US Patent Issued to ARDISAM on Dec. 9 for "Portable shelters" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,571, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to ARDISAM INC. (Cumberland, Wis.).

"Portable shelters" was invented by Ben Jerry (Cumberland, Wis.), Trevor Kinderman (Rice Lake, Wis.) and David Hare (Comstock, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stowable and deployable shelter may include a frame structure with a first support arch pivotably attached to a base at a pair of pivot points, and a second support arch pivotably attached to the first support arch via a pair of slidable hinges. The slidable hinges are positioned to translate along the first support arch toward and away from the pair of pivot points. In some embodiments, at least one o...