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US 6,745,788 B1Granted
Tent with a pet entrance
AssigneeDick's Sporting Goods, Inc.
InventorTodd A. Brown
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Abstract
A tent for human or animal habitation with a separate pet entrance which offers pets separate entry and exit to and from the interior of the tent at will. The pet entrance offers freedom of movement therethrough in either direction at the pet's discretion followed by automatic closure and sealing of a pet entry door panel against planar panels at the side of the pet entrance.
Claims31
A tent with a pet entrance comprising:
- a. a tent support structure;
- b. a plurality of side panels;
- c. one or more screen panels, the one or more screen panels connected to the side panels;
- d. a floor;
- e. a human entry door panel;
- f. a human entry door panel surround;
- g. a pet entry door panel surround;
- h. a dew barrier, the dew barrier located around and about lower regions of the plurality of side panels, the human door entry surround and the pet entry door panel surround;
- i. a screen door panel;
- j. a separate pet entrance located adjacent to the human entry door panel;
- and, wherein the plurality of side panels, human entry door panel surround and pet entry door panel surround are connected and supported by the tent support structure, and the floor is connected beneath the side panels, the human entry door panel is carried by the human door entry panel surround and co-located thereon with the screen panel, and the dew barrier is located along and about lower regions of the plurality of side panels, and a pet entry door is carried by the pet entry door surround by a living hinge and further comprising;
- k. inwardly extending triangular panels on the pet entry door surround such that the pet entry door closes gravitationally and in contact with the inwardly extending triangular panels.
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A tent with a pet entrance comprising:
- a. a tent support structure;
- b. a plurality of side panels;
- c. one or more screen panels;
- d. a floor;
- e. a human entry door panel;
- f. a human entry door panel surround;
- g. a pet entry door panel surround;
- h. a dew barrier;
- i. a screen door panel;
- and,
- j. a separate pet entrance located adjacent to the human entry door panel, wherein the plurality of side panels, human entry door panel surround, and pet entry door panel surround are connected and supported by the tent support structure above the floor and connected thereto, the human entry door panel is carried by the human door entry panel surround and co-located thereon with the screen panel, the dew barrier is located along and about lower regions of the plurality of side panels, and a pet entry door is carried by the pet entry door surround;
- and,
- wherein the pet entrance includes opposing vertical side panels being triangular in shape extending inwardly from a tent panel towards the tent interior, an opening which aligns between the vertical side panels, the tent floor, and an edge or living hinge of a tent panel extending between the tops of the vertical side panels, and a positionable pet entry door panel of tent fabric pivoting about the edge or living hinge of the tent panel which extends between the tops of the vertical side panels, where a pet can enter or exit the interior of the tent through the pet entrance by simply moving through the pet entrance, whereby the pet entry door panel pivots or is displaced to permit passage of the pet, and subsequent to passage therethrough, gravitational forces cause the pet entry door panel to automatically close.
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A tent comprising:
- a. a floor;
- b. a plurality of side panels connected to the floor;
- c. a human entry door panel surround connected to the floor and to one of the side panels of the, plurality of side panels, the human entry door panel surround carrying a human entry door panel;
- d. a pet entry door panel surround connected to the floor and to another of the side panels of the plurality of side panels, wherein the floor, the plurality of side panels, the human entry door panel surround and the pet entry door panel surround together define a flexible and erectable structure;
- e. a tent support structure for supporting the flexible and erectable structure in an erected condition;
- and,
- f. a pet entry door panel connected to the pet entry door panel surround by a living hinge such that the pet entry door panel is closed by gravity when the erectable structure is supported by the tent support structure.
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A tent for at least one human and at least one pet comprising:
- a. a floor;
- b. a human entry door panel surround attached to the floor and a human entry door panel attached to the human entry door panel surround;
- c. a pet entry door panel surround attached to the floor and to the human entry door panel surround, with a living hinge, the living hinge being spaced apart from the floor, supporting a pet entry panel;
- d. side panel means connected to the floor and to the human entry door panel surround and to the pet entry door panel surround, the floor, human entry door panel surround and pet entry door panel surround together defining a flexible and erectable structure;
- and,
- e. tent support means for supporting the erectable structure in an erected condition, such that the pet entry door panel gravitationally closes.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.