US4251959A
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Amphibious safe tent
Assignee: YU MING-LIAN TAIPEI
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Filing: 1979-01-30
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Granted: 1981-02-24
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Expires: 1999-01-30
Abstract
Abstract A structural design of a tent for camping, particularly an inflatable amphibious tent which consists of a tent case, a guard tent and an air mattress connected with the internal base of the tent case. The tent case and air mattress each have a few valve holes for rapid inflation so that the tent can be erected on the land or on the water, and it is not necessary to construct supports. Since the base is an air mattress, the tent when used on land can be free of the discomfort resulting from accumulated water on rainy days and of the trouble of digging a ditch. The interior of the surface layer inner and outer annular edges of the upper annular surface and the outer annular edge of the lower annular surface of the air mattress respectively, wrap a cord or bead chain which winds about and crosses the air column of tent case so as to make structure of the tent case as a whole very firm, and to keep same balanced and stable while floating on the water. Therefore, this tent for camping will never become distorted or deformed.
Inventors
- 👤 Yun T. Hsu
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 01:03
CPC Classifications
E; E04; E04H; E04H15/00; E04H15/20; E04H2015/201
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
300 words
An amphibious tent for use on land or in water comprising: (1) an inflatable annular base; (2) said annular base having an annular top and an annular bottom surface and an annular outer side surface connecting said annular top and bottom surfaces, said top surface having inner and outer annular top edges, said bottom surface having an annular outer bottom edge; (3) a flexible tent wall having an outer perimeter, said tent wall being fixed to said base at said annular outer side surface, said tent wall including a plurality of inflatable columns, each having first and second ends, whose interiors are in mutual communication at said first ends and whose exteriors are connected to said annular base at their bottom ends, such that said plurality of inflatable columns are caused to extend upward when said base is horizontally disposed and said columns and said base are inflated, so that said tent stands erect, said base and said tent wall defining an enclosed space; (4) means for preventing communication between the interiors of said inflatable columns and the interior of said annular base; (5) first, second and third inelastic elongated flexible members respectively fixed to and surrounding said base along said annular inner and outer top edges and said annular outer bottom edge, except at said columns, so that the annular shape of said base is retained when said base is inflated and subjected to external stressed, said second and third inelastic flexible members curving outward from said edges at said inflatable columns to surround said plurality of inflatable columns; and (6) a plurality of means, each connected to said second and third inelastic flexible members at a corresponding one of said plurality of inflatable columns, for fastening the tent to the ground when said tent is used on land.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
300 words
An amphibious tent for use on land or in water comprising: (1) an inflatable annular base; (2) said annular base having an annular top and an annular bottom surface and an annular outer side surface connecting said annular top and bottom surfaces, said top surface having inner and outer annular top edges, said bottom surface having an annular outer bottom edge; (3) a flexible tent wall having an outer perimeter, said tent wall being fixed to said base at said annular outer side surface, said tent wall including a plurality of inflatable columns, each having first and second ends, whose interiors are in mutual communication at said first ends and whose exteriors are connected to said annular base at their bottom ends, such that said plurality of inflatable columns are caused to extend upward when said base is horizontally disposed and said columns and said base are inflated, so that said tent stands erect, said base and said tent wall defining an enclosed space; (4) means for preventing communication between the interiors of said inflatable columns and the interior of said annular base; (5) first, second and third inelastic elongated flexible members respectively fixed to and surrounding said base along said annular inner and outer top edges and said annular outer bottom edge, except at said columns, so that the annular shape of said base is retained when said base is inflated and subjected to external stressed, said second and third inelastic flexible members curving outward from said edges at said inflatable columns to surround said plurality of inflatable columns; and (6) a plurality of means, each connected to said second and third inelastic flexible members at a corresponding one of said plurality of inflatable columns, for fastening the tent to the ground when said tent is used on land.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
121 words
An amphibious tent as in claim 1 wherein said each of said fastening means comprises: a loop flexibly connected to said third inelastic flexible member at said corresponding one of said plurality of inflatable columns; a bead chain having a plurality of adjacent beads and having a first end connected to said second elongated inelastic flexible member at said corresponding one of said plurality of inflatable columns, and a second end; and a stake, insertable into the ground through said loop, for fastening of said tent to the ground, said stake including means for fastening said stake to said chain between any two of said plurality of adjacent beads so as to tighten said fastening of said tent to the ground.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
66 words
An amphibious tent as in claim 2 wherein said plurality of inflatable columns include four symmetrically spaced first inflatable columns, said tent wall having a zipper opening door formed between two of said four columns; said inflatable tent further comprising two second inflatable columns connected to said door so as to support said door horizontally as a canopy when said two second inflatable columns are inflated.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
87 words
An amphibious tent as in claim 3 wherein said four first and two second inflatable columns all communicate with each other internally so that all of said four first and two second inflatable columns may be inflated by inserting air into any one of four first and two second inflatable columns; said amphibious tent further comprising means for fastening said two second inflatable columns to the ground when said tent is used on land and to said inflatable annular base when said tent is used on water.
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1984-02-24 | 1984-08-25 | 1985-02-24 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1988-02-24 | 1988-08-25 | 1989-02-24 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1992-02-24 | 1992-08-25 | 1993-02-24 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |