Patent ID: 6810896
Filing Date: 2004-11-02
Classification: E04H

Abstract:
An inflatable tent comprising:a plurality of inflatable hollow rounded tent units, each tent unit including an outer sheet and an inner sheet connected to each other at their respective ends, a side sheet connecting said outer sheet and said inner sheet along their opposed sides, said side sheet constituting a connecting portion, and a floor sheet integrally connected to the lower end of said inner sheet; and a pair of outer and inner water-impervious slide fasteners adapted for joining each pair of adjacent tent units along the outside and the inside, respectively, of said tent, each of said slide fasteners having a separable end stop on one end thereof and including a pair of stringers, each stringer of said outer slide fastener being mounted on said connection portion along its side edge in proximity to said outer sheet and adapted for engagement with the other stringer of said outer slide fastener of an adjacent tent unit, and each stringer of said inner slide fastener being mounted on said connection portion along its side edge in proximity to said inner sheet and along the edge of said floor sheet, and adapted for engagement with the other stringer of said inner slide fastener of said adjacent tent unit; and wherein said tent unit has a door opening formed therein and a door body adapted for fitting engagement with said door opening, said door body having a pair of outer and inner sheets and being hinged by a hinge sheet connecting the upper edge of said outer sheet of said door body and the upper edge of said door opening, one stringer of an outer water-impervious slide fastener being mounted along each of the opposed sides of said door opening on said outer sheet of said tent unit and adapted for engagement with the other stringer of said outer water-impervious slide fastener mounted along each of the opposed sides of said outer sheet of said door body, and one stringer of an inner water-impervious slide fastener being mounted among each of the opposed sides of said door opening on said inner sheet of said tent unit and adapted for engagement with the other stringer of said inner water-impervious slide fastener mounted along each of the opposed sides of said inner sheet of said door body.