Patent ID: 8936036
Filing Date: 2015-01-20
Classification: A01M,E04H,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A flap door having a soft hinge for a lay-down hunting blind having an elongated fabric enclosure supported by a rigid framework, the framework having an assembled configuration for holding the enclosure in an elongated form sized for accommodating an occupant in a recumbent position and a top opening providing access to the interior thereof, said top opening including two opposing lateral edges, the flap door having a soft hinge comprising: the framework including a U-shaped head bracket and a U-shaped toe bracket, said head bracket having a laterally extending top bar including a pair of oppositely disposed shoulders, and said toe bracket having a laterally extending transverse bar including a pair of oppositely disposed upper corners, a pair of flap doors each having a fabric door frame cover including a longitudinally extending hinge side, a head end and a toe end opposite said head end, each door frame cover hingedly attached along said hinge side to one of the lateral edges of the enclosure of the hunting blind at the top opening thereof, each door frame cover forming a door frame receiving pocket, and a pair of longitudinally extending door frames, each of said pair of door frames having a U-shaped head end support member and a U-shaped toe end support member interconnected with said head end support member, each of said pair of door frames fully enclosed within the pocket of one of said pair of door frame covers with said head end support member disposed at the head end of said door frame cover and said toe end support member disposed at the toe end of said door frame cover, such that each of said pair of door frame covers is supported in a planar configuration, wherein said pair of door frames are held adjacent to said head and toe brackets by the fabric enclosure, such that the head end support members of said door frames are disposed on and supported by the shoulders of said head bracket, and the toe end support members of said door frames are disposed on and supported by the upper corners of said toe bracket, so that said pair of flap doors is movable about the hinge side of each of said pair of door frame covers between an open configuration and a closed configuration without any direct mechanical connection between said pair of door frames and the rigid framework supporting the enclosure, said closed configuration for covering the top opening of the enclosure.