Patent ID: 6688429
Filing Date: 2004-02-10
Classification: A01M

Abstract:
A portable tower apparatus, convertible between a lowered transport configuration and a raised observation configuration, said apparatus comprising:(a) an elongate main member: (i) oriented substantially vertically with a first end thereof on the ground when the apparatus is in the raised observation configuration; and (ii) oriented substantially horizontally, and attachable to towing means at one end thereof and attached to wheels for movement along the ground, when the apparatus is in the lowered transport configuration; (b) a plurality of base members attached at proximal ends thereof to the first end of the main member, said base members extending outward and substantially perpendicular a longitudinal axis of the main member; (c) a platform: (i) attached, when the apparatus is in the raised observation configuration, to a second end of the main member such that a top surface of the platform is oriented substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the main member; and (ii) attached, when the apparatus is in the lowered transport to the main member; such that said top surface is substantially parallel to said longitudinal axis (d) a brace: (i) attached, when the apparatus is in the raised observation configuration, to the platform such that the brace extends from the platform downward and away from the main member to the ground and such that a lower end of the brace rests on the ground; and (ii) attached, when the apparatus is in the lowered transport configuration, to the main member.