Patent ID: 8042562

Claim:
A rigid shelter comprising a hard shell member having a three-dimensional shape which forms a shelter compartment, such that the hard shell member is stackable to nest within another hard shell member, and a rigid floor member, a rigid frame disposed inside of the hard shell member, at least one latch and at least two support members and at least one bed attached to the rigid frame in at least one location, wherein the hard shell member and the rigid floor member are interlockable one to the other, the rigid frame is substantially the same size and shape as the hard shell member, the rigid frame is connected to the hard shell member in at least one spot, and the bed is sized and configured so that the bed can alternatively be placed in a substantially horizontal position or in a substantially vertical position, and the bed can be nested in a substantially vertical plane that is substantially parallel to or substantially the same as a substantially vertical plane defined by two support members of the rigid frame adjacent to one another when the bed is in the substantially vertical position, the latch further being sized and configured for securing the bed in the substantially vertical position.