Transportable folding storage apparatus for removable vehicular doors and hardtop roofs
View Patent ↗A reconfigurable apparatus used to store removable vehicular doors, roofs, roof components and hitch accessories. A rolling frame supports pivoting door storage arms, removable roof storage framework components and tubes for storage of hitch accessories. Components can be reconfigured to allow for compact storage and/or vehicular transportation of the apparatus itself.
1 . A storage apparatus comprising:
a frame capable of housing individual removable vehicular roof components;
a set of door storage members secured to said frame;
a roof storage framework removably secured in a multitude of configurations, wherein said roof storage framework is comprised of individual members that may be removably secured on said door storage members; and
a base upon which said frame is secured, wherein said base is comprised of individual members that are affixed to said frame such that they pivot about a point and may be secured in multiple positions.
2 . A storage apparatus as in claim 1 , wherein said door storage members are affixed to said frame such that they pivot about a point and can be secured in multiple positions.
3 . A storage apparatus as in claim 1 , wherein said frame contains an assembly of permanently affixed members for implementation of hitch devices.
4 . A storage apparatus as in claim 1 , wherein a transportation hitch tube may be removably secured to said frame in a multitude of configurations.
5 . A storage apparatus as in claim 1 , wherein said roof storage framework members may be removed from said door storage members and removably secured on said frame.
6 . A storage apparatus as in claim 1 , wherein said base comprises rollable casters.
7 . A storage apparatus as in claim 1 , wherein said individual members of said roof storage framework comprise removable hardtop roof storage brackets having vertical standoffs configured to support a removable vehicular hardtop roof.
8 . A storage apparatus as in claim 1 , wherein said individual members of said base are securable in an out-folded position for use of the apparatus and a folded position for compact storage or transportation of the apparatus.
9 . A storage apparatus as in claim 8 , wherein said individual members of said base include locking holes configured to align with corresponding locking holes of said frame in the out-folded position and in the folded position.
10 . A storage apparatus as in claim 9 , further comprising one or more locking members configured to selectively engage the aligned locking holes to secure the individual base members in the out-folded position and in the folded position.
11 . A storage apparatus as in claim 3 , wherein at least one of said permanently affixed members is configured to receive a removable transportation hitch tube.
12 . A storage apparatus as in claim 4 , wherein said transportation hitch tube is positionable in a first configuration for storage on the apparatus and in a second configuration for connecting the apparatus to a vehicle hitch.
13 . A storage apparatus as in claim 1 , wherein said apparatus is reconfigurable between an out-folded configuration for supporting removable vehicular doors and a removable vehicular roof component, and a folded configuration having a reduced footprint for storage or transportation.