Tent chair
DCFirst Claim
1. A collapsible hunting blind, being a seat with a cover wherein both the seat and its cover can be collapsed for compact storage;
- the seat having sides comprising laterally opposed left and right sides, and longitudinally opposed front and back sides, plus a seating surface between the sides;
the collapsible hunting blind comprising;
construction such that the hunting blind is deployed for use by uncollapsing the seat to form a seating surface between spaced apart left and right sides and spaced apart front and back sides, and the hunting blind is collapsed by collapsing the seat;
said construction comprising;
a flexible elongated cover support bow comprising a first bow end that is attached to the left seat side, a second bow end that is attached to the right seat side, and an elongated portion flexed as an arch from the first bow end to the second bow end, wherein the bow ends are attached to the seat such that both the seat and its cover are collapsed for compact storage while attached together;
a covering comprising a flexible sheet supported by the cover support bow, and extending downward around the seat to a lower periphery lying closely adjacent an underlying surface of the seat when the cover is deployed; and
a laterally collapsing seat wherein the left seat side and the right seat side comprise the only pair of drawn-together seat sides;
such that collapsing the seat draws the left and right seat sides closer together and the first and second bow ends with them, thereby resulting in a relatively narrow elongated planar compact bundle with a correspondingly narrowed cover support bow arch.
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Abstract
The tent chair includes a folding frame supporting a folding cover, with the frame attached to a folding or portable chair. The chair has a single rearward frame bow which is radially flexible but rigid orthogonal to the lateral bow pivot axis of the chair. A series of similar bows is pivotally attached at or toward the front of the chair. The axially orthogonal rigid rearward bow supports the cover and prevents the forward bows from collapsing the cover forwardly as it is pulled taut. One use of the device is as a hunting blind, with a quick release optionally allowing the cover to be rapidly opened. Other configurations provide for use as a photography blind, a privacy shelter for camping or beach use, ice fishing, as a wheelchair or beach lounge chair cover, etc., and may have sufficient room for more than one person.
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11 Claims
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1. A collapsible hunting blind, being a seat with a cover wherein both the seat and its cover can be collapsed for compact storage;
- the seat having sides comprising laterally opposed left and right sides, and longitudinally opposed front and back sides, plus a seating surface between the sides;
the collapsible hunting blind comprising;construction such that the hunting blind is deployed for use by uncollapsing the seat to form a seating surface between spaced apart left and right sides and spaced apart front and back sides, and the hunting blind is collapsed by collapsing the seat; said construction comprising; a flexible elongated cover support bow comprising a first bow end that is attached to the left seat side, a second bow end that is attached to the right seat side, and an elongated portion flexed as an arch from the first bow end to the second bow end, wherein the bow ends are attached to the seat such that both the seat and its cover are collapsed for compact storage while attached together; a covering comprising a flexible sheet supported by the cover support bow, and extending downward around the seat to a lower periphery lying closely adjacent an underlying surface of the seat when the cover is deployed; and a laterally collapsing seat wherein the left seat side and the right seat side comprise the only pair of drawn-together seat sides; such that collapsing the seat draws the left and right seat sides closer together and the first and second bow ends with them, thereby resulting in a relatively narrow elongated planar compact bundle with a correspondingly narrowed cover support bow arch.
- the seat having sides comprising laterally opposed left and right sides, and longitudinally opposed front and back sides, plus a seating surface between the sides;
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2. A collapsible hunting blind, being a seat with a cover wherein both the seat and its cover can be collapsed for compact storage;
- the seat having sides comprising laterally opposed left and right sides, and longitudinally opposed front and back sides, plus a seating surface between the sides;
the collapsible hunting blind comprising;construction such that the hunting blind is deployed for use by uncollapsing the seat to form a seating surface between spaced apart left and right sides and spaced apart front and back sides, and the hunting blind is collapsed by collapsing the seat; said construction comprising; a flexible elongated cover support bow comprising a first bow end that is attached to the seat, a second bow end that is attached to the seat, and an elongated portion flexed as an arch from the first bow end to the second bow end, wherein the bow ends are attached to the seat such that both the seat and its cover are collapsed for compact storage while attached together; a covering comprising a flexible sheet supported by the cover support bow, and extending downward around the seat; and a radially collapsing seat wherein, as the seat is collapsed, the left and right seat sides and the front and back seat sides are drawn closer together, and the first and second bow ends are drawn together, thereby resulting in a relatively narrow cylindrically compacted elongate bundle with a correspondingly narrowed cover support bow arch.
- the seat having sides comprising laterally opposed left and right sides, and longitudinally opposed front and back sides, plus a seating surface between the sides;
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3. A collapsible hunting blind including a seat having sides comprising laterally opposed left and right sides, longitudinally opposed front and back sides, and a flexible seating surface between the sides;
- wherein the seat has a first position in which the seating surface is deployed for use between the sides; and
a second position in which the sides and the seating surface are radially collapsed, defining an axis of storage;
the collapsible hunting blind comprising;at least one flexible elongated cover support bow; a first end of the cover support bow that is pivotally attached to the seat at a first pivot point, and a second end of the cover support bow that is pivotally attached to the seat at a second pivot point; alignment of a first pivot axis and a second pivot axis such that each pivot axis is substantially orthogonal to the axis of storage; a flexible elongated portion of the cover support bow, having a length greater than the distance between the left and right seat sides when the seat is uncollapsed in the first position; and a covering comprising a flexible sheet supported by the at least one cover support bow and extending downward around the seat; thereby providing a collapsible hunting blind wherein, when the seat is collapsed, the bow ends are drawn closer together along with the seat, thus causing the cover support bow to flex into a more narrow arch that is thus compacted in a side to side dimension along with the seat. - View Dependent Claims (4)
- wherein the seat has a first position in which the seating surface is deployed for use between the sides; and
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5. A method for providing a collapsible hunting blind that collapses into a compact bundle, wherein the hunting blind is a collapsible seat with a cover, the seat having sides comprising laterally opposed left and right sides, and longitudinally opposed front and back sides, plus a seating surface between the sides;
- the method comprising the steps of;
constructing the hunting blind such that;
the hunting blind is deployed for use by uncollapsing the seat to form a seating surface between spaced apart seat sides; and
the hunting blind is collapsed by drawing seat sides closer together while collapsing the seating surface therebetween;providing the cover comprising a flexible sheet as a covering, and one or more flexible elongated cover support bows supporting the cover such that, when deployed, the covering extends downward around the seat; constructing the cover support bow with a first bow end, a second bow end, and an elongated portion therebetween; and attaching the first bow end to the seat, and attaching the second bow end to the seat such that;
the elongated portion is flexed as an arch from the first bow end to the second bow end, and the first and second bow ends move toward each other when the seat sides are drawn together;thereby providing a collapsible hunting blind wherein, when the seat is collapsed, the bow ends are drawn closer together, thus causing the cover support bow to flex into a more narrow arch that is thus compacted in a side to side dimension along with the seat. - View Dependent Claims (6)
- the method comprising the steps of;
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7. A tent chair, comprising:
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a seating surface having a laterally spaced left and right edges and longitudinally spaced front and back edges; a seat frame that supports the seating surface, wherein the seat frame is moveable between a deployed position, wherein the seating surface is adapted to be utilized for seating, and a collapsed position, wherein the left and right edges and front and back edges of the seating surface are drawn together; a flexible elongated cover support bow having a first end that is attached to the seat frame, and a second end that is attached to the seat frame, wherein the first and second ends of the cover support bow are spaced apart when the seat frame is in the deployed position and the first and second ends of the cover support bow are drawn together when the seat frame is in the collapsed position; and a covering comprising a flexible sheet that is supported by the cover support bow and extends downward around the seat. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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9. A tent chair, comprising:
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a seating surface; a seat frame that supports the seating surface, the seat frame including a plurality of interconnected tubular members, wherein the seat frame is moveable between a deployed position, wherein the seating surface is adapted to be utilized for seating, and a collapsed position, the seat frame including a first armrest tube and a second armrest tube each having an outboard portion that extends laterally outward along a pivot axis; a flexible elongated cover support bow having a first end that is attached to a first pivot joint that is located at an outer end of the outboard portion of the first armrest tube and a second end that is attached to a second pivot joint that is located at an outer end of the outboard portion of the second armrest tube, wherein the pivot axis extends from the first pivot joint to the second pivot joint, and the cover support bow is pivotable about the pivot axis; and a covering comprising a flexible sheet that is supported by the cover support bow and extends downward around the seat. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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