Granted Patent B1

US 10,138,653 · App. 15/449,069 · Granted Nov 27, 2018

Inventor: William Christian Weber (Napa, CA)

E04H15/54E04H15/001E04H15/14E04H15/64B32B5/26B32B2255/205B32B2307/304E04H15/405

Abstract

Claims (40)

1. A collapsible insulated tent structure comprising:

a) a frame that comprises:

i) a roof formed with a centrally disposed roof hub at an apex, the hub having 3 or more hinged outwardly extending struts, with each adjacent pairs of strut supporting a portion of a flexible fabric cover member by forming a triangular downward sloping roof panel,

ii) three or more sides walls formed of the cover member, each sidewall extending downward from an upper side at an edge of the roof panel and supported by a centrally disposed sidewall hub having at least three hinged outwardly extending struts,

iii) wherein the cover member has a plurality of elongated pocket sets, the pockets in each set extending from a common proximal end to receive and secure the distal end of the approaching struts from the roof and sidewall hubs,

iv) wherein at least a portion of the flexible fabric cover member is a reflective fabric that has quilted pockets defined by seams having a linear sequence of adjacent weld points that bond an external fabric layer to one or more additional layers, wherein the weld points have a diameter of 0.5 to 1 mm are spaced apart by a gap of 1 to 5 mm.

2. The collapsible insulated tent structure of claim 1 wherein the reflective fabric has one or more layers of a metallic or Infrared radiation reflecting materials.

3. The collapsible insulated tent structure of claim 1 wherein the flexible fabric cover member has quilted pockets that contain a batting of inter-tangled fibers in which individual fibers are longer than the gap between adjacent weld points.

4. The collapsible insulated tent structure of claim 1 wherein the reflective fabric has at least one Infrared reflective layer disposed between an interior fabric layer and an exterior fabric layer.

5. The collapsible insulated tent structure of claim 1 wherein the external fabric layer comprises one or more metallic or Infrared radiation reflecting materials.

6. A collapsible insulated tent structure comprising:

a) a frame that comprises:

i) a roof formed with a centrally disposed roof hub at an apex, the hub having 3 or more hinged outwardly extending struts, with each adjacent pairs of struts supporting a portion of an outer cover layer by forming a triangular downward sloping roof panel,

ii) three or more sides walls formed of the outer cover layer, each sidewall extending downward from an upper side at an edge of the roof panel and supported by a centrally disposed sidewall hub having at least three hinged outwardly extending struts,

iii) wherein the an inner side of the outer cover layer has a plurality of elongated pocket sets, the pockets in each set extending from a common proximal end to receive and secure the distal end of the approaching struts from the roof and sidewall hubs,

b) one or more window openings in the outer cover layer,

c) a mesh screen covering at least one of the one or more window openings,

d) an inner cover disposed on a side of the mesh screen that is opposite the outer cover layer to be within an inside of the collapsible insulated tent structure, the inner cover having a perimeter that is connected to the outer cover layer beyond a perimeter of the window opening, the inner cover further comprising:

i) a lower portion, and

ii) a semi-circular upper portion above the lower portion that is circumscribed by a zipper connection with the outer cover,

e) a plurality of perforations disposed on a portion of the outer cover layer that are opposite the lower portion of the inner cover to drain any precipitation that may collect in an annular V-shaped trough defined by a region between the outer cover layer and a perimeter of the inner cover.

7. A collapsible insulated tent structure comprising:

a) a frame that comprises:

i) a roof formed with a centrally disposed roof hub at an apex, the hub having 3 or more hinged outwardly extending struts, with each adjacent pairs of strut supporting a portion of a flexible fabric cover member by forming a triangular downward sloping roof panel,

ii) three or more sides walls formed of the flexible fabric cover member, each sidewall extending downward from an upper side at an edge of the roof panel and supported by a centrally disposed sidewall hub having at least three hinged outwardly extending struts,

iii) wherein the flexible fabric cover member has a plurality of elongated pocket sets, the pockets in each set extending from a common proximal end to receive and secure the distal end of the approaching struts from the roof and sidewall hubs,

b) wherein the flexible fabric cover has two or more vent openings, each vent opening having attached about a perimeter of the vent opening a fabric cone configured to expand and contract to seal a ventilation duct that extends from outside the tent structure via each of the two or more vent opening,

c) an inner flap disposed on an interior of the flexible fabric cover in detachable engagement over the two or more vent openings to protect the insulated tent structure from an external environment when the ventilation duct is not disposed in each of the two or more vent openings, and

d) at least one outer cover attached to an upper end and adjacent opposing sides on the exterior of the flexible fabric cover about at least one vent opening in which the outer cover extends away from the vent opening so that it is operative to direct away precipitation away from the vent opening.

8. The collapsible insulated tent structure of claim 7 wherein the fabric cone is configured to be closed at an inner perimeter around a ventilation duct by one of a cinch cord and an elastic closure ring.

9. A collapsible insulated tent structure comprising:

a) a frame that comprises:

i) a roof formed with a centrally disposed roof hub at an apex, the hub having 3 or more hinged outwardly extending struts, with each adjacent pairs of strut supporting a portion of a flexible fabric cover member by forming a triangular downward sloping roof panel,

ii) three or more sides walls formed of the cover member, each sidewall extending downward from an upper side at an edge of the roof panel and supported by a centrally disposed sidewall hub having at least three hinged outwardly extending struts,

iii) wherein the cover member has a plurality of elongated pocket sets, the pockets in each set extending from a common proximal end to receive and secure the distal end of the approaching struts from the roof and sidewall hubs,

b) wherein at least a portion of the flexible fabric cover is a reflective fabric that has quilted pockets defined by seams having a linear sequence of adjacent weld points separated by a gap, in which the weld points bond an external fabric layer to one or more additional layers and the quilted pockets contains a batting of inter-tangled fibers in which individual fibers longer than the gap between adjacent weld points.

10. The collapsible insulated tent structure of claim 9 wherein said gap between said adjacent weld points is 1 to 5 mm and wherein said adjacent weld points have a diameter of 0.5 to 1 mm.

11. The collapsible insulated tent structure of claim 10 wherein the reflective fabric has one or more layers of a metallic or Infrared radiation reflecting materials.

12. The collapsible insulated tent structure of claim 9 wherein the reflective fabric has one or more layers of a metallic or Infrared radiation reflecting materials.

13. The collapsible insulated tent structure of claim 12 wherein the one or more layers of a metallic or Infrared radiation reflecting is on the exterior fabric layer.

Continuity (1)

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