HORIZONTAL SUPPORT BEAMS BEING DETACHABLY SECURED TO SAID FRAMEWORK.

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