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 Title: |
US3880459:
Tent enclosure
[ Derwent Title ]
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Kelley, Robert A.; Toledo, OH 43604
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| Assignee: |
None
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| Published / Filed: |
1975-04-29
/ 1973-02-22
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| Application Number: |
US1973000334744
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
B60P 3/34;
Core:
B60P 3/32;
IPC-7:
B60P 3/34;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
296/156;
135/093;
135/117;
135/119;
296/145;
296/168;
Original:
296/027;
135/001.A;
135/014.V;
296/023.A;
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| Field of Search: |
296/026,27,145,138,23 A
135/1 R,14 V,15 CF,1 A
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| Priority Number: |
| 1973-02-22 |
US1973000334744 |
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| Abstract: |
An improved design of a tent camper is provided. The tent camper includes a tent enclosure of a vinyl-coated fabric, such material being desirable because it is attractive, washable, and strong; however, it will not breathe. Hence, with the tent enclosure closed for a period of time, mildew and other moisture problems may result inside. To overcome this, weather flaps which are located inside the tent affixed to the walls thereof and positioned to cover insect screening in the walls are made of a breathable fabric which overcomes the moisture problem by permitting an indiscernible amount of air to enter and leave the tent without permitting a breeze to do so. The tent enclosure also provides an improved seam construction by means of which the weather flaps and the screen can be affixed together in a more secure connection with the side walls of the tent.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Gutchess, Jr., Allen D. ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Spar, Robert J.; Underwood, Donald W.
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| Family: |
None
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First Claim:
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I claim:
1. In a tent camper, a rigid housing base, a pair of platforms extending outwardly from two opposite ends of said base, a rigid roof supported a predetermined distance above said base, a flexible enclosure including end panels extending upwardly from the outer edges of said platforms, roof panels extending outwardly from said rigid roof to said end panels, and side panels extending from upper portions of the base to said rigid roof, said side panels also extending to said end panels and to said roof panels, said panels being made of a non-breathable plastic-coated material, at least one of said side panels having a screened opening therein, an inner weather flap of breathable, woven fabric having an edge affixed to said one side panel and an opposite edge removably affixed to said back of said side panel around said screened opening, said flap having a clear, flexible sheet mounted therein, and a privacy flap having an upper edge supported above the screened opening, said privacy flap also being of a breathable, woven fabric.
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