Room tent

Details Room tent Room tent

2002-08-16

2004-06-22

Vip, Winnie S. (Department: 3637)

Tent, canopy, umbrella, or cane

Portable shelter

Framework

C135S090000, C135S096000, C135S124000, C446S478000, C005S414000, C052S003000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06752164

ABSTRACT:

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to tents and, more specifically, to tents that are designed for interior use to change the atmosphere of a child's room or play room.
The motivation for the invention comes from my own feelings extending from childhood of a very comfortable, secure and happy feeling when I go into a tent and now having children of my own and seeing them at home or in the car using a blanket to make a cave and further considering psychological studies that find that men, women and children want to go back to the mothers womb. There is a continual fascination with totally encompassing enclosures such as tents that can be closed to provide an atmosphere of security and comfort.
Therefore it is felt that there is a need to provide this calm and playful feeling of security by providing a new and novel use for tent-like structures by creating a tent-like structure within a home whereby the user can create interchangeable themes with the room-tent.
Furthermore, the concept of bringing the tent into the house is a new concept with special characteristics which can be designed in more ways than one. The room tent is designed for interior activities while tent are primarily designed for outdoor activities. Some of the advantages are as follows.
The invention is not a permanent product while rooms have to be painted or wallpapered, this invention can change the atmosphere can easily be assembled and disassembled.
The room tent installed in a child's room gives the illusion that they are camping and because of the options to have preprinted characters like Snow White, Little Mermaid, Harry Potter, Star Wars, etc, or prints, it would be like being in a different world. The room tent can also be decorated according to the holiday such as stringing Christmas lights on the interior or exterior. Glow in the dark novelties such as stars and planets can be placed on the interior walls for an outdoorish mood.
The design of the tent can be rectangular to encompass the entire room area on an igloo. The present invention can be designed to fit the size of any room.
The room tent can also serve as a spare bedroom when company comes the room tent can be set up in the living room to afford privacy to guests. In large open areas like schools and churches, the room tent can be setup to serve as classrooms or playrooms. Additionally, in the armed forces large tents can be subdivided by a plurality of room tents providing privacy to personnel.
Another advantage of the room-tent is that you can easily change the theme of the room simply by attaching new themes using the provided hook and loop strips to the existing room-tent. It can also be easily assembled and disassembled. Since there is no floor member to the room-tent, wires can be run to the existing wall receptacles. Additionally, it eliminates the need to paint a room to change its appearance and themes can be changed to suit the age group or time of year such as holidays and birthdays.
The room-tent encompasses the entire room floor area and can be constructed in a rectangular shape having tie straps that can be attached to ceiling corner fasteners or dome shaped having a primary tent structure of four walls supported by a tubular framework of interconnecting bungee type tent poles that pass through a plurality of pole pockets located on the exterior portion of the tent structure.
In all cases the room-tent has no floor, which allows for the running of wires from the exterior of the tent to the interior of the room-tent. The interior of the room-tent provides a variety of designs depicting favorite characters, movie themes or other themes. The room-tent is provided in three different choices, one choice is providing characters and pictures on the inside walls, choosing from a variety of characters. Another choice is with hook and loop fasteners and attachable pictures that allow the user to change as frequently as desired. The third choice is a plain, colorful material without any characters or pictures on the inside walls.
A large entrance is provided having a zippered access panel functioning as a door and is accessible from the interior and the exterior. A window is provided to allow air and sunlight to enter the structure and has attached curtains. An opening is also provided for either a viewing port or access port and can also be provided with curtains. A cargo net is attached to the ceiling portion of the interior of the tent. Objects such as clothes, books, magazines, towels and other goods are stored away and easily access. Hook and loop attachable picture frames are also provided. The frames are designed so that the pictures can be interchangeable with the design of the tent. The picture frames are fixedly attached to the tent wall by means of hook and loop fasteners.
As additional elements other options may be added to the interior and exterior structure such as extension tunnels or subdividing the interior of a larger tent with the smaller room-tents.
The new concept of the room-tent and its special characteristics, allows the room-tent to be designed to the custom needs of the user, such as location of windows and portals, designer doors and much more.
Until now, tents have been made primarily for outdoor activities and mainly for sleeping, but the present invention is designed for inside the house and contains the bed, dresser, desk and computer, lamp, etc.
Another advantage of the room-tent is it allows the air conditioning in the summer to flow evenly and not directly out of the vent and hitting the user immediately. This method is healthier than being hit directly by the air conditioning. In the winter the heat flows evenly. It also holds in the heat. The room-tent can also serve as a spare bedroom for guests and can be set up in the living room, giving the guest privacy.
The design for the inside walls varies. The user may choose any character that their children like to completely change the atmosphere of the room-tent and the tent can additionally be provided with the characters preprinted on the interior of the tent walls or fixedly attached to the walls of the tent by the use of hook and loop fasteners.
2. Description of the Prior Art
There are other tents designed for living quarters or cover protection and privacy. Typical of these is U.S. Pat. No. 144,193 issued to Elliott on Nov. 4, 1873.
Another patent was issued to Johnson on Jul. 24, 1900 as U.S. Pat. No. 654,156. Yet another U.S. Pat. No. 671,912 was issued to Woodward on Apr. 9, 1901 and still yet another was issued on Nov. 26, 1918 to Martin as U.S. Pat. No. 1,285,766.
Another patent was issued to Power on Apr. 27, 1948 as U.S. Pat. No. 2,440,557. Yet another U.S. Pat. No. 3,368,575 was issued to Besonen on Feb. 13, 1968 Another was issued to Vargas on May 18, 1976 as U.S. Pat. No. 3,956,784 and still yet another was issued on Nov. 22, 1988 to Hansen et al. as U.S. Pat. No. 4,785,837.
Another patent was issued to Guerin on Nov. 9, 1993 as U.S. Pat. No. 5,259,408. Yet another U.S. Pat. No. 5,394,897 was issued to Ritchey et al. on Mar. 7, 1995 Another was issued to McMahan on Feb. 27, 1996 as U.S. Pat. No. 5,494,066 and still yet another was issued on Nov. 17, 1998 to Franklin as U.S. Pat. No. 5,836,330.
Another was issued to Schaefer on Aug. 14, 2001 as U.S. Pat. No. 6,273,114 and still yet another was issued on Nov. 20, 2001 to Wilson as U.S. Pat. No. 6,317,910.
U.S. Pat. No. 144,193
Inventor: Edson Elliott
Issued: Nov. 4, 1873
This invention relates to wheel carriage covers having collapsing-tackle consisting of lines and pulleys and the supporting and lifting tackle consisting of lines and lifting tackle all arranged and operating simultaneously.
U.S. Pat. No. 654,156
Inventor: Jacob T. Johnson
Issued: Jul. 24, 1900
This invention is a canopy frame or support, the combination of foldable sections adapted to be suspended in a horizontal position exclusively from a point above the same and having hinge connections at their inner terminals which permit the sections to fold upwardly

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