Patent ID: 7210560
Filing Date: 2007-05-01
Classification: A47C

Abstract:
1. A portable platform structure comprising: at least two articulated platforms, the platforms being articulated so that the platforms are movable between an extended position where the platforms extend substantially in an end-to-end configuration, and a stow position where the platforms are folded so that the platforms are substantially aligned one above another; and a plurality of supports articulated to the platforms; wherein the platforms are articulated for a pivotal movement about 180°, and wherein the platforms comprise a first end platform, at least one intermediate platform, and a second end platform, one end of the first end platform being articulated to one end of the intermediate platform, and the other end of the intermediate platform being articulated to one end of the second end platform, the intermediate platform being pivotable 180° relative to the first end platform in a first rotational direction from the stowed position to the extended position, and the second end platform being pivotable 180° relative to the intermediate platform in a second rotational direction from the stowed position to the extended position, the second rotational direction being opposite to the first rotational direction, and wherein a pair of wheels are rotatably mounted to the other end of the second end platform, and wherein the supports include a first support foldably articulated to an outer end portion of the first end platform, a second support foldably articulated to an outer end portion of the second end platform, and third and fourth supports foldably articulated to intermediate portions of the platforms between the first and second supports, and wherein the first support is pivotable substantially about 90° relative to the other end of the first end platform, the third support is pivotable substantially about 90° relative to one of the articulated ends of the first end platform and the intermediate platform, the fourth support is pivotable substantially about 90° relative to one of the articulated ends of the intermediate platform and the second end platform, and the second support is pivotable substantially about 90° relative to the other end of the second end platform, further including a canopy frame detachably mountable to the platforms and the first, second, third, and fourth supports, and a canopy detachably mountable to the canopy frame.