Patent ID: 8978678
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: E04H

Abstract:
1. A mobile sheltered workstation, comprising: a housing; a main support member having a lower end coupled to said housing and extending upwardly therefrom, said main support member being length adjustable and telescopically movable between a retracted configuration and an extended configuration; a canopy framework having a lower end selectively coupled to an upper end of said main support member and movable between a stowed configuration adjacent said housing and a deployed configuration displaced from said housing; wherein said canopy framework includes: a pair of first arms pivotally coupled to opposed ends of said first support brace, respectively; wherein said each one of said pair of first arms is length adjustable and telescopically movable between a retracted configuration and an extended configuration; a first linkage assembly coupled to said pair of first arms, said first linkage assembly having a first collar slidably coupled to said main support brace and a pair of first deployment members extending between said first collar and said first arms, respectively, such that said pair of first arms is rotated between a stowed configuration and a deployed configuration when said first collar is slidably moved along said main support brace; wherein: a first pulley coupled to said canopy framework; and a first cord coupled to said first linkage assembly and said first pulley and configured so as to cause said first collar to slidably move along said main support brace when tension is exerted upon said first cord.