US 11,788,318 B2
Inflatable tent
Joshua Klappe, Delft (NL); and Bruno Ninaber Van Eyben, Delft (NL)
Assigned to STUDIO NINABER B.V., Delft (NL)
Appl. No. 16/491,590
Filed by STUDIO NINABER B.V., Delft (NL)
PCT Filed Mar. 9, 2018, PCT No. PCT/EP2018/055914
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 6, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/162715, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 13, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 2018492 (NL), filed on Mar. 9, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0332551 A1, Oct. 22, 2020
Int. Cl. E04H 15/20 (2006.01)
CPC E04H 15/20 (2013.01) [E04H 2015/201 (2013.01); E04H 2015/204 (2013.01); E04H 2015/208 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tent comprising:
a flysheet; and
an inflated arch delimiting a volume, wherein said arch comprises a first flexible sheet and a second flexible sheet opposed to said first flexible sheet; wherein the first flexible sheet and the second flexible sheet are joined to each other to form a plurality of inflated structural support chambers;
wherein said plurality of inflated structural support chambers have a natural tendency to form a curve when inflated
wherein said plurality of inflated structural support chambers are elongate, extending in the curve of the arch,
wherein said plurality of inflated structural support chambers comprise opposed side-joins between the first and second sheets, wherein the lengths of the opposed side-joins are unequal, and
wherein a first side-join of at least one of the structural support chambers is substantially straight and a second side-join of the at least one structural support chamber opposed to the first side-join is non-straight.