ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,398, issued on Sept. 1.

"Self-erecting emergency shelter" was invented by Ariel Caratozzolo (Miami).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A self-erecting emergency shelter including a base assembly, a wall assembly, a roof assembly and a self-erecting assembly. The base assembly includes a base and height-adjustable legs. The base supports the wall assembly. The wall assembly includes walls pivotally attached to the base. The roof assembly includes a roof pivotally attached to the walls. The self-erecting assembly includes a plurality of gas springs. The gas springs are consecutively actuated to take the wall assembly and the roof assembly f...