Floating Shade

Abstract

The Floating Shade is a tethered hovering cover made of lightweight film kept afloat by balloons. It can be easily set up to provide solid shade that temporarily blocks off sunlight.

1 . A shelter system that can provide a large area of shade against sunlight and can be set up and removed quickly and conveniently, the system comprises
 a cover comprising a lightweight film with a wire frame system, said lightweight film having a large area for providing the shade, said wire frame system being distributed over the large area of said lightweight film for strengthening and preventing tearing of the film;   a number of floating balloons;   a number of tethers with anchors;   
       the cover and the balloons being connected to the tethers and anchored to a location. 
     
     
         2 . A system of  claim 1 , wherein said lightweight film comprises a Tedlar film and said tethers comprise Dyneema ropes. 
     
     
         3 . A system of  claim 1 , wherein the lightweight film comprises cuts allowing air to pass to relieve air pressure. 
     
     
         4 . (canceled) 
     
     
         5 . A system of  claim 1 , wherein the lightweight film comprises multiple segments with gaps in between to relieve air pressure. 
     
     
         6 . A shelter system that can provide a large area of shade against sunlight, can relieve air pressure due to wind and can be set up and removed quickly and conveniently, the system comprises
 a cover comprising-a wire frame system attached with fragmented film materials, said wire frame system being distributed over a large area so that said fragmented film materials also covering a large area for providing the shade;   a number of floating balloons;   a number of tethers with anchors;   
       the cover and the balloons being connected to the tethers and anchored to a location. 
     
     
         7 . A shelter system that can provide a large area against radiative heat loss in nighttime and can be set up and removed quickly and conveniently, the system comprises
 a cover comprising a lightweight film with a wire frame system, said lightweight film having a large area, said wire frame system being distributed over the large area of said lightweight film for strengthening and preventing tearing of the film;   a number of floating balloons;   a number of tethers with anchors;   
       the cover and the balloons being connected to the tethers and anchored to a location.