Tent – canopy – umbrella – or cane – Portable shelter – Framework
Utility Patent
2000-04-20
2001-01-02
Chilcot, Richard (Department: 3635)
Tent, canopy, umbrella, or cane
Portable shelter
Framework
C135S124000, C135S135000
Utility Patent
active
06167898
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to tents and more particularly pertains to a new tent with integral air mattress for improving camping comfort.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of tents is known in the prior art. More specifically, tents heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. No. 4,335,545; U.S. Pat. No. 4,000,585; U.S. Pat. No. 4,819,389; U.S. Pat. No. 4,928,442; U.S. Pat. Des. 330,745; and U.S. Pat. Des. 285,880.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new tent with integral air mattress. The inventive device includes a base member composed of a bottom, water resistant layer and at least one inflatable air mattress attached to the top of the bottom layer. A support frame extends upward from the base member and supports a fabric shell so as to define a tent interior. The bottom surface of the bottom layer includes a series of intersecting grooves for permitting air flow and water flow underneath the tent. The shell is attached to a skirt member which extends from the base member. The air mattress does not cover the entire top surface of the bottom layer, so that a portion of the bottom layer adjacent a door of the tent is exposed, forming a flat area suitable for placing shoes and other gear thereon.
The invention further includes a tent structure having a support frame comprised of a plurality of support poles made of a series of telescoping pole elements. A locking means is provided to lock the pole elements in an extended position. The locking means comprises a tongue and groove arrangement which are engaged/disengaged through twisting movements of the pole elements. A central hub element is provided which receives the ends of the support poles and locks them in place using locking springs.
In these respects, the tent with integral air mattress according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of improving camping comfort.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of tents now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new tent with integral air mattress construction wherein the same can be utilized for improving camping comfort.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new tent with integral air mattress apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the tents mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new tent with integral air mattress which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art tents, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a base member composed of a bottom, water resistant layer and at least one inflatable air mattress attached to the top of the bottom layer. A support frame extends upward from the base member and supports a fabric shell so as to define a tent interior. The bottom surface of the bottom layer includes a series of intersecting grooves for permitting air flow and water flow underneath the tent. The shell is attached to a skirt member which extends from the base member. The air mattress does not cover the entire top surface of the bottom layer, so that a portion of the bottom layer adjacent a door of the tent is exposed, forming a flat area suitable for placing shoes and other gear thereon.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new tent with integral air mattress apparatus which has many of the advantages of the tents mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new tent with integral air mattress which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art tents, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new tent with integral air mattress which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new tent with integral air mattress which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new tent with integral air mattress which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such tent with integral air mattress economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new tent with integral air mattress which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new tent with integral air mattress for improving camping comfort.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new tent with integral air mattress which includes a base member composed of a bottom, water resistant layer and at least one inflatable air mattress attached to the top of the bottom layer. A support frame extends upward from the base member and supports a fabric shell so as to define a tent interior. The bottom surface of the bottom layer includes a series of intersecting grooves for permitting air flow and water flow underneath the tent. The shell is attached to a skirt member which extends from the base member. The air mattress does not cover the entire top surface of the bottom layer, so that a portion of the bottom layer adjacent a door of the
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