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AssigneeDawsongroup PLC
InventorsSteve Miller, David Harris Kelsall, Stephen Clinton Casselman
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A structure is provided having a floor, and a canopy made from a flexible, substantially air-impermeable material and having a tubular rib. The canopy has an air inlet port by which the interior of the tubular rib can be connected to a source of compressed air, and is movable by the supply of compressed air from a collapsed state in which the tubular rib is deflated to an inflated state in which the tubular rib is inflated and supports the canopy in such a way that the canopy encloses an interior space above the floor and forms a roof and side walls of the structure. The floor has three substantially rigid floor panels which may be arranged together to form a substantially planar floor, or connected together to form the base and sides of a container in which the canopy can be stored when in the collapsed state.
A structure comprising a floor, and a collapsible canopy made from a substantially air-impermeable material and having at least one tubular rib, the canopy being further provided with an air inlet port by means of which the interior of the at least one tubular rib can be connected to a source of compressed air, and being movable by the supply of compressed air to the tubular rib via the air inlet port from a collapsed state in which the at least one tubular rib is deflated to an inflated state in which the at least one tubular rib is inflated and supports the canopy in such a way that the canopy encloses an interior space above the floor and forms a roof and side walls of the structure, wherein a rib insulating layer is provided in the interior of each rib of the at least one tubular rib, wherein the rib insulating layer comprises a polymeric fleece or felt sandwiched between two reflective foil layers.
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