Portable hunting blind

Abstract

A portable and collapsible blind including a door and associated opening that is defined through a side corner and adjacent side walls of the blind to offer easy ingress and egress relative to the blind. The blind can include a hub style frame including sets of bars joined with respective hubs. The door can include a curvilinear closure that extends along one sidewall, across the side corner, and into an adjacent sidewall. The closure and a perimeter of the door can be of a partially circular, elliptical and/or parabolic shape.

1 . A portable and collapsible blind comprising:
 a plurality of substantially square, adjacent side walls, each side wall including a side edge, with the side edges of adjacent side walls joined with one another at a side corner, each side wall including an upper edge joined with a roof along a roof corner, the side corner and roof corner intersecting at a terminal corner;   a material joined with the side walls and the roof, the material operable in a taut mode and a relaxed mode;   a frame including a plurality of support members, each of the support members having a plurality of elongated bars joined with a hub, the support members lockable relative to one another to configure the frame in an at least partially erected mode, in which the material is in the taut mode, and in which the plurality of bars extend radially outwardly from the hub, the support members collapsible relative to one another to configure the frame in a collapsed mode, in which the material is in the relaxed mode and the blind is at least partially collapsed;   a first pair of the elongated bars of the frame forming a first quadrant of a first sidewall,   a second pair of the elongated bars of the frame forming a second quadrant of a second sidewall, the first sidewall and second sidewall joined with one another, the first quadrant and second quadrant opening toward one another and toward the side corner,   a curvilinear opening being defined by the material, the curvilinear opening being formed within the first quadrant of the first sidewall and within the second quadrant of the second sidewall, the curvilinear opening spanning across the side corner,   a door operable in a closed mode in which the door closes the opening, with the door being located within the first quadrant and the second quadrant, and spanning across the side corner in the closed mode, the door alternatively operable in open mode, in which the door offers a user ingress and egress to and from an interior of the blind.   
     
     
         2 . The blind of  claim 1  wherein the plurality of side walls and the roof cooperate to define a substantially box-shaped configuration. 
     
     
         3 . The blind of  claim 1  wherein the opening is of at least one of a partially circular, elliptical and parabolic shape. 
     
     
         4 . The blind of  claim 1  wherein the opening is of an elliptical shape, with a major axis being aligned with the side corner, and a minor axis being transverse to the side corner. 
     
     
         5 . The blind of  claim 1  wherein the door is adapted to fold inward and downward into or out from the interior of the blind in the open mode. 
     
     
         6 . The blind of  claim 1  comprising a single closure element that joins a perimeter of the door with a perimeter of the opening. 
     
     
         7 . The blind of  claim 6  wherein the single closure element is a zipper, wherein the zipper travels along a substantially curvilinear path around the perimeter of the door. 
     
     
         8 . The blind of  claim 7  wherein the substantially curvilinear path is defined by a plurality of individual paths, at least two of which include a different curvature. 
     
     
         9 . The blind of  claim 1  comprising a pull strap located above the door, the pull strap enabling a user to pull the material downward near the side corner to facilitate closure of the door from the open mode to the closed mode. 
     
     
         10 . The blind of  claim 1  wherein the door includes a lower portion constructed from an elastic material that enables at least a portion of the door to move upward to facilitate closure of the door from the open mode to the closed mode. 
     
     
         11 . The blind of  claim 1  wherein the material includes an extra margin adjacent the side corner, the extra margin adapted to move downward adjacent the side corner when the door is converted from the open mode to the closed mode to facilitate closure of the door. 
     
     
         12 . A portable and collapsible blind comprising:
 a first substantially square side wall joined with a second substantially square sidewall at a side corner, the first side wall supported by a first support member having a plurality of elongated first bars extending generally radially from a first hub so that adjacent ones of the first elongated bars form a first quadrant therebetween, the second side wall supported by a second support member having a plurality of elongated second bars extending generally radially from a second hub so that adjacent ones of the second elongated bars form a second quadrant therebetween, the first quadrant of the first side wall opening toward the second quadrant of the second sidewall, the first and second quadrants both opening toward the side corner,   a material joined with the side walls, the material operable in a taut mode and a relaxed mode, the material covering at least a portion of each of the first and second sidewalls, as well as at least a portion of the first and second quadrants, the first and second support members lockable relative to one another to configure the respective first and second side walls in an erected mode in which the material is supported in the taut mode adjacent each of the first and second support members, the first and second support members collapsible relative to one another to configure the respective first and second walls in a collapsed mode in which the material is in the relaxed mode and the blind is at least partially collapsed,   an opening commonly defined by the first sidewall and the second sidewall, the opening being formed at least partially within a space defined by the first quadrant and the second quadrant, the opening being bordered by an at least partially curvilinear opening perimeter that traverses the first sidewall, the second sidewall and the side corner between the first sidewall and the second sidewall;   a door constructed at least partially from the material and including an at least partially curvilinear door perimeter that is joinable with the at least partially curvilinear opening perimeter, the door operable in an open mode in which the opening is open to provide a user ingress and egress to and from the blind through at least a portion of the first and second quadrants, and a closed mode in which the at least partially curvilinear door perimeter is joined with the at least partially curvilinear opening perimeter, and in which the door is joined with the first sidewall and the second sidewall, and extends across the side corner,   a single closure element adapted to join the at least one of the at least partially curvilinear door perimeter and the at least partially curvilinear opening perimeter, thereby configuring the door in the closed mode, the closure element moveable upward along a first path relative to the first side panel, along a second path that generally traverses the side corner, and downward along a third path relative to the second side panel, the first, second and third paths contiguous with one another, and void of any acute bends, so that the closure element can move fluidly along the first, second and third paths to join the at least one of the at least partially curvilinear door perimeter and the at least partially curvilinear opening perimeter.   
     
     
         13 . The blind of  claim 12  wherein the opening forms an oval shape. 
     
     
         14 . The blind of  claim 12  wherein the first, second and third paths form a substantially curvilinear path having at least two curvatures. 
     
     
         15 . The blind of  claim 12  wherein the first, second and third paths form a substantially curvilinear path having a single curvature. 
     
     
         16 . The blind of  claim 12  wherein the single closure element is a zipper. 
     
     
         17 . The blind of  claim 12  wherein the door is at least one of a partially circular, elliptical and parabolic shape. 
     
     
         18 . A portable and collapsible blind comprising:
 a hub style frame including a plurality of elongated bars joined with a plurality of hubs, the hub style frame joined with a material to cooperatively form, in an erected mode, a plurality of sidewalls and a roof in a substantially box-shaped configuration, a first sidewall and a second sidewall of the plurality of sidewalls being adjacent one another, and intersecting at a side corner;   an opening defined by the first side wall, the second side wall and the side corner; and   a door adapted to close the opening, the door spanning across at least a portion of the first side wall, at least a portion of the second side wall, and around the side corner in a closed mode.   
     
     
         19 . The blind of  claim 18  wherein the opening includes and at least partially curvilinear perimeter. 
     
     
         20 . The blind of  claim 19  wherein the door is adapted to fold inward and downward into an interior of the blind in an open mode.