Abstract:
The invention is a lightweight sound and scent absorption or scent diffusion big game hunting and fishing house. The hunting blind, fishing house is a enclosed box stricture in shape having four wall panels with four horizontal sliding windows that open and close, door in one wall panel that opens inward, roof and floor attached to a tower platform and or ground platform each platform has under floor storage. The hunting, fishing house is able to conceal multiple persons within. The blind is supported high and or low above the ground surface. The stairs connected to the tower can be disconnected to form a separate leaning bow hunting tree stair platform. As a fishing house it is supported only with the ground platform with a small trap door in the floor allowing a person or persons to fish through the ice covered lakes or rivers. The hunting blind, fishing house gives the hunter/occupants the highest control of concealment, sound and scent absorption or scent diffusion and weather protection in the outdoors by eliminating the possibility of detection by animal&#39;s keen sense of sight, hearing and smell.

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION  
       [0001]     1. Field of the Invention  
         [0002]     This present invention relates to hunting blinds, leaning tree stair platform and or fishing houses. Specifically, the invention is a enclosed big game hunting blind, fishing house supported and raised low and or high above the ground and or ice surfaces by a ground platform and or tower platform and has an outer surface that blends in with the woodlands, lightweight, sound absorbing interior, interior absorption or diffusion of the hunters/occupants scent, eliminates the possibility of animal&#39;s detection by sight, sound and smell, sliding windows, under floor storage container to store hunters occupants gear and or fish, a tower platform with a removable stair platform which can be used as a leaning bow hunting tree stair platform and a fishing house that can be converted into, by using the big game hunting blind.  
         [0003]     2. Description of the Art  
         [0004]     The art to which the present invention relates includes enclosures, shelters, blinds, and stands for use by hunters, wildlife observers and or ice fishermen. Commonly made of heavy plywood, sheet metals, fiberglass, heavy molded plastics, fabric materials, heavy plywood skinned with aluminum and or sheet metals or heavy panels comprised of polystyrene and or Styrofoam sandwiched between two sheets of metal and or aluminum. Also commonly insulated of no insulation, heavy felt or thick sheet of Styrofoam and or polystyrene. Enclosures, shelters, blinds, stands and ice fishing, shelters require the hunter/occupant to assume an uncomfortable sitting or kneeling position and then open windows outwardly and or stand up to harvest the animal as they approach the blind, this movement can be seen by the animal and will alert them to the hunters present and frighten the animal away. Most enclosures, shelters, blinds, stands and ice fishing shelters do not protect the hunters/occupants from the extreme cold and rainy weather and or the animal&#39;s sense of hearing, sight and smell and they are not easily transported and assembled. They are designed primarily to fool the animal&#39;s sight and or smell only. Conversely, the present invention is designed for ease of transport, assembly, lightweight, eliminates the possibility of animal&#39;s detection by sight, sound and smell while keeping the hunters/occupants out of the harsh weather elements.  
         [0005]     There are several patents, which disclose enclosures, shelters, blinds, stands and ice fishing shelters of various constructions.  
         [0006]     Hall, U.S. Pat. No. 5,241,772 discloses a hollow cylindrical hunting blind, supported on the ground or on a tower. Formed of elongate molded panels and a domed roof that has a rain channel to capture and direct rain water downwardly between the windows, an a outer surface corrugations simulating the bark of a tree a small peep window above the lower windows an a flexible cable having a control knob opens and closes windows. Mounted in the enclosure a swivel chairs, and a ladder-stand connected to the tower can be disconnected to serve as a leaning tree stand that a hunter can climb up to hunt from.  
         [0007]     Fargason, U.S. Pat. No. RE38,321 discloses a scent-free blind room-like shelter having a door, a plurality of windows, a small vent near ground level, and a flexible 4-inch diameter tube extending from the top of the shelter to a height of 30 feet from the ground. This allows the shelter to vent out the occupants odors up through the tube high enough so that nearby animals will not smell the occupants.  
         [0008]     Adams, U.S. Pat. No. 6,009,673 discloses a hunting blind, an ice fishing shelter, wildlife observatory comprises a plurality of rigid, insulated panels installed in a plurality of track members mounted on the roof and floor and configured to receive the top and bottom edges of the wall panels having windows and a door. The walls, door, roof panels comprises a metallic outer skin encapsulating a core of expanded polystyrene. The hunting blind, an ice fishing shelter has a plurality of lift handles mounted to the panels to facilitate transport of the enclosure over ground or skies to facilitate transport over ice covered lakes. The enclosure sits directly on the ground and on the ice covered lakes.  
         [0009]     Horsmann, U.S. Pat. No. 4,794,717 discloses a hunting blind shaped like a bale of hay comprising tenting material covering a tubular frame.  
         [0010]     Sury, U.S. Pat. No. 4,798,019 discloses a box-shape blind having a tubular frame and fabric covering. The top is see through, and the sides have loops for holding surrounding vegetation to disguise the blind.  
         [0011]     Reneau, U.S. Pat. No. 4,606,142 discloses an elevated blind without any cross-brackets between the legs, intended to make assembly easier.  
         [0012]     None of the above inventions and patents, taken either singularly or combination, is seen to describe the instant invention as claimed. Thus a big game hunting blind/fishing house solving the aforementioned problems is desired.  
       SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION  
       [0013]     The present invention is a lightweight thermal insulated, sound and scent absorption or scent diffusion, permanent and or portable ground platform and or tower platform big game hunting blind and fishing house with or without the tree break-up pattern on the exterior resembles a tree line and the surrounding woodlands.  
         [0014]     The ground platform and or tower platform allows hunting blind, fishing house to be elevated low and or high above the ground and or ice covered lakes and or rivers.  
         [0015]     The hunting blind, fishing house comprises four wall panels with horizontal sliding windows, a door panel mounted with hinges in one of the wall panels allowing the door to open inward with two locking mechanism, exterior and interior, a sun rain gutter shield above all exterior openings jetting outward, a roof panel and floor with under floor storage for gear and or fish.  
         [0016]     It is an object of the invention to provide breakup and concealment of the hunters/occupants body, allowing the hunters/occupants freedom of movement within the hunting blind, fishing house without the animal&#39;s awareness by the animal&#39;s keen sense of sight, hearing, and smell.  
         [0017]     It is an object of the invention to provide hunters/occupants the ability to talk within the hunting blind, fishing house without the animal&#39;s awareness by its keen sense of hearing.  
         [0018]     It is an object of the invention to provide the combination of the corrugated plastic sheets and or aluminum laminated corrugated plastic sheets for the exterior panels, fabricated to a lightweight material frame, with the use of the scent absorbing fiber filament inserts or the scent diffusion fiber filament inserts inserted into the interior of the framed panels. Providing the invention primary multiplicity of purpose thereby forming a thermal insulated air barrier that insulates against the extreme cold and rainy weather, absorbs all interior sounds and eliminates the hunters/occupants scent by absorption or diffusion, eliminating the possibility of detection by animal&#39;s keen sense of sight, hearing and smell.  
         [0019]     It also provides the invention the lightest in weight for its class as a permanent hunting blind, fishing house attached to a ground platform and or tower platform.  
         [0020]     The primary purpose of sound absorption and scent diffusion is performed with the windows in an open and or closed position, allowing the hunters/occupants a worry free hunt.  
         [0021]     It is an object of the invention to provide the hunter/occupants the ability to be completely out of the weathers environmental elements, being completely enclosed inside the hunting blind, fishing house.  
         [0022]     It is an object of the invention to provide sliding windows allowing the hunters/occupants to manually open and place a rifle outside of the blind to harvest big game and to manually close after the harvest.  
         [0023]     It is an object of the invention to provide the hunter/occupants ground platform and tower platform in the floor a door that&#39;s opens tip to a under floor storage container allowing hunters/occupants to store gear and fish.  
         [0024]     It is a further object of the invention to provide a leaning bow hunting tree stair platform when disconnected from the tower platform allowing the hunter to walk up atop the platform to harvest big game elevated above the ground with a bow.  
         [0025]     Still another object of the invention to convert the hunting blind into a portable ground platform fishing house allowing the hunters/occupants to ice fish above and through frozen lakes and rivers.  
         [0026]     It is an object of the invention to provide improved elements and arrangements thereof for the purposes described which is fully effective and dependable in accomplishing its intended purposes.  
         [0027]     These and other objects of said present invention will become readily apparent upon further review of the following specification and drawings. 
     
    
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS  
       [0028]      FIG. 1  is an perspective view of preferred embodiment of the lightweight sound and scent absorption or scent diffusion big game hunting blind, fishing house of this present invention shown erect on top of a tower platform, which has a removable stair platform attached.  
         [0029]      FIG. 1A  is an exploded perspective view of one embodiment of the lightweight sound and scent absorption or scent diffusion big game hunting blind, fishing house showing the assembly components of the wall panels and details A, and B of the corrugation channels in the exterior plastic sheets of this present invention.  
         [0030]      FIG. 1B  is an perspective view of one embodiment of the lightweight sound and scent absorption or scent diffusion big game hunting blind, fishing house showing the inside components of the wall panels of this present invention.  
         [0031]      FIG. 1C  is an perspective view of one embodiment of the lightweight sound and scent absorption or scent diffusion big game hunting blind, fishing house showing the interior components of the wall and door panel of this present invention.  
         [0032]      FIG. 1D  is an exploded perspective view of one embodiment of the lightweight sound and scent absorption or scent diffusion big came hunting blind, fishing house showing the assembly components of the roof panel of this present invention.  
         [0033]      FIG. 2  is an exploded perspective view of the transformation embodiment of the lightweight sound and scent absorption or scent diffusion big game hunting blind to the fishing house showing the floor with the storage door and trapdoor with hole to fish through and the ground platform with storage container of this present invention.  
         [0034]      FIG. 3  is a perspective view of one embodiment of the lightweight sound and scent absorption or scent diffusion big game hunting blind, fishing house stair platform of this present invention is disconnected from the tower platform showing the use of the tree ratchet tie down to secure the stair platform to a tree, transforming it into a bow hunting tree stair platform.  
         [0035]      FIG. 3A  is an exploded perspective view of one embodiment of the lightweight sound and scent absorption or scent diffusion big game hunting blind, fishing house and the stair platform that is disconnected from the tower platform showing the assembly components with the tree anchor bracket, fasteners and the tree center brace with center brace stair fastener of this present invention.  
         [0036]      FIG. 3B  is a perspective view the tree anchor bracket for the stair platform of this present invention.  
         [0037]      FIG. 3C  and  FIG. 3B  is a perspective view of one embodiment of the lightweight sound and scent absorption or scent diffusion big game hunting blind, fishing house stair platform showing the step tread and the cross section of this present invention.  
         [0038]      FIG. 4  is an exploded perspective view of the preferred embodiment of the lightweight sound and scent absorption or scent diffusion big game hunting blind, fishing house and the tower platform showing the assembly components with the stair platform disconnected of this present invention.  
         [0039]      FIG. 5  is a perspective view of one embodiment of the lightweight sound and scent absorption or scent diffusion big game hunting blind, fishing house showing the horizontal sliding windows assembly components of this present invention.  
         [0040]      FIG. 6  and  FIG. 6A  is a exploded and cross section perspective view of one embodiment of the lightweight sound and scent absorption or scent diffusion big game hunting blind, fishing house showing the sun, rain, gutter shield assembly components of this present invention.  
     
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS  
       [0041]     Referring to FIGS.  1  through  FIG. 2 , the present invention, a preferred embodiment of a lightweight sound and scent absorption or scent diffusion big game hunting blind, fishing house HBFH that is erect on top of a tower platform TP or mounted on top of a ground platform GP. The tower platform TP has removable stair assembly S containing a platform  27 ; step treads  30  safety rails  28 , handrails  32  and stair anchor feet  33 . When attached to the tower platform TP the stair assembly S provides the ability for entry and exit through a door D that swings inward to open with a locking mechanism  16  giving the hunter/occupants the ability to lock the big game hunting blind, fishing house.  
         [0042]     As shown in  FIG. 1A , each of the four wall panel WP and one wall panel WP with door D are assembled with assembly components which consists of a wall frame of lightweight metallic material  5  with an exterior wall panel of corrugated plastic sheet  1  (detail A and detail B shows the corrugation channels in the exterior plastic sheets of this present invention), which are held together with mounting fasteners  8  through fastener holes  8 A with slide track  15 , horizontal sliding window  13  window pull (not seen) and fiber filament inserts  7  inserted into the interior of the wall frame of lightweight metallic material  5 .  
         [0043]     On the exterior wall panel of corrugated plastic sheet  1 , mounted above jetting outward away from the horizontal sliding window  13  a sun, rain, gutter shield  9  along with side braces  10  and a center brace  11  allowing the sun, rain, gutter shield  9  to maintain a slight downward slop to direct rain water into the gutter  12  and expelling it off the outer sides of the horizontal sliding window  13 .  
         [0044]     As shown in  FIG. 1B , the interior of three of the wall panel WP consists of fiber filament inserts  7 , slide track  15 , window pulls  14  secured to horizontal sliding window  13  inserted into the wall frame of lightweight metallic material  5  in the interior.  
         [0045]     As shown in  FIG. 1C  the interior of the forth wall panel WP containing the door D consists of fiber filament inserts  7 , inserted into the wall frame of lightweight metallic material  5  in the interior. Above the door opening on the exterior wall panel of corrugated plastic sheet  1  (not seen) is mounted the sun, rain, gutter shield  9  along with side braces  10  and a center brace  11  allowing the sun, rain, gutter shield  9  to maintain a slight downward slop to direct rain water into the gutter  12  expelling it off the outer sides.  
         [0046]     The door D consists of fiber filament inserts  7 , the slide track  15 , window pulls  14  secured to horizontal sliding window  13  and inserted into the interior of the doorframe of lightweight metallic material  3 . The door D mounts to one of the wall panel WP with the use of hinges  17  allowing the door D to swing inward into the enclosed box structure.  
         [0047]     As shown in  FIG. 1D  the roof panel RP assembled using the assembly components, which consist of a roof frame of lightweight metallic material  6  with an exterior roof panel of corrugated plastic sheet  4 , held together by mounting fasteners  8  through the fastener holes  8 A.  
         [0048]     When all panels are complete tour wall panels WP, one wall panel WP with the door D and the roof panel RP are then assembled together using fasteners, to form an enclosed box structure that is erect on top of a tower platform TP or mounted on top of a ground platform GP.  
         [0049]     As shown in  FIG. 2  the complete lightweight sound and scent absorption or scent diffusion big game hunting blind, fishing house HBFH is converted into the fishing house mounted on top of the ground platform GP with fasteners.  
         [0050]     The floor  18  for the fishing house has a storage door  19  mounted with hinges  17  with a finger pull in the top edge of the storage door  19  allowing access into the storage container  20 . The trapdoor  44  and floor hole  46  is located just in front of the storage door  19  and is mounted with hinges  17  to the floor  18 .  
         [0051]     The floor  18  is mounted to the ground platform GP frame with fasteners. The frame of the ground platform GP is an assembly of horizontal frame platform  22  with floor-joist supports  21  connected between the horizontal frames by fasteners. Fastened under and in-between the horizontal frame platform  22  and floor-joist support  21  is the storage container  20 . Under the four outer corners of the horizontal frame platform  22  are four tubular leg sleeves  23  that are fay together one at each outer corner. These four tubular leg sleeves  23  allows the tubular legs  24  to slide-up inside and fasten into place. At the opposite end of the tubular legs  24  are leg anchor feet  25 , allowing the ground platform GP tubular legs  24  to rest flat and anchor to the ground or ice surface.  
         [0052]     In the preferred embodiment shown in  FIGS. 3 through 3 D is the stair assembly S that has been disconnected from the tower platform TP, allowing the stair assembly S to be used as a bow hunting tree stair platform by attaching the tree anchor bracket  38  to the front connecting edge of the platform  27  along with connecting the stair center brace  39  to the stair center brace step fastener  40 . After the tree anchor bracket  38  and the stair center brace  39  has been connected to the stair assembly S, the platform  27  is secured to the tree by connecting the tree ratchet tie down  41  around the tree to the tie down anchor holes  42  located at both sides of the platform  27  and ratchet down tight until the tree anchor bracket  38  and the stair center brace  39  bites into the tree.  
         [0053]     As shown in  FIG. 3A  the assembly process for the stair assembly S before its connected to the tower platform TP or a tree.  
         [0054]     The top section of the stair assembly S consist of the platform  27 , the diagonal step tread assembly  29 , center brace step fastener  40  and the split stair connection  36  which is connected to the lower section of the diagonal step tread assembly  29  by sliding the two ends together and securing the two section as one with the stair fasteners  37 . At the opposite end of the lower section of the diagonal step tread assembly  29  and located at the bottom of the stair assembly S is the stair anchor feet  33 , this is used to secure the stair assembly S to the ground surface. After the two sections of diagonal step tread assembly  29  having a series of handrail brackets  31  on the outer sides, are assemble. Sliding the handrails  3  into the handrail brackets  31  and secured in place by fasteners connects the handrails  32 . At top of the Platform  27  the two safety rails  28  are connected by sliding one end of the safety rails  28  into the stair/tower fasteners safety rail brackets  35  located at the front edge an the other end of the safety rails  28  into the handrail brackets  31  located at the outer sides at back of the platform  27  just above the top step tread  30  an secured in place by fasteners.  
         [0055]     The tree anchor bracket  38 , tree anchor fasteners  38 A and the stair center brace  39  is only connected to the stair assembly S when disconnected from the tower platform TP an in use as a bow hunting tree stair platform.  
         [0056]      FIG. 3B  is a larger view of the tree anchor bracket  38 ,  FIG. 3C  is a larger view of the step tread  30  showing the detail of the top surface and  FIG. 3D  showing the cross-section of the step tread  30 .  
         [0057]     In the preferred embodiment shown in  FIG. 4  and  FIG. 2  the lightweight sound and scent absorption or scent diffusion big game hunting blind, fishing house HBFH being assembled erect on top of a tower platform TP or may be assembled as shown in  FIG. 2  mounted on top of a ground platform GP. Each having four-wall panel WP a door D and a roof panel RP. The four wall panel WP consists of exterior wall panel of corrugated plastic sheet  1  a wall frame of lightweight metallic material  5  held together with mounting fasteners  8  through a series of fastener holes  8 A in the exterior wall panel of corrugated plastic sheet  1  and the wall frame of lightweight metallic material  5  with slide tracks  15 , window pulls  14  secured to window  13  and fiber filament inserts  7  inserted into the interior of the wall frame of lightweight metallic material  5 .  
         [0058]     One wall panel WP having a locking mechanism  16  and door D mounted to the wall panel WP with hinges  17  allowing the door D to swings inward to open, consists of exterior door panel of corrugated plastic sheet  2 , a door-frame of lightweight metallic material  3  with slide tracks  15 , window pulls  14  secured to window  13  and fiber filament inserts inserted into the wall frame of lightweight metallic material  5  in the interior.  
         [0059]     All wall panels all WP mounted on the exterior wall panel of corrugated plastic sheet  1  above jetting outward away from the window  13  and door D, a sun, rain, gutter shield  9  along with side braces  10  and a center brace  11  allowing the sun, rain, gutter shield  9  to maintain a slight downward slop to direct rain water into the gutter  12  and expelling it off the outer sides of the window  13 .  
         [0060]     The roof panel RP consists of exterior roof panel of corrugated plastic sheet  4  a roof frame of lightweight metallic material  6  held together with mounting fasteners  8  through a series of fastener holes  8 A in the exterior roof panel of corrugated plastic sheet  4  and the roof frame of lightweight metallic material  6 .  
         [0061]     When all four wall panels WP, one wall panel WP with door D and a roof panel RP are complete, they are assembled using fasteners, to form an enclosed box structure that is secured to the floor  18  with a door D that swings inward to open allowing the hunter/occupants to enter or exit.  
         [0062]     The floor  18  for the big game hunting blind, fishing house HBFH has a storage door  19  mounted with hinges  17  and a linger pull in the top edge of the storage door  19  allowing access into the storage container  20 .  
         [0063]     The floor  18  is mounted to the tower platform TP or mounted on top of a ground platform GP with fasteners. The frame of the tower platform TP is an assembly of horizontal frame platform  22  with floor-joist supports  21  connected between the horizontal frames by fasteners. Fastened under and in-between the horizontal frame platform  22  and floor-joist support  21  is the storage container  20 . Under the four outer corners of the horizontal frame platform  22  are four tubular leg sleeves  23  that are fay together, one at each outer corner. These four tubular leg sleeves  23  allows the tubular legs  24  to slide-up inside and fasten into place. At the opposite end of the tubular legs  24  are anchor feet, allowing the tower platform tubular legs  24  to rest flat and anchor to the ground or ice surface. Attached to the tubular legs  24  are a series of tubular diagonal and horizontal traves  26 , stabilizing the tower platform TP. Attached to the tower platform TP at one end of the horizontal frame platform  22  is the stair-connecting bracket  34 , at this juncture the stair assembly S is mounted and secured with the star/tower fastener safety rail brackets  35  to the tower platform TP.  
         [0064]     In the preferred embodiment shown in  FIG. 5  the perspective of the horizontal sliding windows  13  and the assembly of. Having slide tacks  15  with a split center as shown, with horizontal sliding windows  13  in between and on either side of the split center. This allows the horizontal sliding windows  13  to pass each other when open with the use of the window pulls  14 . The window pulls  14  are secured on the opposite sides of the horizontal sliding windows  13  providing the hunters/occupants the ability to manually open using the window pulls  14  and place rifle outside of the big game hunting blind, fishing house HBFH to harvest big game and to manually close using the window pulls  14  after the harvest of this present invention.  
         [0065]     In the preferred embodiment shown in  FIG. 6  and  FIG. 6A  an exploded and cross section perspective showing the sun, rain, gutter shield  9  assembly components. The sun, rain, gutter shield  9  along with side braces  10  and a center brace  11 . This allows the sun, rain, gutter shield  9  to maintain a slight downward slop to direct rainwater into the gutter  12  expelling it off the outer sides.  FIG. 6A  shows the cross section of the sun, rain, gutter shield  9  and the gutter  12 , without the side braces  10  and a center brace  11  of this present invention.  
         [0066]     The invention, a lightweight sound and scent absorption or scent diffusion big game hunting blind, fishing house with or without the tree break tip pattern printed on the exterior of said walls resembles a tree line and the surrounding woodlands, has been tested with the inventor inside and has experienced, big game and other animal&#39;s coming to feeding around and staying within a yard of the lightweight sound scent absorption or scent diffusion big game hunting blind, fishing house while having all windows open, for an hour an a half before the big game and other animal&#39;s slowly moving off.  
         [0067]     It should be understood that the present invention is not restricted to the embodiments described above, but encompasses any and all embodiments within the scope of the following claims.