Patent ID: 6266927
Filing Date: 2001-07-31
Classification: E04H,Y10S

Abstract:
A dome assembly comprising, in combination, a dome member formed of flexible sheeting means, and a fan means assembly including a fan and a generally rectangular housing means providing both a shield for the fan and also vertical supportive support means laterally spaced supporting the dome member at an end thereof;there being provided co-operating hook and loop stripping features respectively interconnecting each side and an adjacent end portion of the dome member to the vertical supportive support means for supporting the dome member and holding the side edges thereof laterally spaced for accommodating passage of air through the fan assembly,the dome member itself being fully self-supporting from the ground or base upon which the dome assembly is placed, when operatively inflated with air from the fan means assembly, without the use of supportive-framing side walls, thereby accommodating the folding of the dome member into a retracted condition for transport and storage,the sidewalls and the top wall being of a unitary nature,and in which the sheeting of the dome member is provided with a rim means, stiffer than the flexibility of the sheeting but nevertheless sufficiently flexible as to permit it to be easily raised by a user person seeking to enter into the dome member.