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Old 04-04-2016, 02:20 PM   #17 (permalink)
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I just got a roll-around Office Depot crate w/ retractable handle and wheels. Translating it's folding scheme to the back of a motor home, the deck would fold up; the sides would bifold and pull the rear wall forward; and then the [curved] top cap would fold down to cover the whole thing.

Going from a cube to a trapezoidal prism; I'd need to experiment to confirm, but it seems like if the hinge in the sides is off-center it would still collapse.

That would lap correctly to shed rainwater. Top over sides over deck.

Since semi-permeable surfaces on the back of a box van are a thing; maybe it would be more aerodynamic as a screened porch. Two birds with one win.
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