US 12,215,514 B2
Hard shell rooftop tent frame and exterior assembly and method
Roger George Lee Davis, Jr., Poway, CA (US)
Assigned to Hotbodies Racing, Inc., Poway, CA (US)
Filed by Hotbodies Racing, Inc., Poway, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/397,775.
Application 18/397,775 is a continuation of application No. 17/588,837, filed on Jan. 31, 2022, granted, now 11,920,364.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/144,828, filed on Feb. 2, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0175287 A1, May 30, 2024
Int. Cl. E04H 15/06 (2006.01); E04H 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC E04H 15/008 (2013.01) [E04H 15/06 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of transporting a rooftop tent frame and exterior assembly for a rooftop or truck bed of a vehicle to a customer, comprising one or more frame assemblies; a roof supported by the one or more frame assemblies and positionable between a retracted position where the roof is adjacent to the rooftop of the vehicle, and a deployed camping position where at least part of the roof is elevated relative to the rooftop of the vehicle, wherein the one or more frame assemblies and the roof are modular components, comprising:
inserting all of rooftop tent frame and exterior assembly including the modular components of the rooftop tent frame and exterior assembly into one or more shipping boxes, each no greater than 20,736 cubic inches in volume;
shipping the one or more boxes with all of rooftop tent frame and exterior assembly including the modular components to the customer via a shipping carrier;
positioning the roof in the retracted position where the roof is adjacent to the rooftop of the vehicle;
positioning the roof in the deployed camping position where at least part of the roof is elevated relative to the rooftop of the vehicle during camping.