Portable hunting blind
View Patent ↗A hunting blind is formed from rectangular panels hinged for accordion folding. A roof structure is provided that stabilizes the blind with end pins interlocking with the panels. A window covering structure is provided that is silently openable.
1. Apparatus comprising
a first tubular frame for supporting a covering to form a panel, said first tubular frame having a pair of vertical legs and a connecting horizontal leg, said frame further having at least a partial top plate extending transversely from an upper end of at least one of the pair of vertical legs, wherein the at least partial top plate defines a borehole parallel to one of the vertical legs,
a second tubular frame for supporting a covering to form a panel, said second tubular frame having a pair of vertical legs and a connecting horizontal leg, said second tubular frame positioned alongside the first tubular frame, said second tubular frame further having at least a partial top plate extending transversely from an upper end of at least one of the pair of vertical legs, wherein the at least partial top plate defines a borehole parallel to one of the vertical legs,
a hinge connecting a vertical leg of the second frame with a vertical leg of the first frame,
and
a roof frame element having two short parallel pins extending transversely from a connecting tubing that connects the pins, and
an elongated tubular element extending tranversely from the connecting tubing from a location between the pins to partially support a roof cover,
the two short parallel pins positioned one in each of the boreholes to position the plane of the first frame at a predetermined angle with the plane of the second frame and form a first connected pair of frames.
2. Apparatus as in claim 1 wherein the two pins lie in a first plane and the connecting tubing lies in a second plane that is normal to the first plane.
3. Apparatus as in claim 2 wherein the elongated tubular element has a longitudinal axis intersecting second plane at an angle of between about 10 degrees and about 30 degrees.
4. Apparatus as in claim 3 wherein the connecting tubing has a bend located centrally between the pins that measures between about from 90 to about 144 degrees.
5. Apparatus as in claim 1 further comprising
a third tubular frame for supporting a covering and forming a panel, said third tubular frame having a pair of vertical legs and a connecting horizontal leg and further having at least a partial top plate extending transversely from an upper end of at least one of the pair of vertical legs, wherein the at least partial top plate defines a borehole parallel to one of the vertical legs,
a fourth tubular frame for supporting a covering and forming a panel, said fourth tubular frame having a pair of vertical legs and a connecting horizontal leg, said fourth tubular frame positioned alongside the first tubular frame, said fourth tubular frame further having at least a partial top plate extending transversely from an upper end of at least one of the pair of vertical legs, wherein the at least partial top plate defines a borehole parallel to one of the vertical legs,
a second hinge connecting a vertical leg of the third frame with a vertical leg of the fourth frame,
and
a second roof frame element having two short parallel pins extending transversely from a connecting tubing that connects the pins, and
an elongated tubular element extending tranversely from the connecting tubing from a location between the pins to partially support a roof covering,
the two short parallel pins positioned one in each of the boreholes in the third frame and the fourth frame to position the plane of the third frame at the predetermined angle with the plane of the fourth frame and form a second connected pair of frames approximately parallel to and spaced apart from the first pair of frames, and
a socket having a first end and a second end receiving an end of the elongated tubular element of the first roof frame element in the first end and an end of the elongated tubular of the second roof frame element in the second end, the socket being positioned above an upper end of the panels so that the roof frame elements form a peak.
6. Apparatus as in claim 5 further comprising a fifth frame positioned between the first frame and the third frame and a sixth frame positioned between the second frame and the fourth frame.
7. Apparatus as in claim 5 further comprising at least one additional pair of hingedly connected frames positioned between the first frame and the third frame and at least one additional pair of hingedly connected frames positioned between the second frame and the fourth frame.