Shelter and hub system
AssigneeDLX Enterprises, LLC
InventorsJonathan Urhausen, Adam Barr, Donald Bierman
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Abstract
A shelter system is shown and described. A hub for a shelter system is shown and described. A frame for a shelter system is shown and described. In one embodiment, the shelter system includes a frame, a cover and a hub. The frame may be collapsible. The cover is configured to fit with the frame. The hub may include a receiver slot, a receiver sleeve and an attachment projection. The result is a shelter system with reduced set up time, effort and requirements and improved strength and ease of use. The inventions may also be considered a shelter kit and/or a shelter and hub method.
Claims17
A rapid-deployment shelter system, said shelter system comprising:
- a shelter including a frame and a cover, wherein the frame is configured to alternate between a first extended angular opened position and a second retracted position;
- the frame including sets of frame poles that are joined in pairs about an axis A at a connected point, the frame poles that are joined in pairs are configured to articulate relative to one another;
- the frame in the angular opened position including:
- frame poles that are joined in pairs serving as leg poles, frame poles that are joined in pairs serving as ceiling poles, the leg poles each adjoining to ceiling poles and the ceiling poles adjoining with each other to form an upper angle at a peak;
- wherein the joined leg poles and ceiling poles form an exterior frame opening configured to mate with an exterior frame opening of another shelter or a shelter attachment device;
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- wherein each side of the frame forms one said exterior frame opening.
A rapid-deployment shelter system, the shelter system comprising:
- an articulating frame system, said articulating frame system including a plurality of interconnected frame poles forming a frame, said articulating frame system configured to alternate between a first extended angular opened position and a second retracted position;
- the frame including sets of frame poles that are joined in pairs about an axis A at a connected point, the frame poles that are joined in pairs are configured to articulate relative to one another;
- the frame in the angular opened position including:
- frame poles that are joined in pairs serving as leg poles,
- frame poles that are joined in pairs serving as ceiling poles,
- the leg poles each adjoining to ceiling poles and the ceiling poles adjoining with each other to form an upper angle at a peak;
- a cover configured to fit with the frame to form a shelter, wherein the shelter is a hub shelter, and wherein each side of the articulating frame system is configured to fit with a frame of a second shelter to form a shared interior space through an angular mated opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.