Patent ID: 6052951
Filing Date: 2000-04-25
Classification: E04B

Abstract:
A weather hood, comprising:a mountable support;a plurality of hood segments arranged above one another, each of said hood segments having:a pair of pivot arms oppositely disposed in a spaced apart relationship, each of said arms being hingedly connected to said support for rotation about a common axis;a shell portion connected to and extending between said pair of pivot arms and spaced from said common axis;said plurality of hood segments including a first hood segment adapted to interengage said support to limit rotation of said first segment, and a second hood segment;a biasing member having a fixed first end and a second end attached to and moving with said second segment; andsaid hood segments being rotatable about said common axis between an upward retracted position wherein said segments are arranged in a substantially nested overlapping relation, and a lowered extended position wherein said segments are substantially unnested, each of said hood segments being interengagable with an adjacent hood segment when said hood segments are rotated into the extended position.