US Patent Issued to GTI IP on Aug. 5 for "Expandable portable shelter and structures of multiple expandable portable shelters" (New York Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,761, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to GTI IP Corp. (Buffalo, N.Y.).

"Expandable portable shelter and structures of multiple expandable portable shelters" was invented by Richard H. Stapleton (Buffalo, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multicon structure comprising six or twelve expandable portable shelters (EPSs) characterized by equal depth dimensions extending in the direction of the structure length, and each EPS having two faces that are transverse to the structure length. Each EPS comprises two sets of panels, each set of panels including a floor panel, a ceiling panel, side panels, and an end panel. Each set of panels foldi...