Hovering air fort
OwnerEdward E. Hanley, Luciana E. Hanleyinventors
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Abstract
A hovering air fort containing an inflatable housing having an open base defined by a periphery surrounding the opening, one or more apertures, wherein one of the apertures is for receiving air flow for inflation and wherein the other aperture is for connecting a second hovering air fort and a cord hemmed into the periphery of the open base forming a hemmed opening or at least one connecting panel is affixed to at least two side walls about the open base periphery of the inflatable air fort, wherein the air flow through the aperture provides structure and lift for the inflatable housing when the periphery of the open base is positioned against an external surface to create the hovering air fort.
Claims20
A hovering air fort comprising:
- an inflatable housing, said inflatable housing having one or more side walls, a top and at least a partially open base defined by a periphery surrounding said open base and an aperture for receiving air flow for inflation;
- a means for weighing down the bottom of the side walls spaced around the periphery and adjacent to the bottom of said side walls configured to keep said side walls taught and enable the inflatable housing to inflate and hover in place above the ground under air flow through the aperture and into the inflatable housing;
- and
- wherein said air flow through said aperture provides structure and lift for said inflatable housing when said open base is positioned over an external surface thereby creating said hovering air fort.
A hovering air fort comprising:
- an inflatable housing, said inflatable housing having one or more side walls, a top and at least a partially open base defined by a periphery surrounding said open base and an aperture for receiving air flow for inflation;
- one or more weights, each weight connected adjacent to the bottom of one of the side walls and spaced around the periphery, sufficient to keep said side walls taught and enable the inflatable housing to inflate and hover in place above the ground under air flow through the aperture and into the inflatable housing;
- and
- wherein said air flow through said aperture provides structure and lift for said inflatable housing when said open base is positioned over an external surface thereby creating said hovering air fort.
A hovering air fort comprising:
- an inflatable housing, said inflatable housing having at least one side wall, a top and an open base defined by a periphery surrounding said open base and an aperture for receiving air flow for inflation;
- at least one connecting panel affixed to said inflatable housing open base periphery wherein said at least one connecting panel is affixed to the at least one side wall at two locations around said open base periphery and wherein said at least one connecting panel does not cover a majority of the open base;
- and,
- wherein said air flow through said aperture provides structure and lift for said inflatable housing when said open base is positioned over an external surface, wherein the air flow is sufficient to enable the inflatable housing to hover in place above the external surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.