Patent ID: 8387814
Filing Date: 2013-03-05
Classification: A63B,B60J,E04H

Abstract:
1. A collapsible structure, comprising: first and second flexible loop members, each loop member defining a closed loop and having a first side and an opposing second side, each loop member adapted to assume an expanded position and a collapsed position, with the first and second loop members overlapping each other at a first overlapping point along the first sides of the first and second loop members, and at a second overlapping point along the second sides of the first and second loop members; third and fourth flexible loop members, each of the third and fourth loop members defining a closed loop and having a first side and an opposing second side, each of the third and fourth loop members adapted to assume an expanded position and a collapsed position, with the third and fourth loop members overlapping each other at a third overlapping point along the first sides of the third and fourth loop members, and at a fourth overlapping point along the second sides of the third and fourth loop members; wherein the first, second, third and fourth loop members are adapted to assume a deployed position in which the first and second loop members are disposed at an angle with respect to each other at the first and second overlapping points, and the third and fourth loop members are disposed at an angle with respect to each other at the third and fourth overlapping points, with the overlapping first and second loop members positioned adjacent the overlapping third and fourth loop members and positioned in a manner such that the structure defines a top side, four vertical sides, and a bottom side when in the first, second, third and fourth loop members are in the deployed position; and a flexible wall extending across the four vertical sides and the bottom side to define an interior space.