Patent ID: 6341451
Filing Date: 2002-01-29
Classification: E04H

Abstract:
A portable garage apparatus comprising:a portable building structure having a floor, a top wall, side walls, an opening in a back end thereof, and an opening in a front end thereof; a plurality of doors securely attached to said building structure; a means for opening and closing said doors; and an alarm-sounding means for unauthorized entry into said portable building structure; wherein said building structure includes air vents extending through said side walls and also includes mesh members covering said air vents for allowing outside air to enter said building structure; wherein said building structure includes a ramp securely attached to an end of said floor at said back end thereof and being adapted to allow a vehicle to enter said building structure through said opening in said back end; wherein said building structure includes an opening extending through one of said side walls thereof and also includes a lower track being securely disposed upon a portion of said floor along a side edge thereof including where said opening is located and further includes an upper track securely disposed upon the side wall and extending along a top edge of the opening in the side wall; wherein said doors include a front door which has an end hingedly attached to said top wall and being closeable over said opening in said front end of said building structure, and also include a back door having an end which is hingedly attached to said top wall and being closeable over said opening in said back end of said building structure, and further includes a side door which is slidably disposed upon said track and which is closeable over said opening in said side wall; and wherein said means for opening and closing said doors includes solar energy panels disposed in said top wall of said building structure and connected to wires, and also includes a solar battery securely stored in said building structure and being connected to said wires, and further includes cylinder members each being securely and pivotally attached to an inner side of one of said side walls adjacent to a respective one of said doors, and also includes arm members each being extendably and retractably disposed in a respective said cylinder member through an open end thereof and being securely attached to a respective said door, and further includes a control unit securely disposed inside said building structure and being connected to said cylinder and said arm members for extending and retracting said arm members and also being adapted to be connected to a power source which is said solar battery, and also includes a remote radio transmitter for energizing said control unit to open and close said doors.