Patent ID: 7621581

Claim:
An equipment storm shield system, comprising: an equipment pad adapted to support the equipment; a plurality of anchors located along a first portion of a perimeter of the pad; an elongated spool of flexible membrane material rotatably mounted in a spool housing, the spool housing being mounted on a second portion of the perimeter of the pad; an elongated opening in the spool housing adapted to permit a first longitudinal edge of the spool of flexible membrane material to be pulled through the opening to remove a first predetermined sheet portion of flexible membrane material from the spool of flexible membrane material, wherein the first predetermined sheet portion is pulled over the equipment parked on the pad and is retained in position using one or more of the plurality of anchors and wherein the first predetermined sheet portion serves as a barrier for protecting the equipment against a storming condition; and an engagement member connected to the first predetermined sheet portion of membrane material, wherein each of the plurality of anchors includes a metal frame member permanently mounted in a trench and having an opening adapted to accept a corresponding engagement member.