Elevated tent system

Inactive Publication Date: 2010-10-28
JACOBY VERNON
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[0013]A shelter may be supported on the triangular flexible panel once the device has been mounted from trees and the vertices of the triangular frame have been tensioned. This shelter may be a conventional tent, such as the tent disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,750,509 to Kim, incorporated herein in by reference, which include self-supporting frames. Alternatively, it is contemplated that a tent, blind, or shelter that maximizes the used of the floor space created by the triangular flexible panel may also be provided.

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The problem with using rigid tensioning devices or spreader bars is that rigid components are often awkward to carry, especially when the device is to be carried deep into the woods through rough terrain.

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[0023]While the invention will be described and disclosed here in connection with certain preferred embodiments, the description is not intended to limit the invention to the specific embodiments shown and described here, but rather the invention is intended to cover all alternative embodiments and modifications that fall within the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the claims included herein as well as any equivalents of the disclosed and claimed invention.

[0024]Turning now to FIGS. 1 and 2 where suspendable floor panel structure 10 for creating a planar surface 12 has been illustrated alone in FIG. 2, and with a shelter 14 on FIG. 2. The suspendable floor panel structure 10 will be particularly useful for items at a distance from a ground surface 16. According to a preferred example of the invention, the suspendable floor panel structure 10 cooperates with the shelter 14 to allow people to sleep at a distance over the ground, and thus avoiding floodwaters or nocturna...

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A suspendable structure is disclosed. The structure uses a floor panel structure that includes three flexible straps that cross one another, each of the straps including a first end and a second end, the first end having a connector that allows it to be attached to a tensioning device. A triangular flexible panel having three sides and corners where the sides of the triangle meet (at the vertices of the triangle) is in turn supported and stiffened through the flexible straps, each of which extends from one of the corners of the triangular flexible panel and terminating at or near the midpoint of the included side opposite to the corner.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001](a) Field of the Invention[0002]This application relates to a system for creating an elevated housing structure. More particularly, but not by way of limitation, to a system and method for creating an elevated structure using only flexible main components.[0003](b) Discussion of Known Art[0004]The need for an elevated shelter structure has long been recognized. An example of such a structure is found in U.S. Pat. No. 7,383,597 to Steiner. Steiner shows a tent that takes advantage of a hiking stick to hold the shape of the shelter. Steiner also discusses the supporting the device from trees without the use of the hiking stick, but in order to do so Steiner uses a triangular reinforcement perimeter that is tensioned from the corners of the triangular shape. That arrangement also uses a tensioning device along one of the sides of the triangular floor to further tighten the panel.[0005]Other known devices include U.S. Pat. No. 6,347,638 Scott et al., whi...

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IPC IPC(8): E04H15/04
CPCE04H15/04
InventorJACOBY, VERNON
OwnerJACOBY VERNON