Patent ID: 7044145
Filing Date: 2006-05-16
Classification: E04H,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A mobile shelter comprising: a vehicle movable over ground; a post defining opposite first and second end portions; a post attachment base pivotally attached to said vehicle and pivotable relative thereto about a substantially horizontal base pivot axis, said post attachment base carrying said post second end portion and spacing said post away from said base pivot axis, with said post perpendicular to said base pivot axis, wherein said post can pivot between a stored position in which said post lies above said vehicle in a transport condition and in which said post second end portion is destined to be located spacedly above ground, and a deployment position in which said post is erected and in which said post second end portion is destined to be located close to the ground; and a collapsible marquee comprising: a frame, releasably attachable to said post first end portion, a number of articulated brace assemblies attached to said frame, and defining a ground-resting end, said articulated brace assemblies being movable relative to said frame between a storage position in which said brace assemblies are collapsed against said post, and a deployed position in which said brace assemblies are deployed away from said post to define a canvas-sheltered usable area and in which said ground-resting ends of said brace assemblies are destined to rest on the ground to support said marquee; and a canvas carried by said brace assemblies; wherein when said brace assemblies are in said deployed position, said post first end portion can he released from said frame, and said vehicle can be moved away from said marquee with said post to clear said canvas-sheltered usable area.