Patent ID: 9303424
Filing Date: 2016-04-05
CPC Classification: A01M,B63B,E04H,Y10S

Claim Text:
1. A layout hunting blind that can be folded into a compact transportable condition and that is easily assembled or deploy in the field, the layout hunting blind having a head end and a foot end wherein a hunter lays in a hunting direction with the hunter's head near the head end and the hunter's feet near the foot end, the hunting blind comprising an inner frame having a head extent and a rear extent with sides extending between the head extent and rear extent, the inner frame being sized to allow an associated hunter to lay within the blind and be in close proximity to a top surface opening in the layout hunting blind, the inner frame including a first outer frame structure and a second outer frame structure, the first outer frame structure includes a first lower tube assembly and the second outer frame structures include a second lower tube assembly, the first lower tube assembly includes a first lower head tube, a first lower side tube and a first lower rear tube, the second lower tube assembly includes a second lower head tube, a second lower side tube and a second lower rear tube, the inner frame further including a first and a second lower pivot both generally centered about a central frame axis that is parallel to a hunting direction that is defined by the direction that the associated hunter lays within the hunting blind, the first lower pivot being joined between the first lower head tube and the second lower head tube, the second lower pivot being joined between the first lower rear tube and the second lower rear tube such that the first lower tube assembly folds towards the second lower tube assembly about the central frame axis when the layout hunting blind is folded towards the folded condition, the first outer frame structure further including a first head side pivotable frame structure that is pivotable relative to the first lower tube assembly about a first head axis that is transverse to the central frame axis between a folded condition and an unfolded condition, the second outer frame structure further including a second head side pivotable frame structure that is pivotable relative to the second lower tube assembly about a second head axis that is transverse to the central frame axis between a folded condition and an unfolded condition, at least one of the first and second head side pivotable frame structures including a locking retention sleeve and the locking retention sleeve at least partially maintaining the at least one head side pivotable frame structures in the unfolded condition, the layout hunting blind further including at least one blind door selectively closing the top surface opening, the at least one blind door having a door frame structure and the door frame structure being pivotably attached relative to the inner frame and being pivotable about an axis parallel to the central frame axis.