US Patent Issued to RISE Outdoor Innovation on July 21 for "Inflatable shelter, kits, methods, and systems" (Canadian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,034, issued on July 21, was assigned to RISE Outdoor Innovation Inc. (Whistler, Canada).

"Inflatable shelter, kits, methods, and systems" was invented by Todd Lawson (Whistler, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inflatable shelter features a built-in air mattress at a base thereof that defines a ground footprint of the shelter. An inflationally erectable canopy features inflatable ribs with wall panels interspersed therebetween. An interior tent space is delimited between the inflated base mattress and overlying canopy. Some of the ribs cantilever outwardly from the base when inflated, creating one or more inflationally erectab...