Patent ID: 8122646

Claim:
An inflatable shell comprising a plurality of shell sections integrated together, each of the shell sections comprising: a first gore section comprising at least one first gore panel, the at least one first gore panel having a side edge with a curvature region along a portion of the perimeter of the at least one first gore panel and a set of straight line fold lines for folding the at least one first gore panel during assembly of the inflatable shell for stowage; and a second gore section comprising at least one second gore panel, the at least one second gore panel having a side edge with a second curvature region along a portion of the perimeter of the at least one second gore panel for attaching to the side edge of the first gore panel, the second curvature region of the at least one second gore panel and the first curvature region of the at least one first gore panel being correspondingly configured to one another so as to form a second set of fold lines for the shell section once the first and second gore panels are attached at the side edges thereto such that the at least one second gore panel remains unfolded during stowage of the inflatable shell.