ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,087, issued on July 22, was assigned to Outlier Campers LLC (Cambridge, Mass.).
"Hybrid collapsible shelter" was invented by Ananda Wickramasekera (Cambridge, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a hybrid shelter comprising multiple rigid panels or panel sections comprising a floor section, a roof section, two side-wall sections, and two end-wall sections; a water-resistant soft-shell; and a case. The shelter is transitionable between an expanded configuration in which the side-wall sections and the end-wall sections are vertical and perpendicular to the floor section and a collapsed configuration in which the rigid panel...