# US 2014/0190540 A1 · Article of the tent or shelter type > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0190540 A1 - Document ID: US20140190540A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/122,254 - Filed: 2012-06-14 - Published: 2014-07-10 - Earliest claimed: 2011-06-16 - Assignees: Decathlon - Applicants: Decathlon - Inventors: Sophie Herpin; Bruno Michalak - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140190540A1 ## CPC - E04H 15/54: Covers of tents or canopies - E04H 15/40: flexible - E04H 2015/207: {Tents specially designed for insulation} - E04H: BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL (foundations E02D) ## Abstract The present invention relates to an article (1) of the tent or shelter type including a roof element (2) at least partially covering a shelter area (3), said roof element including a main flexible panel (4) having opposite outer (4a) and inner (4b) faces, the inner face (4b) being intended during operation to be oriented across from said shelter area (3). Characteristically, the inner face (4b) has an emissivity rate (%) of far infrared rays lower than the emissivity rate (%) of far infrared rays of the outer face (4a). ## Claims ### Claim at position 1 1-14. (canceled) ### Claim 15 An article of the tent or shelter type including a roof element at least partially covering a shelter area, said roof element including a flexible main panel having opposite outer and inner faces, the inner face being intended during operation to be oriented across from said shelter area, the outer face being intended during operation to be oriented across from the sun's rays, wherein said inner face has an emissivity rate (%) of far infrared rays lower than the emissivity rate (%) of far infrared rays of said outer face, and wherein said outer face is arranged so as to reflect the solar rays. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The article according to claim 15, wherein said emissivity rate (%) of the far infrared rays of the inner face is less than at least 10% points at the emissivity rate (%) of the far infrared rays of said outer face. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The article according to claim 16, wherein said emissivity rate (%) of the far infrared rays of the inner face is less than at least 20% points, at the emissivity rate (%) of the far infrared rays of said outer face. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The article according to claim 15, wherein said shelter area includes an inner room at least partially covered by said roof element, said roof element and the inner room being arranged so as to be spaced apart at least locally by a distance d by a layer of air. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The article according to claim 18, wherein said distance d is greater than or equal to 7 mm. ### Claim 20 (depends on 15) The article according to claim 15, wherein said outer face of the main flexible panel has a reflection rate greater than or equal to 40%, measured according to standard NF EN 410. ### Claim 21 (depends on 15) The article according to claim 15, wherein said outer face of the main flexible panel is at least partially coated with a first reflective component, and said inner face is at least partially coated with a second component, said first and second components being selected such that said first component has an emissivity of far infrared rays (%) greater than the emissivity of the far infrared rays (%) of said second component. ### Claim 22 (depends on 21) The article according to claim 21, wherein said first component and said second component are metal particles. ### Claim 23 (depends on 21) The article according to claim 21, wherein said first component is titanium dioxide and said second component is a powder of aluminum or silver. ### Claim 24 (depends on 21) The article according to claim 21, wherein said outer face is at least partially coated with a first film of a first polymer and said first component. ### Claim 25 (depends on 24) The article according to claim 24, wherein said first film is colored. ### Claim 26 (depends on 15) The article according to claim 15, wherein said inner face is at least partially coated with a second film in at least one polymer capable of making said inner face impermeable to water. ### Claim 27 (depends on 26) The article according to claim 26, wherein said second film includes said second component. ### Claim 28 (depends on 24) The article according to claim 24, wherein said polymer is chosen alone or in combination from among the following polymers: polytetrafluoroethylene, polyurethane, polyethylene terephthalate, ethyl vinyl acetate (EVA). ### Claim 29 (depends on 24) The article according to claim 24, wherein proportion by weight of the first component in said first film is less than or equal to 75%. ### Claim 30 (depends on 29) The article according to claim 29, wherein said proportion by weight of the first component in said first film is less than or equal to 50%. ### Claim 31 The article according to 26, wherein proportion by weight of the second component in the second film is less than or equal to 75%. ### Claim 32 The article according to 31, wherein said proportion by weight of the second component in the second film is less than or equal to 50%. ### Claim 33 (depends on 15) The article according to claim 15, wherein said inner face is completely or partially coated with a metallized film. ### Claim 34 (depends on 15) The article according to claim 15, wherein said inner face is completely or partially coated with an aluminized film. ### Claim 35 (depends on 15) The article according to claim 15, wherein said main flexible panel is a textile panel.