Inflatable stabilized enclosure
OwnerJ. Parr Wiegelinventor
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Abstract
An inflatable tent assembly cooperatively engages a bed of a pickup truck and includes a plurality of pneumatically separate zones that are sequentially inflated by a pump. The inflatable tent assembly includes a main cabin having inflatable side walls. The side walls are inflatable to transition from a collapsed configuration to a rigid and self-supporting inflated configuration. The inflatable tent assembly is constructed of a drop stitch material and is free standing independent of external structural support.
Claims26
An inflatable tent comprising:
- a) a first side wall having a top edge, a bottom edge, a first side edge, and a second side edge;
- b) a second side wall having a top edge, a bottom edge, a first side edge, and a second side edge;
- c) a first end wall having a top edge, a bottom edge, a first side edge, and a second side edge, the first side edge of the first end wall coupled to the first side edge of the first side wall, and the second side edge of the first end wall coupled to the first side edge of the second side wall;
- d) a roof coupled to the respective top edges of the first side wall, the second side wall, and the first end wall;
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- d) a floor coupled to the respective bottom edges of the first side wall, second side wall and first end wall,
- wherein the inflatable tent is formed of a drop stitch material and includes a plurality of pneumatically isolated pneumatic zones independently movable between a collapsed configuration and an inflated configuration,
- wherein each of the first side wall, the second side wall, the first end wall, the roof, and the floor is fluidly connected to a respective independently isolated pneumatic zone of the plurality of pneumatically isolated pneumatic zones.
An inflatable tent assembly for a truck, the truck having a cab and a bed, the bed at least partly defined by the cab and a pair of opposing bed sidewalls, the opposing bed sidewalls having an interior surface and an exterior surface, the inflatable tent assembly comprising:
- (a) an inflatable tent movable between a collapsed configuration and an inflated configuration, the tent in the inflated configuration having a first upright side wall, a second upright side wall, a roof, and a mattress, the inflatable tent the inflatable tent formed of a drop stitch material and having a plurality of pneumatically isolated pneumatic zones, at least one of the pneumatic zones in the inflated configuration defining an eave over hanging at least a portion of the exterior surface of the bed sidewall;
- (b) a pump configured to generate a pressurized gas;
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- (c) a manifold connected to the pump and each of the plurality of zones, the manifold configured selectively expose each of the zones to the pressurized gas.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.