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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 1996
Filed:
Aug. 26, 1994
Jeffrey O Phillips, Columbia, MO (US);
High Gear Inc., Columbia, MO (US);
Abstract
A shelter/camper/tent assembly secured to the top of a car or truck or placed on the ground or other suitable surface. The device includes a shell hinged at the front end and collapsible. The shell includes pneumatic cylinders to facilitate opening and closing thereof. Once the shell is opened, support rods pivotally secured to the floor of the shell are extended and threadably secured to pivotal receiving brackets in the ceiling of the shell. The support rods may be directed upward along opposite sides of the entrance to the shell, or arranged in a crossed structure for extra support. The upper and lower shells are secured, through zippers, to a flexible body of the device. The body includes a shroud around the lower portion of the body to keep rain water out of the shell. Resiliently flexible clips mounted on the bottom of the shelter/camper/tent assembly releasably secure the assembly to a supporting structure. Additionally, the outer shell includes handles and wheels. Further, the shell may be constructed with a small hanging cot extending across the interior side of the top shell proximate the back/lower end thereof.