Inflatable tent

An inflatable enclosure, generally in the shape of a hemisphere, comprising a plurality of sections, each section being an air-tight compartment and each having an outer face and an inner face, wherein the number of compartments is sufficient in number such that the outer faces, when joined together, form the outer hemispherical shape,

• wherein the outer face of each section has two generally vertical side edges, the edges being defined by the intersection of a plane extending from the vertical central axis of the hemisphere with the hemispherical surface,
• interface edge sealing means sealing the edges of the faces meeting to form each air-tight compartment section, sealing opposed vertical side edges of adjacent sections to form the hemispherical shape, and defining the thickness of the compartment of the sections and the wall of the enclosure,
• an opening in each section near the top of the compartment close to the vertical central axis of the hemisphere,
• a manifold comprising an air input aperture, a chamber in air-flow communication with the aperture and a plurality of passageway openings, one opening for each section, and an air-tight closure means to open and close each passageway opening with each opening directed radially from the central axis of the hemisphere, and
• sealing means to sealably connect each passageway in air communication to the opening in each section.

An inflatable enclosure, generally in the shape of a hemisphere, comprising a plurality of sections, each being an air-tight compartment and each having an outer face and an inner face, wherein the number of compartments is sufficient in number such that the outer faces, when joined, form the outer hemispherical shape

• wherein the outer face of each section has two generally vertical side edges, the edges being defined by the intersection of plane extending from the vertical central axis of the sphere with the spherical surface,
• a bottom sealing means to seal lower edges of the inner and outer faces together,
• a marginal sealing means to seal the vertical edges of the inner and outer faces of each section to each other and to seal these edges to the vertical edge of the next adjacent section to form the hemispherical shape,
• an opening in each section near the top of the section, close to the vertical central axis of the hemisphere,
• a manifold comprising an air input aperture, a chamber in air flow communication with the aperture and a plurality of passageway openings, one opening for each section, each opening directed radially from the central axis of the sphere,
• sealing means to sealably connect each passageway in air communication to the opening in each section.
• an annualr floor detachably attached to the inflatable enclosure comprising
• a ring of pie-sections, each section being a sealed compartment with a top face and a bottom face,
• an interface edge sealing means sealing the edges of the top face to the bottom face as they meet to form the air-tight compartment, joining adjacent pie-sections to form the floor and defining the thickness of the floor,
• an annular manifold located in the center cavity comprising an annular chamber, an air input aperture, a plurality of passageway openings radiating outwardly for each pie-section and a closure means for each passageway opening, capable of opening and closing air flow in and out of the manifold,
• an opening in each pie-section near the center of the section, and
• sealing means to sealably connect each passageway in air communication to the opening in each pie-section.

An inflatable enclosure, generally in the shape of a hemisphere, comprising a plurality of sections, each section being an air-tight compartment and each having an outer face and an inner face,

• wherein the number of compartments is sufficient in number such that the outer faces, when joined together, form the outer hemispherical shape,
• wherein the outer face of each section has two generally vertical side edges, the edges being defined by the intersection of a plane extending from the vertical central axis of the hemisphere with the hemispherical surface,
• interface edge sealing means sealing the edges of the faces meeting to form each air-tight compartment section, sealing opposed vertical side edges of adjacent sections to form the hemispherical shape, and defining the thickness of the compartment of the sections and the wall of the enclosure,
• an opening in each section near the top of the compartment close to the vertical central axis of the hemisphere,
• a manifold comprising an air input aperture, a chamber in air-flow communication with the aperture and a plurality of passageway openings, one opening for each section, and an air-tight closure means to open and close each passageway independently, with each opening directed radially from the central axis of the hemisphere,
• sealing means to sealably connect each passageway in air communication to the opening in each section,
• an annular floor detachably attached to the inflatable enclosure comprising
• a ring of pie-sections, each section being a sealed compartment with a top face and a bottom face, and interface edge sealing means sealing the edges of the top face to the bottom face as they meet to form the air-tight compartment, joining adjacent pie-sections to form the floor, and defining the thickness of the floor,
• an annular mainfold located in the center cavity comprising an annular chamber, an air input aperture, a plurality of passageway openings radiating outwardly from the chamber, one for each pie-section, and a closure means for each passageway opening, capable of opening and closing air flow in and out of each pie-section,
• an opening in each pie-section near the center of the section, and
• sealing means to sealably connect each passageway in air communication to the opening in each pie-section.