Sportsman's Tent

Abstract

The sportsman's tent comprises a tent-like garment having a hood for enveloping the entire head of the sportsman except his face. A draw-string is provided to confine the hood closely around his face. The tent walls are formed integrally with the hood and consist of a tailored front wall, a tailored rear wall, and tailored side walls adapted to hang loosely from the sportsman's shoulders. A belt extends around the tent adapted when drawn taut to shorten the overall length of the tent above the sportsman's feet to facilitate walking. And a removable floor is secured to the bottoms of the tent walls to serve as a tent floor or as a part of a carrying case when the tent is folded for carrying purposes.

Description

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

This invention is a so-called squatter's sportsman's tent in the form of a closed tent-like garment which can be worn by a sportsman to protect himself from the elements, when in a stadium watching outdoor sports, or when hunting ducks or deer in blinds or when fishing. The principal objects is to provide a tent, consisting of a top in the form of a lined hood which may be drawn close around the face of the user by means of a draw string, or may be pushed to the back of the head; also consisting of a tailored tent wall which hangs loosely from the user's shoulders giving freedom of movement in sitting, standing, or walking, said tent wall being attached at its top to the bottom of the said hood, said tent wall protecting the body of the user from the elements; also consisting of a removable floor structure at the bottom of the tent wall which can be used either as a flat floor, or else as a part of the carrying case when the tent is folded for carrying purposes.

Further objects of the invention are to provide a vertical zipper at the front of the tent wall which serves to permit entrance and exit from the tent; also to provide zippers at the front of the tent wall at each side thereof working from the inside of the tent, disposed adjacent the arm welts and serving as a means to permit air of ventilation into the tent, or the user to extend his arms freely out of the tent when desired.

Still further objects of the invention are to provide a belt extending horizontally around the tent walls which when drawn taut and tied at the front will shorten the tent above the wearer's feet to facilitate walking; also to provide the rectangular floor with half zippers along the front, back and sides thereof whereby when the floor is used all four half zippers are zipped to the bottom of the tent walls; also to provide two-half zippers in the back seam of the tent adapted to engage the half zippers at the sides of the floor when the tent is folded into a carrying case also to provide rings at the upper ends of the two half zippers in the back seam of the tent adapted when the tent is folded into a carrying case to receive snaps at the ends of a carrying strap; also to provide inside flaps at the bottom of the tent walls which serve as more protection when the floor is in place, but which may be snapped to the side walls when the user is walking, or when the tent is folded into a carrying case; also to provide an inner lining for the entire tent walls.

I will explain the invention with reference to the accompanying drawings which illustrate one practical embodiment thereof to enable others familiar with the art to adopt and use the same; and will summarize in the claims the novel features of construction and novel combinations of parts for which protection is desired.

In said drawings:

FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of a squatter's sportsman's tent housing a person, with the floor removed.

FIG. 2 is a rear elevational view thereof.

FIG. 3 is a view of the lower portion of FIG. 2, but showing the rear end of the floor zipped to the lower edge of the rear wall of the tent.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of the tent folded into a convenient carrying case.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 the tent consists of a hood 1 of waterproof material which may be lined with silk or the like, and which envelopes the entire head of the user except his face, but which may be drawn close around the user's face by means of a draw-string 1a or may be pushed to the back of the head when desired.

The hood 1 is preferably formed integrally with tent wall consisting of a front wall 2, rear wall 3, and side walls 4, each of which may be tailored and adapted to hang loosely from the user's shoulders giving freedom of movement of the user within the tent in sitting, standing, or walking. If desired, the tent wall 2, 3, 4 may also be lined.

In the front wall 2 is a vertical zipper 5 (FIG. 1) extending from the top thereof to the bottom which when opened will permit the user to enter or leave the tent. And in the sides of the front wall 2 adjacent the side seams thereof are arm openings 6 normally closed by a zipper (not shown) operable from within the tent by the user to admit air of ventilation within the tent or to permit the user to extent his arms freely out of the tent when desired. The arm openings 6 are normally covered by a flat 6a as shown in FIG. 1.

Around the middle portion of the tent is a horizontally disposed belt 7 passing through eyelets 8 (FIG. 2) in the back wall 3 and side walls 4 of the tent which belt 7 when drawn taut and tied at the front of the tent will shorten the overall length of the tent above the wearer's feet to facilitate walking.

Extending around the bottom of the tent walls 2, 3, 4, is a half zipper (not shown) to engage corresponding half zippers 8a (FIG. 3) on a floor 8 preferably made of vinyl sheet of rectangular shape having a perimeter of substantially the same length as the circumference of the bottom of the tent walls, so that when the floor 8 is zipped to the walls 2, 3, 4 the bottom of the tent will be closed to protect the user from the elements. However, the floor 8 may be readily removed to permit the user to walk while in the tent when desired.

Associated with the side walls 4 at the bottoms thereof are so-called side flaps 9 (FIGS. 1, 2, 3, 4) which serve as more protection when the floor 8 is in use in the tent, but which may be snapped to the side walls 4 of the tent when the user is walking, or when the tent is folded into a carrying case.

Extending upwardly along the exterior side seams of the back 3 from the bottom of the back wall 3 are half zippers 10 (FIGS. 2 and 3.) which extend a distance substantially equal to the axial length of the floor 8, and at the upper ends of the half zippers 10 are rings 11 (FIGS. 2 and 3, and.

The entire tent, above described, is adapted to be folded into a neat carrying case having an area size and shape conforming with the size and shape of the vinyl floor 8. a shoulder strap 12 having snaps 13 at both ends may be readily engaged with the rings 11 (as shown in FIG. 4) to complete the carrying case.

Claims

I claim:

1. A sportsman's tent comprising a tent-like garment having a hood for enveloping the entire head of the sportsman except his face; adjustable means to confine the hood closely around his face; tent walls formed integrally with the hood consisting of a tailored front wall, a tailored rear wall, and tailored side walls connected by side seams to the front and rear walls, and adapted to hang loosely from the sportsman's shoulders; eyelets in the side seams connecting the rear wall and side walls respectively; a horizontal belt extending around the tent extending through said eyelets adapted when drawn taut to shorten the overall length of the tent above the sportsman's feet to facilitate walking; and a removable floor structure secured to the bottom of the tent walls to serve as a tent floor or as part of a carrying case when the tent is folded for carrying purposes; a half-zipper extending along the bottoms of the tent walls; said floor structure comprising a rectangular vinyl sheet having a perimeter substantially equal to the circumference of the bottom of the tent walls; other half-zippers disposed along the sides front and back of the floor respectively adapted to engage the first mentioned half-zipper to removably install the floor in the tent; further half-zippers extending along the exterior side seams of the back of the tent from the bottom thereof a distance substantially equal to the axial length of the floor and rings secured to the back at the upper ends of said further half-zippers.

2. In a tent as set forth in claim 1, a vertical zipper extending from top to bottom of the front wall to permit entrance and exit of the sportsman from the tent.

3. In a tent as set forth in claim 1, vertical openings in the front wall adjacent the side seams which are normally closed but are openable from within the tent to admit air of ventilation into the tent and to permit the sportsman to extend his arms therethrough.

4. In a tent as set forth in claim 1, said hood and tent walls being lined.

5. In a tent as set forth in claim 1, said confining means comprising a draw-string.

6. In a tent as set forth in claim 1, side flaps secured to the bottoms of the side walls to give additional protection when the floor is in use in the tent, but which may be secured to the insides of the side walls of the tent when the sportsman is walking or when the tent is folded.