Static structures (e.g. – buildings) – Preassembled subenclosure or substructure section of unit or... – Collapsible for ease of transport
Reexamination Certificate
2000-06-19
2001-10-16
Friedman, Carl D. (Department: 3635)
Static structures (e.g., buildings)
Preassembled subenclosure or substructure section of unit or...
Collapsible for ease of transport
C052S069000, C052S064000, C052S264000, C052S143000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06301839
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to the field of containers for personal recreation vehicles such as snowmobiles or ATVs, and in particular, to a container wherein the lid may be positioned horizontally at various elevations or inclined for use as a ramp at various inclinations within the box of the container.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In summary, the shed for a snowmobile or ATV of the present invention includes a rectangular container having opposed rigid planar side walls of generally equal size in parallel spaced apart array, a rigid first end wall mounted to first ends of the side walls, and an opposite second end wall pivotally mounted to opposite second ends of the side walls so as to form a door for the container. A pair of opposed facing, substantially vertical, first arrays of apertures are formed in the side walls, adjacent the first ends of the side walls, one of the first arrays in each of the side walls. Similarly, a pair of opposed facing, substantially vertical, second arrays of apertures are formed in the side walls, adjacent the second ends of the side walls, one of the second arrays in each of the side walls.
The apertures in the first arrays are substantially equal in elevation between corresponding apertures on each of the side walls. They are also equal in elevation relative to corresponding apertures in the second arrays so that an uppermost set of four uppermost apertures consisting of an uppermost opposed facing pair of the apertures in the first arrays and an uppermost opposed facing pair of the apertures in the second arrays lie in a corresponding uppermost horizontal plane. Lower sets of four apertures corresponding vertically with, and parallel to, the set of four uppermost apertures define a parallel vertically spaced apart array of horizontal planes wherein the uppermost horizontal plane is an uppermost plane of the array of horizontal planes.
A first rod is insertable through horizontally opposite apertures in the first arrays of apertures. A second rod is insertable through horizontally opposite apertures in the second arrays of apertures.
A rigid planar lid is mountable onto the first and second rods when the first and second rods are journalled through the horizontally opposite apertures in the first and second arrays of apertures respectively. The lid is sized so as to fit between the side walls and the end walls of the container.
When the horizontally opposite apertures correspond to the set of four uppermost apertures, or to one of the lower sets of four apertures, then the lid is horizontal when mounted onto the first and second rods so as to provide a platform. The platform may correspond in height to a truck tailgate for loading and unloading of the snowmobile or ATV respectively onto, or from, the tailgate. The platform may also provide a lid over the snowmobile or ATV when the snowmobile or ATV is stored within the container on a floor of the container.
When the horizontally opposite apertures in the first arrays of apertures are vertically offset relative to the horizontally opposite apertures in the second arrays of apertures, the lid when mounted on the first and second rods forms a ramp extending substantially from the first end wall to the second end wall.
In one embodiment, the floor is a planar rigid platform member mounted on a further pair of rods journalled through lowermost horizontally opposite apertures in the first and second arrays of apertures.
Advantageously, the apertures in the first arrays of apertures are equally spaced apart and the apertures in the second arrays of apertures are equally spaced apart. The first and second arrays of apertures may be spaced apart by approximately 5 inches.
Further advantageously, the container is mounted on wheels.
Strap mounts may be mounted to the outside of the container. The strap mounts are for mounting of straps thereto so as to secure the first ends of the side walls against the tailgate of the truck when the tailgate is lowered. The strap mounts may be a first pair of securing means for tying looped ends of the straps thereto. The first pair of securing means are oppositely disposed on the side walls of the container. A second pair of securing means may also be mountable to the side walls. The first and second pairs of securing means may be pairs of hooks.
The first and second rods are lockably mountable when journalled in the horizontally opposite apertures by releasable locking means mountable onto opposite ends of the rods. The releasable locking means may be cotter pins mountable through corresponding holes in the opposite ends of the rods. Advantageously, a second the container may be stacked on top of a first container. Further advantageously, the container includes bolt engaging means so that the container may be bolted to the frame of a trailer when the container is mounted on the trailer.
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patent: 1404632 (1922-01-01), Morgan
patent: 3667172 (1972-06-01), Erickson
patent: 3797643 (1974-03-01), Shupp
patent: 5265385 (1993-11-01), Smith
patent: 6012253 (2000-01-01), Burns
Chavez Patrick J.
Edwards Antony C.
Friedman Carl D.
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