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US 2011/0253184 A1Published application
Inflatable tent
OwnerDavid Millsinventor
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Abstract
A lightweight, portable tent having low volume, high pressure inflatable support air passages formed from the overlap and sealing of the wall panels of the tent, and a kit including the tent and an inflating device.
Claims20
A tent comprising:
- a plurality of wall panels made out of a lightweight material, wherein each of said plurality of wall panels comprises:
- a bottom edge wherein said bottom edge comprises:
- two bottom edge sides;
- and
- a bottom edge length wherein said bottom edge length is equal to the distance between said two bottom edge sides;
- at least two side edges;
- and
- an intersection of said at least two bottom edge sides and said at least two side edges;
- and
- a plurality of air passages integral to and formed from said lightweight material of said wall panels, said air passages comprising:
- an overlap of two of said side edges of two of said wall panels wherein said wall panels are adjacent to one another;
- an opening for said air passage within said overlap, wherein said opening comprises at least one opening edge parallel to said overlap;
- at least one sealing of said overlap parallel to said at least one opening edge;
- an inner circumference wherein said inner circumference has a measure equal to twice the width of said opening;
- a hermetic sealant lining said inner circumference of said air passages;
- and
- a plurality of ends proximate to said intersections of said wall panels that form said overlap;
- and
- a perimeter comprising a perimeter length and a shape;
- wherein said perimeter length is equal to the sum of each of said bottom edge lengths of said bottom edges of said wall panels;
- and
- wherein said shape is defined by the area enclosed by said plurality of ends of said air passages.
19 more elements
A kit comprising:
- a tent comprising:
- a plurality of wall panels made out of a lightweight material, wherein each of said plurality of wall panels comprises:
- a bottom edge wherein said bottom edge comprises:
- two bottom edge sides;
- and
- a bottom edge length wherein said bottom edge length is equal to the distance between said two bottom edge sides;
- at least two side edges;
- and
- an intersection of said at least two bottom edge sides and said at least two side edges;
- and
- a plurality of air passages integral to and formed from said lightweight material of said wall panels, said air passages comprising:
- an overlap of two of said side edges of two of said wall panels wherein said wall panels are adjacent to one another;
- an opening for said air passage within said overlap, wherein said opening comprises at least one opening edge parallel to said overlap;
- at least one sealing of said overlap parallel to said at least one opening edge;
- an inner circumference equal in distance to twice the width of said opening;
- a hermetic sealant lining said inner circumference of said air passages;
- and
- a plurality of ends proximate to said intersections of said wall panels that form said overlap;
- and
- a perimeter comprising a perimeter length and a shape;
- wherein said perimeter length is equal to the sum of each of said bottom edge lengths of said bottom edges of said wall panels;
- and
- wherein said shape is defined by the area enclosed by said plurality of ends of said air passages;
- and
- an inflating device.
22 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.