The present invention relates to a foldable yurt that could be used for all outdoor activities such as camping, hunting, hiking, and yoga retreats. The invention is based on traditional Mongolian yurt structure. The Mongolian yurt has been used by nomads for thousands of years as a sole mean of dwelling in throughout south east Asia. Although Mongol yurt is easy to put up, take down, and pack up, it takes about at least 2 persons and 2-3 hours to do so. Therefore, the traditional Mongol yurt has not been used for modern day activities, such as camping, hunting, hiking, and yoga retreats. In short, this invention drastically shortens the time amount that is needed to put up, take down, and pack up, so that it makes so much easier to use it for many purposes. For this invention, only one person can load up, put up, take down, and pack up in matter of a few minutes.
This invention consists of two foldable walls (it can be more than two parts/walls depending on size of Yurt) and a foldable lattice roof which consists of five pieces of lattice structures (it can be more than five depending on size of Yurt). While roofs of traditional yurt consist of many wooden radial rafters (25-45 rafters usually), this invention substitutes the rafters with a simple lattice roof. Furthermore, the unique structural features allow not to use 2 posts to support dome and roof, while traditional Mongolian yurts require 2 posts for support.
New yurt, its parts, and positioning of them are discussed herein. In the following description, for purposes of explanation, specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. It will be evident, however, to one skilled in the art that the present invention may be practiced without these specific details. The present disclosure is to be considered as an exemplification of the invention, and is not intended to limit the invention to the specific embodiments illustrated by the figures or description below.
The present invention will now be described by referencing the appended figures representing preferred embodiments.
The said invention will be used by people who do all kinds of outdoor activities as means of shelter in all kinds of weather conditions, especially in colder climate areas. Also, the invention could be used in natural disaster relief operations and refugee camps. The main advantages of the invention over traditional Mongolian yurts are it requires significantly shorter time for setting up and packing up and it provides opportunity to operate a small size portable stove for cooking and staying warm in cold climate areas. Furthermore, the invention has much more capacity to stand against strong wind, rain storm, and snow storm, due to its structural frame uniqueness i.e., lattice roof.
The invention gives an opportunity to people who do all kinds of outdoor activities to have more reliable, sturdy, easy to use, shelter at significantly low cost.
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63235367 | Aug 2021 | US |