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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2001
Michael D. Clee, Concord, Ontario, CA;
Steve Ostrowski, Hamilton, Ontario, CA;
Other;
Abstract
The present invention a collapsible shelter comprises spaced apart first and second upright pleated wall sections disposed substantially parallel to each other, first and second slanted pleated roof sections joined at upper ends to form a saw tooth roof peak, and joined at lower ends to upper ends of said wall section to form saw tooth wall-roof junctions, wherein said pleated wall sections together with said pleated roof sections form a tunnel member which is collapsible by folding said pleated sections onto each other in accordion style. Preferably the collapsible shelter further comprising a flat floor panel having straight parallel longitudinal creases defining floor panels, each floor panel operably corresponding to a wall panel and said floor further including an axial crease along an axis running in a transverse direction; wherein said flat floor panel is connected to lower ends of said wall section (defining a tunnel section) and collapses together with said tunnel member in accordion style, to a collapsed position, by firstly folding said floor along said axial crease, prior to folding said pleated section onto each other.