Turret cover stand

Abstract

In some implementations, a method of using the turret cover stand comprises positioning the turret cover stand over a turret of a military vehicle and placing a tarp over the turret cover stand to cover the turret of the military vehicle.

1 . A turret cover stand for supporting tarps over military vehicle gun turret openings, comprising:
 a hub comprising:
 a ring shaped plate having an upward facing radially extending top surface and a downward facing radially extending bottom surface; and 
 four tubular shaped sleeves attached to the bottom surface of the plate so that an opening through each sleeve extends radially with respect to the bottom surface of the plate and the sleeves are evenly spaced apart; 
   four cylindrical shaped legs, wherein:
 each leg extends up vertically from a lower end, bends, and extends horizontally to an upper end; and 
 the upper end of each leg extends respectively into the opening through each sleeve whereby each leg is attached respectively to the hub; and 
 four non-slip non-scratch tubular end caps, wherein each end cap is attached respectively to the lower end of each leg whereby the lower end of each leg has a non-slip non-scratch surface that does not scratch, slip, or slide on a surface upon which the turret cover stand is positioned; 
   wherein:
 the turret cover stand is positionable over a gun turret opening of a military vehicle whereby the lower end of each leg positions on the military vehicle adjacent to the gun turret opening and the hub positions over the gun turret opening by the legs; 
 the turret cover stand can support a tarp that is placed on the turret cover stand over the hub and the legs to thereby elevate the tarp above the gun turret opening to shed rainwater off of the tarp and prevent the rainwater from pooling on the tarp or leaking into the military vehicle through the gun turret opening. 
   
     
     
         2 . The turret cover stand of  claim 1 , wherein each leg is removably attached respectively to the hub so that the turret stand can be disassembled to and assembled from the hub and the legs with the end caps attached. 
     
     
         3 . The turret cover stand of  claim 1 , wherein the military vehicle is a mine-resistant ambush-protected (MRAP) military vehicle. 
     
     
         4 . A method of using the turret cover stand of  claim 1 , comprising:
 positioning the turret cover stand over the gun turret opening of the military vehicle whereby the lower end of each leg is positioned on the military vehicle adjacent to the gun turret opening and the hub is positioned over the gun turret opening by the legs; and   placing the tarp on the turret cover stand over the hub and the legs to thereby elevate the tarp above the gun turret opening to shed the rainwater off of the tarp and prevent the rainwater from pooling on the tarp or leaking into the military vehicle through the gun turret opening.