Portable elevated picnic table cover

Abstract

A portable elevated picnic table cover including an enclosure dimensioned for being positioned atop a picnic table. The enclosure is constructed of a transparent material. The enclosure has a closed top, an open bottom, and a peripheral side wall therebetween. The open bottom is positioned over the picnic table. The peripheral side wall has at least one access opening therethrough. The access opening has a corresponding removable flap coupled thereto. A pair of support brackets is positioned within the enclosure for supporting the enclosure in a raised orientation.

What is claimed as being new and desired to be protected by Letters Patent of the United States is as follows:  
     
         1 . A portable elevated picnic table cover for attaching to a picnic table to protect food and other items from outdoor elements and pests comprising, in combination: 
 a rectangular enclosure dimensioned for being positioned atop a rectangular picnic table, the rectangular enclosure being constructed of a transparent material, the rectangular enclosure having a closed top, an open bottom, opposed short ends, and opposed long sides, the open bottom being positioned over the picnic table, the opposed long sides each having an access opening therethrough, the access opening having a corresponding removable flap coupled thereto;    a pair of support brackets positioned within the enclosure adjacent to the opposed short ends thereof for supporting the enclosure in a raised orientation, the support brackets each having an upper horizontal bar positioned against the closed top, the upper horizontal bar having opposed free ends, the free ends each having a vertical support hingedly coupled thereto, the vertical supports each having a free lower end, the free lower ends each having a horizontal table support bar hingedly coupled thereto for being positioned on the picnic table; and    a plurality of tie down straps extending outwardly from the enclosure adjacent to the open bottom thereof, the tie down straps being capable of extending underneath the picnic table and engaging one another to prevent inadvertent removal of the enclosure from the picnic table.    
     
     
         2 . A portable elevated picnic table cover for attaching to a picnic table to protect food and other items from outdoor elements and pests comprising, in combination: 
 an enclosure dimensioned for being positioned atop a picnic table, the enclosure being constructed of a transparent material, the enclosure having a closed top, an open bottom, and a peripheral side wall therebetween, the open bottom being positioned over the picnic table, the peripheral side wall having at least one access opening therethrough, the access opening having a corresponding removable flap coupled thereto;    a pair of support brackets positioned within the enclosure for supporting the enclosure in a raised orientation.    
     
     
         3 . The portable elevated picnic table cover as set forth in claim two, wherein the support brackets each have an upper horizontal bar positioned against the closed top of the enclosure, the upper horizontal bar having opposed free ends, the free ends each having a vertical support hingedly coupled thereto, the vertical supports each having a free lower end, the free lower ends each having a horizontal table support bar hingedly coupled thereto for being positioned on the picnic table.  
     
     
         4 . The portable elevated picnic table cover as set forth in claim two, and further including a plurality of tie down straps extending outwardly from the enclosure adjacent to the open bottom thereof, the tie down straps being capable of extending underneath the picnic table and engaging one another to prevent inadvertent removal of the enclosure from the picnic table.