Patent ID: 8161990

Claim:
A clothesline cover apparatus for covering a clothesline, said apparatus comprising: (a) a housing with a door pivotally disposed in a front area of the housing via a hinge, the door can move between at least an open position and a closed position; (b) a first telescopic pole and a second telescopic pole, both poles having a first end and a second end, the first ends of both poles are attached in an inner cavity of the housing, both poles can be expanded out of the housing together and retracted into the housing together via the door; (c) a water-resistant canvas stored in the inner cavity of the housing, wherein a first side of the canvas is attached to at least a portion of the first telescopic pole and a second side of the canvas is attached to at least a portion of the second telescopic pole, the canvas comprises side coverings; (d) a first motor operatively connected to the first telescopic pole or the second telescopic pole, the motor functions to expand the telescopic poles out of the housing or retract the telescopic poles into the housing; (e) a first sensor for detecting the presence of rain and the absence of rain, the first sensor is disposed on the housing near a top area of the housing; and (f) a microprocessor operatively connected to the first sensor and to the motor, the microprocessor is configured to: (i) receive a first rain input from the first sensor when the first sensor detects rain and subsequently generate a first extension output command to the motor to cause the motor to expand the telescopic poles out of the housing; and (ii) receive a second rain input signal from the first sensor when the first sensor does not detect rain and subsequently generate a second retraction output command to the first motor to cause the motor to retract both telescopic poles back into the housing; wherein when both the first telescopic pole and the second telescopic pole are expanded from the housing the canvas is expanded outwardly to cover the clothesline.