Abstract:
A portable garage apparatus for providing shelter to a vehicle for people who don&#39;t have a garage. The portable garage apparatus includes 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; and also includes a plurality of doors securely attached to the building structure; and further includes a door opening and closing assembly; and also includes an alarm-sounding assembly for unauthorized entry into said portable building structure.

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     1. Field of the Invention 
     The present invention relates to a vehicle protecting enclosure and more particularly pertains to a new portable garage apparatus for providing shelter to a vehicle for people who don&#39;t have a garage. 
     2. Description of the Prior Art 
     The use of a vehicle protecting enclosure is known in the prior art. More specifically, a vehicle protecting enclosure heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements. 
     Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,944,321; 3,600,866; 4,074,269; 5,781,107; 4,800,701; and U.S. Pat. No. Des. 362,729. 
     While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new portable garage apparatus. The inventive device includes 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; and also includes a plurality of doors securely attached to the building structure; and further includes a door opening and closing assembly; and also includes an alarm-sounding assembly for unauthorized entry into said portable building structure. 
     In these respects, the portable garage apparatus according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of providing shelter to a vehicle for people who don&#39;t have a garage. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of vehicle protecting enclosure now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new portable garage apparatus construction wherein the same can be utilized for providing shelter to a vehicle for people who don&#39;t have a garage. 
     The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new portable garage apparatus which has many of the advantages of the vehicle protecting enclosure mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new portable garage apparatus which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art vehicle protecting enclosure, either alone or in any combination thereof. 
     To attain this, the present invention generally comprises 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; and also includes a plurality of doors securely attached to the building structure; and further includes a door opening and closing assembly; and also includes an alarm-sounding assembly for unauthorized entry into said portable building structure. 
     There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto. 
     In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting. 
     As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention. 
     Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way. 
     It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new portable garage apparatus which has many of the advantages of the vehicle protecting enclosure mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new portable garage apparatus which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art vehicle protecting enclosure, either alone or in any combination thereof. 
     It is another object of the present invention to provide a new portable garage apparatus which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed. 
     It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new portable garage apparatus which is of a durable and reliable construction. 
     An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new portable garage apparatus which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such portable garage apparatus economically available to the buying public. 
     Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new portable garage apparatus which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith. 
     Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new portable garage apparatus for providing shelter to a vehicle for people who don&#39;t have a garage. 
     Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new portable garage apparatus which includes 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; and also includes a plurality of doors securely attached to the building structure; and further includes a door opening and closing assembly; and also includes an alarm-sounding assembly for unauthorized entry into said portable building structure. 
     Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new portable garage apparatus that protects one&#39;s vehicle from the elements of the environment which could damage the vehicle in some manner. 
     Even still another object of the present invention is to provide a new portable garage apparatus that can be easily and conveniently set up any where desired by the user. 
     These together with other objects of the invention, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the invention, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. For a better understanding of the invention, its operating advantages and the specific objects attained by its uses, reference should be made to the accompanying drawings and descriptive matter in which there are illustrated preferred embodiments of the invention. 
    
    
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
     The invention will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein: 
     FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a new portable garage apparatus according to the present invention. 
     FIG. 2 is a front partial perspective view of the present invention. 
     FIG. 3 is a rear side partial cross-sectional view of the present invention. 
     FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the remote radio transmitter of the present invention. 
     FIG. 5 is a rear side partial elevational view of the present invention. 
     FIG. 6 is a top partial side elevational view of the present invention. 
     FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of the opening through the side wall of the building structure and side door of the present invention. 
    
    
     DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT 
     With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to FIGS. 1 through 7 thereof, a new portable garage apparatus embodying the principles and concepts of the present invention and generally designated by the reference numeral  10  will be described. 
     As best illustrated in FIGS. 1 through 7, the portable garage apparatus  10  generally comprises a portable building structure  11  having a floor  13 , a top wall  12 , side walls  14 , an opening  18  in a back end  17  thereof, and an opening  16  in a front end  15  thereof. The building structure  11  includes air vents  32  extending through the side walls  14  and also includes mesh-like members  22  conventionally covering the air vents  32  for allowing outside air to enter the building structure  11 . The building structure  11  also includes a ramp  26  securely and conventionally attached to an end of the floor  13  at the back end  17  thereof and being adapted to allow a vehicle to enter the building structure  11  through the opening  18  in the back end  17 . The building structure  11  further includes an opening  19  extending through one of the side walls  14  thereof and also includes a lower track  20  being securely and conventionally disposed upon a portion of the floor  13  along a side edge thereof including where the opening  19  in the side wall  14  is located and includes an upper track  20  securely disposed upon the side wall  14  and extending along a top edge of the opening  19  in the side wall  14 . Each of the front  15  and back  17  ends has an upper portion and a lower portion with each of the upper and lower portions being curved and bowed relative to one another to essentially be shaped like that of the front and back end of the vehicle. 
     A plurality of doors  23 - 25  are securely and conventionally attached to the building structure  11 , and include a front door  23  which has an end hingedly attached to the top wall  12  and being closeable over the opening  16  in the front end  15  of the building structure  11 , and also include a back door  24  having an end which is hingedly attached to the top wall  12  and being closeable over the opening  18  in the back end  17  of the building structure  11 , and further include a side door  25  which is slidably disposed upon the tracks  20  and which is closeable over the opening  19  in the side wall  14 . Each of the front  23  and back  24  doors has a first end portion and a second end portion with each of the end portions being curved and bowed relative to one another to essentially be shaped like that of a front and back end of a vehicle. 
     A means for opening and closing the doors  23 - 25  includes solar energy panels  21 , 22  disposed in said top wall  12  of the building structure  11  and connected to wires  34 , and also includes a solar battery  33  securely stored in the building structure  11  and being connected to the wires  34 , and further includes cylinder members  29  each being securely and pivotally attached to an inner side of one of the side walls  14  adjacent to a respective one of the doors  23 - 25 , and also includes arm members  30  each being extendably and retractably disposed in a respective cylinder member  29  through an open end thereof and being securely attached to a respective door  23 - 25 , and further includes a control unit  28  securely and conventionally disposed inside the building structure  11  and being connected to the cylinder  29  and arm  30  members for extending and retracting the arm members  30  and also being adapted to be connected to a power source which is the solar battery  33 , and also includes a remote radio transmitter  31  for energizing the control unit  28  to open and close the doors  23 - 25 . 
     An alarm-sounding means for unauthorized entry into the portable building structure  11  includes a blinking light-emitting and alarm-sounding member  27  being securely and conventionally disposed in the top wall  12  and extending upwardly therefrom and also including the control unit  28  which is connected to the doors  23 - 25  and to the light-emitting and alarm-sounding member  27 , and further includes the remote radio transmitter  31  for energizing the control unit  28  to set the light-emitting and alarm-sounding member  27  which is energized upon any one of the doors  23 - 25  being opened. 
     In use, the portable building structure  11  can be positioned anywhere desired by the user usually where there is not a garage on site. To enter the building structure  11 , the user would use the remote radio transmitter  31  to open the back door  24  and then also use the remote radio transmitter  31  to close the back door  24 . The user can exit the building structure  11  through the side door  25  by using the remote radio transmitter  31 . To protect the vehicle, the user can activate the light-emitting and alarm-sounding member  27  by using the remote radio transmitter  31 . 
     As to a further discussion of the manner of usage and operation of the present invention, the same should be apparent from the above description. Accordingly, no further discussion relating to the manner of usage and operation will be provided. 
     With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of the invention, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by the present invention. 
     Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the invention. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the invention to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the invention.