Patent ID: 6758230
Filing Date: 2004-07-06
Classification: E04H,Y10S

Abstract:
A shelter for an airplane having a fuselage, wingtip and a tail, said shelter comprising:a plurality of vertical support members arranged parallel to each other and adapted to extend over the fuselage of an airplane between the rearmost point of the tail of said airplane and the trailing edge of the wings of said airplane; a cantilevered apex beam attached to an upper portion of each one of said plurality of vertical support members, forming an upright-standing shelter structure with said cantilevered apex beam, extending forwardly beyond the forwardmost one of said plurality of vertical support members; a pair of lateral support members adapted to be positioned proximate to each wingtip of said airplane; covering material arranged over said shelter structure and extending forward to the forwardmost end of said cantilevered apex beam and laterally to each said pair of lateral support members such that said airplane is adapted to fit entirely beneath said covering material; and support cables attached to said cantilevered apex beam and to each of said lateral support members for supporting said covering material over the wings of said airplane.