Tent with a photographic panoramic facsimile of a real space on its surface

Patent 6202666 Issued on March 20, 2001. Estimated Expiration Date:

September 29, 2017. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventor

Rehbein, Jurg

Application

No. 939901 filed on 09/29/1997

US Classes:

135/115, Cover for shelter40/538, DUMMY SIGN135/135, Having central hub472/74Illusion caused by abnormal interior building structure appearing normal

Examiners

Primary: Chilcot, Richard

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Pennie & Edmonds llp

Foreign Patent References

2251798 FR 06/12/1975
6413794 NL 05/12/1965

International Class

A45F 001/04

Abstract

A tent having a panoramic image displayed thereon and method for making same. An observer inside the tent is surrounded by a panoramic or continuous image, giving him the illusion of being in the space represented by the image. The image is applied to flat two-dimensional sections which are attached together to form the three-dimensional tent.