Inflatable blind
OwnerWilton Richardinventor
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Abstract
A compact, portable, inflatable blind designed for use on land, on water, or on both land and water. It is composed of a flexible inflatable body which serves as a buoyant concealment device when inflated and which can be folded up into a small bundle when deflated, a seat-forming member which preferably is inflatable and contains a pouch to receive the folded body, and means supporting the seat-forming member across the lower interior of the inflated body. Various advantageous features of construction and use are described.
Claims17
An inflatable blind comprising
- 1. an inflatable seat-forming member of sufficient flexibility such that when in deflated condition it can be manually depressed into itself to thereby form a double-walled pouch,
- 2. a flexible inflatable body for use with said seat-forming member and adapted when deflated and folded to fit within said pouch and when inflated to furnish around said member an upstanding wall affording concealment for the user, and
- 3. means connecting and supporting said member across the lower interior of the inflated body.
A unitary inflatable blind adapted for use on land and on water which comprises
- 1. an inflatable seat-forming cushion having a pouch aligned on one face thereof;
- 2. a flexible inflatable body comprising an elongate inflatable tubular base member and a plurality of inflatable pleated wall portions extending from one side of said base member and being disposed along substantially the entire length of said base member, said body being adapted:
- a. when deflated to be foldable upon itself into compact form to fit within said pouch, and
- b. when inflated to be bendable so that its two ends can be brought together with the wall portions extending upwardly from said base member to circumscribe a zone of concealment;
- 3. means connecting and supporting said cushion across the lower interior of the inflated body;
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- 4. means detachably connecting together said two ends of said body to maintain said zone of concealment;
- said cushion having a permanent connection to said body so that the device is an essentially one-piece structure.
A unitary inflatable blind adapted for use on land and on water which comprises
- 1. an inflatable seat-forming cushion having a flap aligned on one face thereof, the cushion when deflated being sufficiently flexible so that essentially one-half of the cushion can be manually depressed into the other half thereof to thereby form a double-walled pouch, the opening in the pouch so-formed being coverable by said flap;
- 2. a flexible inflatable body comprising an elongate inflatable tubular base member and a plurality of inflatable pleated wall portions extending from one side of said base member and being disposed along substantially the entire length of said base member, said body being adapted:
- a. when deflated to be foldable upon itself into compact form to fit within said pouch, and
- b. when inflated to be bendable so that its two ends can be brought together with the wall portions extending upwardly from said base member to circumscribe a zone of concealment;
- 3. means connecting and supporting said cushion across the lower interior of the inflated body;
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- 4. means detachably connecting together said two ends of said body to maintain said zone of concealment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.