Lightweight portable concealment means and methods
IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
E04H-015/04
E04H-015/00
출원번호
US-0161986
(2002-06-04)
발명자
/ 주소
Livacich,John
출원인 / 주소
Evrio, Inc.
인용정보
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초록▼
An easy to use, simple, lightweight, compact, portable system of concealment and methods for its construction and use. The concealment system comprises a support and a curtain. The support attaches to a structure and pivots on the attachment. Various embodiments include multiple supports and multipl
An easy to use, simple, lightweight, compact, portable system of concealment and methods for its construction and use. The concealment system comprises a support and a curtain. The support attaches to a structure and pivots on the attachment. Various embodiments include multiple supports and multiple curtains. A method of hiding in front of a similar pattern.
대표청구항▼
I claim: 1. An attaching pivoting support for supporting a curtain in the outdoors, said support having at least two legs, wherein one leg of said support is threaded, having screw-like threads, and is threadedly attached to an attaching structure, said attaching structure selected from one of: i)
I claim: 1. An attaching pivoting support for supporting a curtain in the outdoors, said support having at least two legs, wherein one leg of said support is threaded, having screw-like threads, and is threadedly attached to an attaching structure, said attaching structure selected from one of: i) a tall and narrow wooden, outdoor structure, such as a tree or post; and ii) an attaching fastener attached to an outdoor structure, wherein said support pivots around the axis of the threaded leg at the attachment of the threadcd leg to the attaching structure, wherein applying an inserting rotational force on the threaded leg increases the frictional force between the threads and the attaching structure wherein said curtain, having a predetermined curtain weight is supported by another leg which is held in an angular position by the friction of the attachment, wherein the leg supporting said current curtain has sufficient length along the axis of said supporting leg to support substantially the entire length of one edge of the curtain, whereby when the supporting leg is positioned by an operator at a lowered angle that is below horizontal, the supporting leg and curtain weight is held at the lowered angle by said frictional force and, later when the supporting leg is positioned by the operator at a raised angle that is above the lowered angle, the supporting leg and the curtain weight is held at the raised angle by said frictional force. 2. The attaching pivoting support of claim 1 wherein said support is bent at an angle forming a first leg and a second leg. 3. The attaching pivoting support of claim 2 wherein said angle is 90 degrees. 4. The attaching pivoting support of claim 2 wherein said angle is greater than 90 degrees. 5. The attaching pivoting support of claim 2 wherein said angle is less than 90 degrees. 6. The attaching pivoting support of claim 2 further comprising a connector and a shaft, wherein said second leg of said support is extended by connecting said second leg to said connector and connecting said connector to said shaft. 7. The attaching pivoting support of claim 6, wherein said second leg and said connector are threadedly attached, and wherein said connector and said shaft are permanently connected forming a connected shaft, whereby said second leg can be connected and disconnected from said connected shaft. 8. The attaching pivoting support of claim 2 further comprising a drilled connection shaft and a fastener, wherein said second leg of said support is drilled being a drilled support, and wherein said drilled support and said drilled connection shaft are held together by said fastener. 9. The attaching pivoting support of claim 2, further comprising a shaft, wherein said first leg further comprises a plate with a plate sleeve, and wherein said second leg is a plate connection, and wherein said shaft passes through said plate sleeve and attaches to said plate connection, whereby said first leg is threadedly attached to said attaching structure, and whereby said second leg is extended by said shaft to support said curtain. 10. The attaching pivoting support of claim 6, wherein said shaft is comprised of a plurality of connected shafts, each connected shaft comprised of a shorter shaft and a connector, whereby said shaft can be broken down to a shorter length. 11. The attaching pivoting support of claim 10 wherein said plurality of connected shafts are held together by an elastic cord, whereby said plurality of connected shafts can remain together and can be reassembled to reform said shaft. 12. The attaching pivoting support of claim 6 wherein said shaft is a telescoping shaft. 13. The attaching pivoting support of claim 9, wherein said attaching structure comprises an attaching fastener, having a threaded receptor, and an attaching belt, wherein said threaded first leg attaches and pivots at said threaded receptor, and wherein said plate provides resistance against said attaching fastener. 14. A system for concealment comprising: a) one or more of the attaching pivoting supports of claim 1, b) and one or more curtains. 15. A system comprising the attaching pivoting support of claim 1 and a curtain, said curtain comprising: a) a sheet of material, and b) a support hem, wherein the supporting leg passes through said support hem, whereby said curtain is supported by said support. 16. The curtain of claim 15 wherein said curtain further comprises grommets forming anchor points. 17. The curtain of claim 15 wherein said curtain further comprises a plurality of ties. 18. The curtain of claim 15 wherein said curtain further comprises a hem reinforcement. 19. The curtain of claim 15 wherein said curtain further comprises a fastening swap. 20. The curtain of claim 15 wherein said curtain further comprises one or more hems, wherein a drawstring can be passed through each hem, whereby the curtain length and shape can be modified by tightening the drawstrings. 21. The curtain of claim 20 further comprising a plurality of grommets, wherein said each drawstring can be fastened to one of said grommets at one end and the other end of said drawstring can be passed through a drawstring clip, whereby said curtain can be held taut in a desired shape by said drawstrings. 22. The curtain of claim 15 further comprising an opening being one of a slit or a window, whereby the operator can perform an action through said opening, said action being one of seeing or shooting. 23. The curtain of claim 22 further comprising a means for holding said opening in an open position while said operation performs said action. 24. The attaching pivoting support of claim 1 being a T-shaped support. 25. A hoop comprising the attaching pivoting support of claim 24 and a ring. 26. A system for concealment comprising the hoop of claim 25 and one or more curtains. 27. A hoop comprising the attaching pivoting support of claim 1, a second attaching pivoting support, and a plurality of connectors and shafts, said supports and shafts connected with connectors to form said hoop. 28. The system of claim 14 wherein at least one attaching pivoting support comprises a hoop. 29. The system of claim 28 further comprising a supporting cord for providing support from an overhead structure, wherein said supporting cord is attached to said overhead structure. 30. The system of claim 14 further comprising a connector with eye loop and a supporting cord for providing support from an overhead structure, wherein said connector with eye loop is connected to said attaching pivoting support, and said supporting cord is connected to said connector with eye loop. 31. The attaching pivoting support of claim 1 further comprising a tree step. 32. A method of concealment comprising the steps: a) attaching an attaching pivoting support to an attaching structure, said attaching structure selected from on of: i) a tall and narrow wooden, outdoor structure, such as a tree or post; and ii) an attaching fastener attached to an outdoor structure; wherein said support comprises at least two legs, wherein one leg of said support is threaded, having screw-like threads, and is threadedly attached to said attaching structure and said support pivots around the axis of the threaded leg at the attachment of the threaded leg to the attaching structure, b) applying an inserting, rotational force on the threaded leg such that the threaded leg is screwed into said attaching structure until a frictional force between the threads and the attaching surface is sufficient to hold another leg of said support at any desired angle, and, c) hanging a curtain on said another leg wherein said another leg is held at an angular position by the frictional force of the attachment, whereby the curtain weight is supported by said support at the angular position, whereby an operator is concealed by the curtain when said another leg is held in the angular position. 33. The method of concealment of claim 32 further comprising the step of; d) pivoting the support around the axis of the threaded leg such that said another leg is positioned at an angle lower than horizontal wherein said another leg is held at a second lower angular position by the frictional force of the attachment, whereby the curtain weight is supported by said support at the lower angular position, whereby the operator is free to view past the top of the curtain when said another leg is held in the lower angular position. 34. A method of making the attaching pivoting support of claim 1 comprising the steps of: a) forming a shaft with a sharpened and threaded end, b) bending said shaft at an angle to form a first leg and a second leg. 35. The method of claim 34 further comprising the step of: c) attaching a curtain. 36. The system of claim 14 further comprising an attaching fastener and an attaching belt, wherein said attaching fastener comprises an attaching material containing an attaching hole, and, wherein the attaching pivoting support is attached to the attaching fastener, and wherein the attaching belt is attached to the attaching fastener, whereby said system can be attached to the outdoor structure via the attaching belt without damaging said structure. 37. The system of claim 14 further comprising a case for carrying said curtains and said supports.
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