Hunting blind

Abstract

A floatable hunting blind shaped like a muskrat but includes a roof portion pivotally attached to a base portion to rotate between a closed position and an open position. A biasing member urges the roof portion towards the open position. A latch is provided that can be adjusted to retain the roof in the closed position or release the roof to be pivoted to the open position by the urging of the biasing member.

1 . A hunting blind comprising:
 a base portion;   a roof portion hingedly attached to the base portion to pivot between a closed position and an open position;   a biasing member for urging the roof portion towards the open position; and   a latch adjustable between a latching position that engages the roof portion to hold the roof portion in the closed position against the urging of the biasing member and a releasing position that is disengaged from the roof portion whereby the roof portion is permitted to automatically rotate from the closed position to the open position by the urging of the biasing member.   
     
     
         2 . The blind of  claim 1 , wherein the blind is shaped like a muskrat hut. 
     
     
         3 . The blind of  claim 1 , further comprising buoyant floats to floatingly support the blind on water. 
     
     
         4 . The blind of  claim 1 , wherein a sight window is formed between the roof portion and the base portion to permit sight out of the blind. 
     
     
         5 . The blind of  claim 4 , wherein the base portion and the roof portion comprise wire frames covered with flexible fabric, and wherein the sight window is formed by a gap between flexible fabric covering the roof portion and flexible fabric covering the base portion. 
     
     
         6 . The blind of  claim 4 , wherein the sight window permits 360° of viewing. 
     
     
         7 . The blind of  claim 4 , wherein at least one of the wire frames includes a loop so that a barrel of a gun may extend outward from inside the blind to outside the blind without impeding movement of the roof portion from the closed position to the open position. 
     
     
         8 . The blind of  claim 1 , further comprising a camouflage retaining element provided on an exterior of the blind for attaching camouflaging material to the exterior of the blind. 
     
     
         9 . The blind of  claim 1  wherein the base portion is formed from sections that are hingedly connected to each other to collapse into a compact storage configuration. 
     
     
         10 . The blind of  claim 9 , wherein the sections are shaped to nest within each other when in the collapsed configuration. 
     
     
         11 . A blind comprising:
 first, second, third and fourth base sections;   the first base section being hingedly attached to the second base section, the second base section being hingedly attached to the third base section, and the third base section being hingedly attached to the fourth base section;   a first latch selectively connects the fourth base section to the first base section;   a roof portion hingedly attached to one of the base sections; and   a second latch that is selectively movable between a first position that engages the roof portion in a closed position on top of the base sections and a second position disengaged from the roof portion that permits movement of the roof portion to an open position.   
     
     
         12 . The blind of  claim 11 , further comprising:
 a biasing member connected to the roof portion and one of the base sections that urges the roof portion towards the open position.   
     
     
         13 . The blind according to  claim 11 , wherein when the first latch is disconnected between the fourth base section and the first base section, the base sections will collapse into a compact storage configuration 
     
     
         14 . The blind of  claim 11 , wherein the base sections are shaped to nest within each other when in a collapsed configuration. 
     
     
         15 . The blind according to  claim 14 , wherein the first base section nests within the third base section and the second base section nests within the fourth base section. 
     
     
         16 . The blind of  claim 11 , wherein each of the base sections has a float attached. 
     
     
         17 . The blind of  claim 11 , wherein each of the base sections and the roof portion comprise wire frames covered with flexible fabric, and wherein a sight window is formed by a gap between flexible fabric covering the roof portion and flexible fabric covering the base sections. 
     
     
         18 . The blind of  claim 17 , wherein at least one of the wire frames includes a loop so that a barrel of a gun may extend outward from inside the blind to outside the blind without impeding movement of the roof portion from the closed position to the open position. 
     
     
         19 . The blind of  claim 18 , wherein the the loop is formed in the roof section.