Method of manufacturing and using a multi-function and multi-orientation carapace system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11910889-B2
Application number	US-202017106151-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 29, 2020
Priority date	Dec 6, 2019
Publication date	Feb 27, 2024
Grant date	Feb 27, 2024

Abstract

A method of manufacturing and using a five-device-in-one multi-function and multi-orientation carapace system comprises the steps of: Sewing at least one first three-dimensional contour-conforming carapace dome panel and at least one second three-dimensional contour-conforming carapace dome panel together such that at least one water-directing ball-directing fruit-directing dome-bisecting transverse seam and at least one water-directing-and-ejecting ball-directing-and-ejecting fruit-directing-and-ejecting cross-cutting seam are formed; Attaching the at least one first and the at least one second three-dimensional contour-conforming carapace dome panels to the interchangeable splines, respectively; Attaching the at least one first and the at least one second outer edges of the at least one first and the least one second three-dimensional contour-conforming carapace dome panels to the spline ends of the interchangeable splines, respectively; Adjusting the angle of the carapace-supporting angled arm; and Locking the carapace-tilting-and-multi-orienting snap-locking handle to the multi-height-adjustable carapace stanchion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of manufacturing and using a five-device-in-one multi-function multi-orientation interchangable reversible cantilever-stanchion carapace system,
providing said five-device-in-one multi-function multi-orientation interchangable reversible cantilever-stanchion carapace system,
said five-device-in-one multi-function multi-orientation interchangable reversible cantilever-stanchion carapace system comprising:
at least one first three-dimensional-contour-conforming carapace dome panel,
having at least one first outer edge,
said at least one first three-dimensional-contour-conforming carapace dome panel
for acting as a cistern for irrigation,
for acting as a water-diverting gutter,
for acting as a falling-fruit-catching device,
for acting as a falling-nut-catching device,
for acting as a ball-or-badminton-shuttlecock-catching device,
for acting as a ball-blocking device,
for acting as a ball-deflecting device,
for acting as a free-standing projector screen,
for acting as a truck-bed tonneau cover when attached to a utility hole of a truck bed side
to secure items within said truck bed,

for acting as a shade cover when attached to a utility hole of a truck bed side
to provide shade to occupants, and

for acting as a tow-hitch-mountable projector screen;

at least one second three-dimensional-contour-conforming carapace dome panel
having at least one second outer edge,
said at least one second three-dimensional-contour-conforming carapace dome panel sewn to said at least one first three-dimensional-contour-conforming carapace dome panel,
said at least one second three-dimensional-contour-conforming carapace dome panel
for acting as a cistern for irrigation,
for acting as a water-diverting gutter,
for acting as a falling-fruit-catching device,
for acting as a falling-nut-catching device,
for acting as a ball-or-badminton-shuttlecock-catching device,
for acting as a ball-blocking device,
for acting as a ball-deflecting device,
for acting as a free-standing projector screen,
for acting as a truck-bed tonneau cover when attached to a utility hole of a truck bed side
to secure items within said truck bed,

for acting as a shade cover when attached to a utility hole of a truck bed side
to provide shade to occupants, and

for acting as a tow-hitch-mountable projector screen;

at least one water-directing-and-ejecting ball-directing-and-ejecting fruit-directing-and-ejecting transverse seam
formed between said at least one first three-dimensional-contour-conforming carapace dome panel and said at least one second three-dimensional-contour-conforming carapace dome panel,
said at least one water-directing-and-ejecting ball-directing fruit-directing dome-bisecting transverse seam
for converging rain water therein,
to repeatedly change the direction of rain water to decelerate the flowing speed of rain water to reduce water splash to avoid damaging irrigated vegetables,

for converging harvested fruits therein,
to repeatedly change the direction of harvested fruits to decelerate the rolling speed of harvested fruits to reduce fruit bruises to avoid throwing away bruised fruits,

for converging harvested nuts therein,
to repeatedly change the direction of harvested nuts to decelerate the rolling speed of harvested nuts to reduce nut bruises to avoid throwing away bruised nuts,

for converging catched balls therein,
to repeatedly change the direction of catched balls to decelerate the rolling speed of catched balls to reduce ball damages to avoid throwing away damaged balls,

for directing collected water away from patios and balconies
to keep said patios and balconies dry,

for distributing collected water onto crops when attached to the utility holes
of a pickup truck
to keep said crops irrigated,

for directing harvested fruit to a storage container
to collect harvested fruit and
to save time and labor,

for directing harvested nuts to a storage container
to collect harvested nuts and
to save time and labor,

for directing catched balls to a storage container
to collect catched balls and
to save time and labor;

at least one water-directing-and-ejecting ball-directing-and-ejecting fruit-directing-and-ejecting cross-cutting seam
formed between said at least one first three-dimensional-contour-conforming carapace dome panel and said at least one second three-dimensional-contour-conforming carapace dome panel,
said at least one first three-dimensional-contour-conforming carapace dome panel
for converging rain water therein,
to repeatedly change the direction of rain water to decelerate the flowing speed of rain water to reduce water splash to avoid damaging irrigated vegetables,

for converging harvested fruits therein,
to repeatedly change the direction of harvested fruits to decelerate the rolling speed of harvested fruits to reduce fruit bruises to avoid throwing away bruised fruits,

for converging harvested nuts therein,
to repeatedly change the direction of harvested nuts to decelerate the rolling speed of harvested nuts to reduce nut bruises to avoid throwing away bruised nuts,

for converging catched balls therein,
to repeatedly change the direction of catched balls to decelerate the rolling speed of catched balls to reduce ball damages to avoid throwing away damaged balls,

for directing collected water away from patios and balconies
to keep said patios and balconies dry,

for distributing collected water onto crops when attached to the utility holes
of a pickup truck
to keep said crops irrigated,

for directing harvested fruit to a storage container
to collect harvested fruit and
to save time and labor,

for directing harvested nuts to a storage container
to collect harvested nuts and
to save time and labor,

for directing catched balls to a storage container
to collect catched balls and
to save time and labor;

a carapace-supporting-arm intersector;
a carapace-supporting angled arm
having a carapace-supporting-arm angle,
said carapace-supporting angled arm
hingedly attached to said carapace-supporting-arm intersector;

a multi-height-adjustable carapace stanchion
attached to said carapace-supporting-arm intersector;

a carapace-tilting-and-multi-orienting snap-locking handle
lockably slid on said multi-height-adjustable carapace stanchion;

a plurality of interchangeable splines
having a plurality of spline ends,
said interchangeable splines hingedly attached to said carapace-supporting angled arm and to said carapace-tilting-and-multi-orienting snap-locking handle;

an upper hub
hingedly attached to said interchangeable splines,

a shuttle hub;
a center-support tube
attached to said upper hub and
slidably attached to said shuttle hub; and

a plurality of spline-actuating-and-supporting ribs
hingedly attached to interchangeable splines and to said shuttle hub,
said spline-actuating-and-supporting ribs
for supporting said interchangeable splines, and
for actuating said interchangeable splines
to deploy and to contract said interchangeable splines,

said method of manufacturing and using a multi-function multi-orientation interchangable reversible cantilever-stanchion carapace system comprising the steps of:
sewing said at least one first three-dimensional-contour-conforming carapace dome panel and said at least one second three-dimensional-contour-conforming carapace dome panel together
such that
said at least one water-directing-and-ejecting ball-directing-and-ejecting fruit-directing-and-ejecting transverse seam and said at least one water-directing-and-ejecting ball-directing-and-ejecting fruit-directing-and-ejecting cross-cutting seam are formed therebetween
for converging rain water therein
to repeatedly change the direction of rain water to decelerate the flowing speed of rain wat

Assignees

• Volin Dee

Inventors

• Volin Dee

Classifications

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