Outdoor cover assembly

DETAILED DESCRIPTION This invention is directed to the provision of an outdoor cover assembly which is inexpensive to produce, attractive, easily installed, commodious, long lasting, and which provides ready and easy access to the stored items while yet providing excellent weather protection for the stored items.
The invention outdoor cover assembly is adapted to be mounted on an outdoor wall surface of a building for purposes of selectively sheltering items positioned on a base surface adjacent the building outdoor wall surface.
The invention cover assembly includes a cover structure including a generally rectangular top wall, a generally rectangular front wall extending downwardly from the front edge of the top wall, and generally rectangular left and right side walls joined at their upper edges to respective side edges of the top wall and at their forward edges to respective side vertical edges of the front wall; hinge means secured to the rearward edge of the top wall and adapted to be secured to the building surface at a height above the base surface generally corresponding to the height of the cover structure so that the cover structure may be pivotally moved about the hinge pivot axis between a lowered storage position in which the lower edges of the side walls and the front wall are resting on the base surface and the rearward edges of the side walls and top wall are adjacent the building surface and a raised access position in which the cover structure extends generally forwardly from the building surface to provides access to the sheltered items; and assist means positioned between cover structure and the wall surface operative to store energy in response to movement of the cover structure from its raised position to its lowered position and operative in response to movement of the cover structure from its lowered position toward its raised position to release the stored energy to assist in the upward movement of the cover structure to its raised position.
This arrangement provides a ready and convenient means of providing weather protection for items stored in an outdoor environment while yet providing ready and convenient access to the stored items