Patent ID: 8496149

Claim:
A hunting blind assembly comprising: (a) a vertically oblongated carry frame having left and right ends, a front and a back, the carry frame being adapted for shoulder support; (b) a vertically oblongated hunting blind, the vertically oblongated hunting blind comprising a plurality of vertically extending support rods, each vertically extending support rod having a medial portion, the vertically oblongated hunting blind further comprising a flexible fabric cover fixedly attached to the plurality of vertically extending support rods and a flexible fabric storage bag receiving the vertically extending support rods and the flexible fabric cover, the vertically oblongated hunting blind being adapted for expanding to an interior space defining use configuration, the vertically oblongated hunting blind having an upper end, a lower end, and a medial portion between the upper and lower ends; (c) a durable flexible sheet having left, right, and lower edges, the durable flexible sheet being fitted for, upon placement of the vertically oblongated hunting blind in contact with the carry frame's back side and between the carry frame's left and right ends, arcuately covering the medial portion of the vertically oblongated hunting blind; and (d) left and right pluralities of tensioned ties respectively interconnecting the carry frame's left and right ends with the durable flexible sheet's left and right edges, the left and right pluralities of tensioned ties inwardly impinging the durable flexible sheet against the flexible fabric storage bag, against the flexible fabric cover, and against the plurality of vertically extending support rods, the carry frame and the durable flexible sheet encapsulating the medial portion of the vertically oblongated hunting blind at the carry frame's back side; the encapsulated medial portion of the vertically oblongated hunting blind, the upper end of the vertically oblongated hunting blind and the lower end of the vertically oblongated hunting blind, each having a diameter, the diameter of the encapsulated medial portion of the vertically oblongated hunting blind being less than the diameter of the upper and lower ends of the vertically oblongated hunting blind, the tensioned ties' inward impingement of the durable flexible sheet holding the vertically extending support rods' medial portions at the encapsulated medial portion's lesser diameter.