EP0295222A1 - Abri, pour véhicules en général - Google Patents

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EP0295222A1
EP0295222A1 EP88830252A EP88830252A EP0295222A1 EP 0295222 A1 EP0295222 A1 EP 0295222A1 EP 88830252 A EP88830252 A EP 88830252A EP 88830252 A EP88830252 A EP 88830252A EP 0295222 A1 EP0295222 A1 EP 0295222A1
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04H—BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
    • E04H6/00—Buildings for parking cars, rolling-stock, aircraft, vessels or like vehicles, e.g. garages
    • E04H6/02—Small garages, e.g. for one or two cars
    • E04H6/04—Small garages, e.g. for one or two cars wheeled, hinged, foldable, telescopic, swinging or otherwise movable
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04H—BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
    • E04H15/00—Tents or canopies, in general
    • E04H15/32—Parts, components, construction details, accessories, interior equipment, specially adapted for tents, e.g. guy-line equipment, skirts, thresholds
    • E04H15/34—Supporting means, e.g. frames
    • E04H15/44—Supporting means, e.g. frames collapsible, e.g. breakdown type
    • E04H15/48—Supporting means, e.g. frames collapsible, e.g. breakdown type foldable, i.e. having pivoted or hinged means
    • E04H15/52—Supporting means, e.g. frames collapsible, e.g. breakdown type foldable, i.e. having pivoted or hinged means parallelogram type

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  • the invention relates to a shelter for vehicles in general. More particularly, the shelter disclosed is intended for erection in those areas of private and/or residential premises that are given over to parking space for cars and other motor vehicles, or pleasure boats and similar small craft.
  • Modern dwellings are generally provided with a given number of garages, each capable of accommodating one or more vehicles.
  • the majority of such garages will consist in a permanent structure with masonry walls, affording at least one door by way of which to gain access to the interior.
  • Use is also made of free-­standing structures in zinc sheeting, fibreglass or asbestos panels, etc., which are anchored to the ground in such a way as to remain stable even when weather conditions are particularly hostile.
  • a permanent garage structure will generally be located adjacent to the dwelling of the user, or at least in an area close by, in order to exploit its functional convenience to the full.
  • Numerous problems tend to derive, principally, from the fact that traditional garages are erected in areas that are designed to serve other uses besides.
  • garages are often constructed in the communal yards or gardens of appartment buildings which also provide the only available space for childrens' recreation, with obvious disadvantages.
  • the object of the present invention is to overcome the difficulties described above, and to do so by providing a shelter, suitable for vehicles of any given type, that features a folding structure capable of reducing the enclosed cubic space to suit the requirements of the user, and at the same time, of withstanding any ambient conditions to which it may become exposed.
  • Such a shelter which can be used to garage any given type of vehicle, is characterized in that it comprises two parallel tracks anchored to the ground; a plurality of frame sections, each consisting in a pair of uprights, the top ends of which are rigidly interconnected by a cross member and the bottom ends slidably engaged with the parallel tracks; a pair of struts connecting each frame section with the frame section next in succession, each one of which is hingedly attached by its ends to two adjacent uprights occupying the same track; a tarpaulin cover, fastened to the frame sections nd exhibiting at least one open front that coincides with either one of the two endmost frame sections; and in that it can be traversed between a stowed position, in which all the frame sections are gathered together and occupy one end of the parallel tracks, and an extended position in which the frame sections are spaced apart one from the next to the point where the tarpaulin cover is fully
  • 1 denotes a shelter, in its entirety, according to the invention, which is suitable for vehicles in general.
  • the shelter 1 comprises two parallel tracks 2 anchored at ground level 3, and a plurality of frame sections 4 slidably engaging with the two tracks. More exactly, each single frame section 4 consists in a pair of uprights 5 the top ends 5a of which are rigidly connected to a cross member 6; the bottom ends 5b of the uprights are associated with gliding elements, denoted 7, which engage slidably with the tracks 2.
  • the cross member 6 will exhibit a gently arched profile, and might be provided with bracing members 6a (see figs 1 and 2) that ensure an even distribution of any stresses to which the structure may be subject.
  • each frame section 4 incorporates a pair of struts 8, serving to connect it to the frame section 4 next in succession, and more precisely, it is an essential feature of the invention that each such strut 8 is hinged at one end 8a to the gliding element 7 of a relative upright 5, and hinged at its opposite end 8b to a pivot 5c located in the upper half of the upright 5 of the adjacent frame section.
  • the struts 8 serve to impart rigidity to the structure formed by the set of frame sections 4, and to ensure that when these are in movement along the tracks 2, the intermediate uprights will assume a given angle in relation to ground level 3.
  • the shelter 1 further comprises a tarpaulin cover 9 that is attached to each of the frame sections 4; the cover is embodied with a permanently closed rear flap 9a coinciding with the endmost rear frame section 4a, and an open front 10 that coincides with the end frame section opposite, i.e. that denoted 4a.
  • the tarpaulin 9 is made fast to each frame section 4 by conventional means (not illustrated), and in a preferred embodiment will be fashioned from a fabric that is fire, water and weatherproof, and resistant to ultraviolet rays, so that the interior of the shelter can be assured protection against any given ambient conditions.
  • the endmost frame section 4a surrounding the open front 10 is provided, to advantage, with a rolling flap 11 the edges of which are slidably accommodated in respective vertical channels 12, fitted to the relative uprights 5 and facing one another, as will be clearly discernable from figs 3 and 5.
  • the bottom ends 5b of the uprights 5 of the front end frame section 4a are provided with trolleys 13 that run on the parallel tracks 2, whilst the bottom ends 5b of all the remaining uprights 5 are fitted with shoes 14 that engage with the tracks in sliding contact.
  • the bottom ends 5b of the uprights 5 of the rear end frame section 4b are rigidly attached to the tracks 2 at the rear end of the structure, and thus remain permanently in the same position.
  • each trolley 13 consists in a bracket exhibiting a top member 15, rigidly attached to the bottom end of the upright 5, and two side members 16 and 17 that project downward, diverging at an angle of 120° or thereabouts.
  • Each such member carries a fixed pivot 15a, 16a and 17a to which a respective freely revolving wheel 18, 19 and 20 is mounted.
  • Each of the two parallel tracks 2 in the embodiment illustrated is embodied as a rail, the cross section of which exhibits a bottom part 2a in the form of an upturned T, and a rounded top part 2b. Accordingly, the wheels 18, 19 and 20 of the trolley 13 are able to roll along the relative track 2, but only in a direction parallel with its longitudinal axis, such that the uprights 5 cannot separate from the rail when the frame sections 4 are in motion.
  • each shoe 14 consists substantially in a block 21 with a top shank 22 for attachment to the bottom end of the upright 5, and with a slide 23 at bottom, which affords an opening 24 shaped substantially to match the rounded profile of the top part 2b of the track 2.
  • the shoes 14 traverse parallel to the longitudinal axes of the tracks, and are inseparable from them.
  • the uprights 5 of the endmost frame section 4a must be made to run parallel with each other in a common plane and perpendicular to the ground, and to this end, the shelter 1 is provided with suitable drive means, illustrated in fig 8.
  • Such means are denoted 25 in their entirety, and comprise a first pulley 26 and a second pulley 27 located respectively at one end of each track 2, a third and a fourth pulley 28 and 29 located respectively at the opposite ends of the tracks, and a fifth and a sixth pulley 30 and 31 fixed one to the inside of each track 2 near to the third and fourth pulleys 28 and 29.
  • This first rope 32 is passed around the first and third pulleys 26 and 28, around the winding drum of a winch 33, and then around the sixth pulley 31.
  • 34 denotes a second rope 34, which is also fastened to the bottom of one upright 5 of the selfsame frame section 4a by its one end 34a, and to the bottom of the other upright 5 by its remaining end 34b.
  • the second rope 34 is threaded up in the same way as the first, in this case, passing around the second and fourth pulleys 27 and 29, the winding drum of the winch 33, and the fifth pulley 30.
  • the winch 33 may either be operated by hand or power driven using a conventional motor.
  • the shelter 1 according to the invention is abundantly simple in operation.
  • the shelter is capable of movement between a stowed configuration (fig 1), in which the frame sections 4 are gathered together and positioned at one end of the tracks 2, and an extended configuration in which the frame sections are spaced apart one from the next (fig 3) until the tarpaulin cover 9 is fully spread.
  • the user extends the shelter by operating the drive means 25, or if none are fitted, drawing the endmost frame section 4a forward along the tracks by hand. This done, the flap 11 is rolled down to effect a complete enclosure.
  • the object stated at the outset is achieved with the invention disclosed, as the folding structure permits of reducing the dimensions of the shelter to a minimum, as and when necessary. Moreover, the inclusion of the struts 8 guarantees that the structure of the shelter will remain stable even in the most hostile weather conditions. Lastly, it will be seen that the shelter according to the invention features great simplicity in terms of construction and installation, and is therefore a commodity which can be marketed at a cost far lower than that of traditional free-standing garages.

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FR2666840A1 (fr) * 1990-09-17 1992-03-20 Chaumart Jean Abri garage.
AU626017B2 (en) * 1989-03-15 1992-07-23 Warczak, Elzbieta Collapsible shelter
ES2111415A1 (es) * 1993-01-11 1998-03-01 Perez Amaya Jose Luis Cubierta plegable.
WO2000057003A1 (fr) * 1999-03-23 2000-09-28 Koetter Wilfried Dispositif pour proteger une aire de stationnement de vehicule
CN101949223A (zh) * 2010-08-27 2011-01-19 徐彬 一种伸缩车棚
CN102864953A (zh) * 2012-07-23 2013-01-09 韩克亮 移动汽车库房
DE202013101938U1 (de) * 2013-05-03 2014-08-04 Udo Schreiner Mobiles Parkhaus für Fahrzeuge mit einem horizontal und vertikal veränderbaren Aufnahmevolumen des Parkhauses
ES2588200A1 (es) * 2015-04-29 2016-10-31 Universidade Da Coruña Sistema estructural desplegable de arcos y bielas deslizantes
WO2019040012A3 (fr) * 2016-11-28 2019-04-11 Garanti Koza Insaat Sanayi Ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi Système de toit mobile

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US2817344A (en) * 1955-09-21 1957-12-24 Don C Teeter Collapsible garage
US3942830A (en) * 1974-02-11 1976-03-09 Boyd Ray Woodard Accordion cover for dump trucks
DE3340063A1 (de) * 1983-11-05 1985-05-15 Fahrzeugbau Langendorf GmbH & Co KG, 4355 Waltrop Faltverdeck fuer aufbauten von strassenfahrzeugen, insbesondere fuer mulden von lkw bzw. lkw-anhaengern oder -aufliegern
US4649947A (en) * 1983-08-19 1987-03-17 Brunswick Corporation Expandable soft side shelter

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US2817344A (en) * 1955-09-21 1957-12-24 Don C Teeter Collapsible garage
US3942830A (en) * 1974-02-11 1976-03-09 Boyd Ray Woodard Accordion cover for dump trucks
US4649947A (en) * 1983-08-19 1987-03-17 Brunswick Corporation Expandable soft side shelter
DE3340063A1 (de) * 1983-11-05 1985-05-15 Fahrzeugbau Langendorf GmbH & Co KG, 4355 Waltrop Faltverdeck fuer aufbauten von strassenfahrzeugen, insbesondere fuer mulden von lkw bzw. lkw-anhaengern oder -aufliegern

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AU626017B2 (en) * 1989-03-15 1992-07-23 Warczak, Elzbieta Collapsible shelter
FR2666840A1 (fr) * 1990-09-17 1992-03-20 Chaumart Jean Abri garage.
ES2111415A1 (es) * 1993-01-11 1998-03-01 Perez Amaya Jose Luis Cubierta plegable.
WO2000057003A1 (fr) * 1999-03-23 2000-09-28 Koetter Wilfried Dispositif pour proteger une aire de stationnement de vehicule
CN101949223A (zh) * 2010-08-27 2011-01-19 徐彬 一种伸缩车棚
CN102864953A (zh) * 2012-07-23 2013-01-09 韩克亮 移动汽车库房
CN102864953B (zh) * 2012-07-23 2015-09-30 韩克亮 移动汽车库房
DE202013101938U1 (de) * 2013-05-03 2014-08-04 Udo Schreiner Mobiles Parkhaus für Fahrzeuge mit einem horizontal und vertikal veränderbaren Aufnahmevolumen des Parkhauses
WO2014177562A1 (fr) 2013-05-03 2014-11-06 Udo Schreiner Parking couvert mobile pour véhicules comprenant un volume de réception modifiable horizontalement et verticalement du parking couvert
ES2588200A1 (es) * 2015-04-29 2016-10-31 Universidade Da Coruña Sistema estructural desplegable de arcos y bielas deslizantes
WO2019040012A3 (fr) * 2016-11-28 2019-04-11 Garanti Koza Insaat Sanayi Ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi Système de toit mobile

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