Patent ID: 6260306
Filing Date: 2001-07-17
Classification: E04H

Abstract:
An inflatable shelter comprising:a flexible membrane;a first elongate inflatable tube supporting the flexible membrane, the first tube having first and second axial ends, a first intermediate portion and a second intermediate portion between the first and second axial ends; anda second elongate inflatable tube supporting the flexible membrane, the second tube having third and fourth axial ends, and a third intermediate portion and a fourth intermediate portion between the third and fourth axial ends;a third elongate inflatable tube supporting the flexible membrane, the third tube having fifth and sixth axial ends, and a fifth intermediate portion and a sixth intermediate portion between the fifth and sixth axial ends, wherein the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth and sixth axial ends terminate in a plane, wherein the first intermediate portion converges with the third intermediate portion at a first junction, wherein the second intermediate portion converges with the fifth intermediate portion at a second junction spaced from the first junction, wherein the fourth intermediate portion converges with the sixth intermediate portion at a third junction spaced from the first junction and the second junction such that the first, second and third tubes form six legs supporting the membrane.