Patent ID: 8820005

Claim:
A portable shelter configured for use as a temporary shelter, such as during disaster situations, comprising: an elongate body having a first and a second body portion, the first body portion forming walls and a roof of the portable shelter and comprising a first plurality of triangular planar faces, the first body portion configured to be folded according to a first folding pattern, the first folding pattern defining the first plurality of triangular planar faces, the second body portion forming a floor of the portable shelter and comprising a second plurality of triangular planar faces, the second body portion configured to be folded according to a second folding pattern, the second folding pattern defining the second plurality of triangular planar faces, wherein the second folding pattern that is different than the first folding pattern; the elongate body being collapsible and expandable between a first, expanded configuration and a second, collapsed configuration, the elongate body having a longitudinal length extending from a first end of the elongate body to a second end of the elongate body; wherein in the first, expanded configuration the second body is substantially flat along the longitudinal length; wherein the first and second folding patterns are configured such that in the first, expanded configuration the first and second body portions form a trapezoidal opening to an interior of the portable shelter; wherein a bottom edge of the opening is formed by the second body portion and a length of the bottom edge of the opening is greater than a length of a top edge of the opening; and wherein in the second, collapsed configuration the first body defines a c-shaped cavity and the second body is folded and compressed along the longitudinal length such that the second body extends into the c-shaped cavity.