Patent ID: 8381750
Filing Date: 2013-02-26
Classification: E04H

Abstract:
1. A lay-down hunting blind having a gradually sloped profile, the lay-down blind having an elongated fabric shell and a rigid interior framework disposed inside the shell, the framework having an assembled configuration for holding the shell in the form of an elongated enclosure sized for accommodating an occupant in a recumbent position, the hunting blind comprising: the fabric shell having two opposing vertical side panels, an interior, and a top opening providing the occupant access to said interior, said side panels having top panel side edges, said top opening defined laterally by said top panel side edges, a pair of flap doors, each said flap door having a hinge edge, said hinge edges attached to the top panel side edges of said side panels such that said pair of flap doors are foldable about said top panel side edges to a closed position in which said doors cover the top opening of the shell, said pair of flap doors foldable outwardly about said top panel side edges from said closed position to an open position for allowing the occupant rapid egress from the interior of the shell, at least one flexible skirt panel having a proximate edge and a distal edge, said proximate edge attached to the top panel side edge of at least one of said side panels, in a deployed configuration said skirt panel extending outwardly from said top panel side edge at an acute angle relative to said at least one of said side panels and said distal edge adapted to be secured to a surrounding ground surface, whereby, when said at least one skirt panel is in said deployed configuration, said pair of flap doors are independently movable between said open and closed positions free of interference from said at least one skirt panel, and when said flap doors are in said closed position the blind has a gradually sloped vertical profile.