Patent ID: 6301839
Filing Date: 2001-10-16
Classification: E04H

Abstract:
A shed for a snowmobile or ATV comprising:a rectangular container having opposed rigid planar side walls of generally equal size in parallel spaced apart array, a rigid first end wall mounted to first ends of said side walls, an opposite second end wall pivotally mounted to opposite second ends of said side walls so as to form a door for said container,a pair of opposed facing, substantially vertical, first arrays of apertures in said side walls, adjacent said first ends of said side walls, one of said first arrays in each of said side walls,a pair of opposed facing, substantially vertical, second arrays of apertures in said side walls, adjacent said second ends of said side walls, one of said second arrays in each of said side walls,wherein said apertures in said first arrays are substantially equal in elevation between corresponding said apertures on each of said side walls and equal in elevation relative to corresponding said apertures in said second arrays so that an uppermost set of four uppermost apertures consisting of an uppermost opposed facing pair of said apertures in said first arrays and an uppermost opposed facing pair of said apertures in said second arrays, lie in a corresponding uppermost horizontal plane,and wherein lower set of four apertures corresponding vertically with, and parallel to, said set of four uppermost apertures define a parallel vertically spaced apart array of horizontal planes wherein said uppermost horizontal plane is an uppermost plane of said array of horizontal planes,a first rod insertable through horizontally opposite apertures in said first arrays of apertures,a second rod insertable through horizontally opposite apertures in said second arrays of apertures,a rigid planar lid mountable onto said first and second rods when said first and second rods are journalled through said horizontally opposite apertures in said first and second arrays of apertures respectively, said lid sized so as to fit between said side walls and said end walls,wherein when said horizontally opposite apertures correspond to said set of four uppermost apertures or to one of said lower sets of four apertures, said lid is horizontal when mounted onto said first and second rods so as to provide a platform which may correspond in height to a truck tailgate for loading and unloading of said snowmobile or ATV respectively onto or from the tailgate, or so as to provide a lid over said snowmobile or ATV when said snowmobile or ATV is stored within said container on a floor of said container,and wherein when said horizontally opposite apertures in said first arrays of apertures are vertically offset relative to said horizontally opposite apertures in said second arrays of apertures, said lid when mounted on said first and second rods forms a ramp extending substantially from said first end wall to said second end wall.