ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,808, issued on Oct. 21.
"Deployable tent assembly" was invented by Gabriel Hernandez (Highland, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A deployable tent assembly for sheltering occupants of an outdoor event includes a tent formed to define a dome such that the tent has the ornamental appearance of an American football helmet. A plurality of tent poles is each integrated into the tent for biasing the tent to define the dome. A balloon is attachable to the tent which comprises a plurality of intersecting members to have the ornamental appearance of a face mask of an American football helmet. A fill port is fluidly integrated into the ba...