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.
Claims20
A rapid-deployment shelter system, said shelter system comprising:
- a first shelter including:
- a first side having an exterior frame opening,
- a second side, opposite the first side, and also including an exterior frame opening,
- a third side having an exterior frame opening, and
- a fourth side, opposite the third side, and also including an exterior frame opening,
- wherein each of the first, second, third and fourth sides meet adjacently with another of the sides to form a corner between each of the sides,
- a frame for supporting the first shelter of the shelter system, the frame including a frame end at each exterior frame opening, the frame end including:
- a pair of upper angles of greater than 90 degrees, and
- an upper angle at a top peak of the frame end that is greater than 125 degrees.
A rapid-deployment shelter system forming a shelter complex, said shelter system comprising:
- a shelter including:
- a first side having an exterior frame opening,
- a second side, opposite the first side, and also including an exterior frame opening,
- a third side having an exterior frame opening, and
- a fourth side, opposite the third side, and also including an exterior frame opening,
- wherein each of the first, second, third and fourth sides meet adjacently with another of the sides to form a corner frame support between each of the sides,
- the exterior frame openings including a pair of lower frame poles and a pair of upper frame poles, the lower frame poles supporting the exterior frame opening at a ground surface on one end and interfacing with one of the pair of upper frame poles on an opposite end, the upper frame poles interacting with each other to form a top peak,
- wherein the interface between the lower frame poles and the upper frame poles form upper angles at the interface greater than 90 degrees and the top peak includes an upper peak angle that is greater than the upper angles.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.