Patent ID: 9080345
Filing Date: 2015-07-14
Classification: A47G,E04H

Abstract:
1. A bivouac shelter for residing outdoors or in non-heated accommodation, said bivouac shelter comprising a basis unit with a ground part and a roof part with lateral wall sections, which are connected to the ground part, wherein the basis unit forms a tunnel-shaped or tubular body receiving space with a foot region at least for receiving legs or parts thereof of a lying person and with at least one access opening for the person entering, wherein the basis unit comprises a connection opening lying opposite the foot region which corresponds to an end-side opening of the receiving space, and a closure unit being attached onto the connection opening in a releasable or fixed manner, and the closure unit comprises a flexible sealing element, wherein the sealing element at least partly spans the connection opening, wherein the closure unit is designed for closing off the body receiving space in a thermally insulating and watertight manner, wherein a head of the person can be placed outside the body receiving space closed off by the closure unit, and the basis unit is designed in a self-supporting manner in the operating position and forms the tunnel-shaped or tubular body receiving space, wherein the basis unit comprises an at least partly multi-walled construction with at least one air-filled hollow chamber lying therebetween, and the basis unit obtains its intrinsic stability due to the multi-walled construction or due to the roof part with reinforcement structures that are separate or integrated into the roof part.