Patent Document

FIELD OF INVENTION 
     The invention relates to a tent or inhabitable structure that is suspended between objects. 
     SUMMARY OF INVENTION 
     The invention is a pre-manufactured structure that can be suspended between objects. 
     Tree houses are very popular but are a lot of work to build, are often damaging to trees, and are limited in where they can be built, because ridged materials are limited in the distance they are able to suspend, and a lot of material is required to build them. Also, the best areas for tree houses are often far away from roads, making transporting the materials to the sight an issue. 
     This invention uses pre-manufactured geometrical shapes as building blocks to create a platform, by bolting them together. Different arrangements can be used to make platforms of different shapes, so as to fit into different areas. As little as one piece can be used to create a hunting blind. 
     The platform is then suspended between anchor points using straps, cables, or an equivalent. Multiple platforms may be used to build multiple levels. The structure has posts that bolt through the floors, as well as walls and a roof that create an enclosure. Straps, cables or an equivalent are used to create tension securing platform, walls and roof in place. 
     This structure is easy to set up, does not damage trees as it is suspended with a strap that wraps around the anchor point, and is non intrusive. The platform can be built into different shapes so as to fit into different areas and to coincide with different anchor point locations. The structure is also lightweight enough to be portable and easy enough to set up and take down so that it can be set up in different locations. 
     Standard models can be produced to build specifically shaped and sized structures, or building blocks can be sold so as to leave the platform shape open-ended. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1 , Front view of structure suspended between anchor points. 
         FIG. 2 , Top view of structure with line indicating cross section. 
         FIG. 3 , Cross section structure where posts bolt together to build multiple levels. 
         FIG. 4 , Partial view showing how posts bolt together through floor. 
         FIG. 5 , Partial view showing how strap and wall secure to the bottom of structure. 
         FIG. 6 , Octagonal platform arrangement built with hexagons and triangles as to leave platform shape open-ended. 
         FIG. 7 , Octagonal platform built with hexagons and to different pentagon shaped edge pieces showing an example of a platform that is designed to be built into one specific shape. 
         FIG. 8 , Illustration showing how platform is bolted together. 
         FIG. 9 , Cross section illustrating how platform is bolted together. 
         FIG. 10 , Examples of some different platform shapes possible using hexagons, triangles and pentagons. 
         FIG. 11 , Example of a way that a similar platform can be built using other shapes. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF INVENTION 
     This invention is an inhabitable structure that can be suspended between objects or anchor points  6 . It is composed of a platform  1 , which is suspended in the air by straps, cables or an equivalent  2 . Bolted to the platform are posts  15 , which support the walls  4  (with doors and window openings  7 ), and roof  5 , assisted by additional straps  2  and lighter duty cord  3 . The platform is built from pre-manufactured geometrical shapes that are bolted together. The platform can be made up of but not restricted to; pentagons  21 , squares  25 , octagons  26 , or hexagons  27 , with triangles  24 , or two different shaped pentagons  22 , and  23 , to create a platform  1  that can only be built into one shape. The platform can ether be built from shapes manufactured to make one possible platform shape, or from shapes that are meant to allow for many different platform shape possibilities, as seen in  FIG. 6 , and  FIG. 7 . 
     The platform is made of plastic with metal bracing  8  in each piece which goes from the points at which the pieces are bolted together to the center of the piece, where they intersect. 
     Three differently shaped brackets are used to bolt the separate platform pieces together. All three brackets overlap each other as well as all of the geometrical pieces that are in the area being bolted together. As seen in  FIGS. 8 and 9  there is horizontal bracket  12  that lays on top of the other two brackets  10  and  11 , and overlaps all three conjoining geometrical pieces. All of the brackets  10 ,  11 , and  12 , as well as the platform pieces, have holes  9  that line up. Bolts  13  and nuts  14  effectively secure the platform  1  together. 
     Multiple platforms can be secured on top of one another as seen in  FIG. 3 , by using posts  15  that have bolts  13  welded to the bottoms and nuts  14  that are welded to the tops. The area on the roof  5  above the posts  15  which are held in place by a pocket  19  has a U ring  18  that is strapped to an anchor point  6  as to secure the walls  4  and roof  5  in place. 
     The bottom of walls  4  and in the case of multiple floors tops of the walls that are not connected to the roof  20  have holes on the top and bottom that coincide with the holes in the platform  9 , so that the walls can be secured to the platform.

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