Patent ID: 9316017
Filing Date: 2016-04-19
CPC Classification: A01M,E04H

Claim Text:
1. A portable reconfigurable hunting blind assembly comprising a. eight generally rectangular frames joined together side edge to side edge by seven hinges for accordion folding, and b. a camouflage covering mounted to each of the frames to define eight panel-shaped wall units, said camouflage covering defining a window in at least some of said wall units, wherein the frames are identified as a first frame on a first end of the hunting blind assembly, a second frame adjacent to the first frame, a third frame adjacent to the second frame, a fourth frame adjacent to the third frame, a fifth frame adjacent to the fourth frame, and a sixth frame adjacent to the fifth frame, a seventh frame adjacent to the sixth frame, and an eighth frame adjacent to the seventh frame, said eighth frame forming a second end of the hunting blind assembly, wherein the frames are attached by hinges which define hinge lines, and said hinges are identified as a first hinge between the first and second panels, a second hinge between the second and third panels, a third hinge between the third and fourth panels, a fourth hinge between the fourth and fifth panels, a fifth hinge between the fifth and sixth panels, a sixth hinge between the sixth and seventh panels, and a seventh hinge between the seventh and eighth panels, wherein the first hinge permits the first frame and the second frame to swing over an angle of about 270 degrees with respect to each other and the third hinge permits the third and fourth frames to swing over an angle of about 270 degrees with respect to each other and the fifth hinge permits the fifth and sixth frames to swing over an angle of about 270 degrees with respect to each other and the seventh hinge permits the seventh and eighth frames to swing over an angle of about 270 degrees with respect to each other, wherein each frame is bounded by a pair of uprights of square cross section and adjacent frames are joined together by thermoplastic living hinges alternating between connection to the front sides of adjacent frames and the back sides of adjacent frames, the hinge being placed on the back sides of the frames between the fourth and fifth frames, wherein the frames joined on their front sides by the living hinge are spaced apart by a distance of from 1 to 1.5 times the width of a side of the uprights and the frames joined on their back sides by the living hinge are separated by a distance of less than 0.25 times the width of a side of the uprights, so that flat sides of adjacent uprights in the corners are substantially squarely facing each other flat side to flat side when the blind assembly is in a closed square configuration, the frames joined on their front sides by a living hinge forming the corners of the blind assembly.