US 12,410,632 B2
Self-deploying shelter
Colin Touhey, Brooklyn, NY (US); Robert Lerner, Port Washington, NY (US); Todd Dalland, New York, NY (US); and Joseph Corsi, Phoenixville, PA (US)
Assigned to Pvilion Technologies, LLC., Brooklyn, NY (US)
Filed by Pvilion Technologies, LLC., Brooklyn, NY (US)
Filed on Sep. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/946,713.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/244,967, filed on Sep. 16, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0151632 A1, May 18, 2023
Int. Cl. E04H 15/48 (2006.01)
CPC E04H 15/48 (2013.01) 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A self-deploying shelter assembly configured to deploy from a folded state to an unfolded state and from the unfolded state to the folded state, the shelter assembly comprising:
a plurality of legs;
a hub, the hub being configured to be coupled to one end of respective legs of the plurality of legs, wherein a leg of the plurality of legs comprises:
a first leg element, a second leg element and a third leg element, a second end of the third leg element being movably coupled to the hub;
a foot member coupled to a first end of the first leg element, a second end of the first leg element being movably coupled to a first end of the second leg element and a second end of the second leg element being movably coupled to the first end of the third leg element; and
a roller member coupled to one or more of the second end of the second leg element and the first end of the third leg element, the roller member being configured to contact a ground surface when the self-deploying shelter is in the folded state; and
when the hub member causes the plurality of legs to extend outwards, the first leg element and the second leg element extend outwards a pre-determined distance until the foot member comes in contact with a ground surface.