Portable shelter

A portable shelter which is erectable on a support surface for defining an interior for temporarily sheltering a human, the portable shelter comprising:

• a front wall having when erected an upper end, a lower end, and a height extending between the upper and lower ends, and a left end, a right end, and a width extending between the left and right ends, the front wall including folds extending along generally parallel fold lines which extend along the height of the front wall and are spaced from each other between the left and right ends of the front wall, the folds including outboard folds and inboard folds, the outboard folds being disposed outward of the inboard folds in the erected shelter;
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• a floor adapted for being supported above the support surface adjacent the lower end of the front wall, the floor having a front end, a rear end, and a length extending between the front and rear ends, and a left end, a right end, and a width extending between the left and right ends, the front end of the floor including indentations which are configured for receiving lower portions of the inboard folds of the front wall;
• wherein the front wall has when erected an inner and an outer surface, the inner surface facing inward in the erected shelter, and the floor has a top surface facing upward in the erected shelter and a front edge facing outward in the erected shelter, and wherein the front edge of the floor when erected with the front wall engages the inner surface of the front wall in the erected shelter along the width of the front wall to provide lateral support to the front wall, the shape of the front edge corresponds to the shape of the inner surface.

A portable shelter which is erectable on a support surface for defining an interior for temporarily sheltering a human, the portable shelter comprising:

• a top wall forming when erected a roof above the interior;
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• a wall adapted for connection to the top wall, the wall having when erected an upper end, a lower end, and a height extending between the upper and lower ends, and a left end, a right end, and a width extending between the left and right ends, the wall including folds extending along generally parallel fold lines which extend along the height of the wall and are spaced from each other between the left and right ends of the wall, the folds including outboard folds and inboard folds, the outboard folds being disposed outward of the inboard folds in the erected shelter, the wall comprising at least first, second, and third wall components including inboard and outboard folds in the erected shelter, the wall components each having when erected an upper end, a lower end, and a height extending between the upper and lower ends, and a left end, a right end, and a width extending between the left and fight ends, the fight end of the first wall component being positioned adjacent the left end of the second wall component, the third wall component overlying and bridging the adjacent fight and left ends of the first and second wall components;
• the third wall component having at least one inboard or outboard fold nested with a corresponding inboard or outboard fold of the first wall component and having at least one inboard or outboard fold nested with a corresponding inboard or outboard fold of the second wall component thereby providing additional structural integrity to the portable structure when erected;
• wherein each of the inboard and outboard folds define an intersection between a respective pair of panels oriented at an angle to one another, each panel of said pair of panels having major surfaces including an inner major surface and an outer major surface, one of the major surfaces of each of said pair of panels of said at least one inboard or outboard fold of the third wall component engaging one of the major surfaces of a respective one of the panels of said pair of panels of said at least one inboard or outboard folds of the first wall component when said at least one inboard or outboard fold of the third wall component is nested with said at least one inboard or outboard fold of the first wall component.