Sleeve extending through a flexible material side wall of an outdoor enclosure for receiving an air conditioner

A portable outdoor enclosure of flexible material for protecting occupants from at least some elements of nature comprising:

• a wall panel of flexible material forming an outer wall of the enclosure and having an opening formed therein of sufficient size to allow an air conditioning unit to be inserted through the opening;
• a sleeve of flexible material connected to the wall panel and extending in at least an inwardly direction with respect to the wall panel, the sleeve having at least an inner end sealingly securable with respect to the air conditioning unit to be installed by engaging the peripheral inner end of the sleeve against an external surface of the air conditioning unit to be installed through the sleeve;
• an outer flap of flexible material located on an outer surface of the wall panel;
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• an inner flap of flexible material located on an inner surface of the wall panel in order to completely enclose the sleeve of flexible material between the inner flap and outer flap when the sleeve is not in use.

A portable outdoor enclosure of flexible material for protecting occupants from at least some elements of nature comprising:

• a wall panel of flexible material forming an outer wall of the enclosure and having an opening formed therein of sufficient size to allow an air conditioning unit to be inserted through the opening;
• a sleeve of flexible material connected to the wall panel and extending in an inwardly direction and an outwardly direction with respect to the wall panel, the sleeve having an inner end and an outer end sealingly securable with respect to the air conditioning unit to be installed by engaging the peripheral inner end and outer end of the sleeve against an external surface of the air conditioning unit to be installed through the sleeve;
• an outer flap of flexible material located on an outer surface of the wall panel;
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• an inner flap of flexible material located on an inner surface of the wall panel in order to completely enclose the sleeve of flexible material between the inner flap and outer flap when the sleeve is not in use.

In a portable, non-air-supported outdoor tent enclosure for protecting occupants from at least some elements of nature, the enclosure including structure means for supporting the flexible material distinct and separate from the flexible material and any enclosed volume of air, the supporting structure means giving support and shape to the flexible material, the improvement of the enclosure comprising:

• a flexible material side wall defining an enclosed space and having an aperture extending therethrough;
• a sleeve connected to and extending through the aperture in the side wall with at least one outer peripheral end of the sleeve spaced from the side wall;
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• means for sealingly engaging the at least one outer peripheral end of the sleeve with an exterior surface of an air conditioning unit to be installed through the sleeve for conditioning an internal environment within the enclosed space.