Patent ID: 7084083

Claim:
An emergency fire shelter having a floor and a canopy connected thereto in which the floor is oval in shape and has an opening therein for a person to gain access to the fire shelter and the canopy is semi-capsular in shape having a main body shaped like a half cylinder and two ends shaped like ¼ spheres, the floor and canopy being made of a flexible, layered material resistant to radiant and convective heat, wherein the layered material has a first foil layer and a second foil layer, at least one silica based cloth layer, and at least one fiberglass cloth layer, wherein the first foil layer is an outermost layer having a heat reflective side and the second foil layer is an innermost layer joined to the outermost layer, the at least one silica based cloth layer and the at least one fiberglass cloth layer being disposed on opposite sides of an air layer and between the first and second foil layers such that at least a portion of the at least one silica based cloth layer is spaced apart from the at least one fiberglass cloth layer by the air layer.