Enclosure extension for vehicle

Abstract

A vehicle whose interior is accessible from the outside through openable doors is provided with an enclosure extension formed with a support fixed on the vehicle in the vicinity of and generally above the aperture formed by the doors and generally within the vertical projection of the vehicle. A full-suspension frame is displaceable on the support between a retracted position generally within the support and an extended position extending from the support and from the vehicle above the aperture. A pair of side walls formed as hinged-together panels, a top wall, and a bottom wall are carried on the frame and displaceable therewith. The hinges between the panels allow the walls and the frame to move between a folded position corresponding to the retracted position of the frame with all the walls fitting compactly together and occupying a relatively small space and an unfolded position corresponding to the extended position of the frame and forming an empty compartment having a bottom constituted by the bottom wall, a pair of upright sides constituted by the top wall. Each of the walls has a frontal edge turned horizontally toward the vehicle and connectable tightly therewith by means of a magnetic seal. The rear edges of these walls are engaged with a downwardly swingable end wall that therefore forms with the other walls a five-sided space open on a sixth side into the vehicle and constituting an extension of its enclosure.