Patents by Inventor Benjamin Lafoux

Benjamin Lafoux has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 12241270
    Abstract: A deployable tent having a tent cloth, and a skeleton having at least one first arch provided with a first deformable elongate element and a second deformable elongate element that are arranged end-to-end by their first ends. The skeleton has a folded position and a deployed position, and in the deployed position, the distance between the second ends of the first and second deformable elongate elements of the first arch is less than the sum of the lengths of the first and second deformable elongate elements. The deformation in bending of the first and second deformable elongate elements of the first arch increases and then decreases during the passage between the deployed position and the folded position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Inventor: Benjamin Lafoux
  • Publication number: 20230121447
    Abstract: A deployable tent including a frame including a first pole, a first and a second base part pivoting between a folded position and an unfolded position, the tent including a first canopy delineated from a canvas body by a connecting line having first and second connecting line portions, the first canopy further including a free distal edge having first and second edge portions, the tent including a first reinforcement configured to pivot into the deployed position when the frame is unfolded, such as to deploy the first canopy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Benjamin LAFOUX, Emilien BRUNETEAU
  • Publication number: 20220275663
    Abstract: A deployable tent comprising a tent cloth, and a skeleton comprising at least one first arch provided with a first deformable elongate element and a second deformable elongate element that are arranged end-to-end by their first ends, wherein the skeleton has a folded position and a deployed position, and wherein, in the deployed position, the distance between the second ends of the first and second deformable elongate elements of the first arch is less than the sum of the lengths of the first and second deformable elongate elements, whereby the deformation in bending of the first and second deformable elongate elements of the first arch increases and then decreases during the passage between the deployed position and the folded position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventor: Benjamin LAFOUX
  • Patent number: 11060315
    Abstract: A foldable tent is disclosed. The foldable tent comprises a roof having a tent canvas, a first mastless umbrella structure, a second mastless umbrella structure, and at least a first junction configured to connect in a hinged manner the distal end of a first rib of the first umbrella structure and the distal end of a first rib of the second umbrella structure, the foldable tent being able to assume a deployed position in which the first and second umbrella structures are in the open position and a folded position in which the first and second umbrella structures are in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Inventors: Benjamin Lafoux, Alexandre Genero
  • Publication number: 20200123802
    Abstract: A foldable tent is disclosed. The foldable tent comprises a roof having a tent canvas, a first mastless umbrella structure, a second mastless umbrella structure, and at least a first junction configured to connect in a hinged manner the distal end of a first rib of the first umbrella structure and the distal end of a first rib of the second umbrella structure, the foldable tent being able to assume a deployed position in which the first and second umbrella structures are in the open position and a folded position in which the first and second umbrella structures are in the closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Benjamin LAFOUX, Alexandre GENERO
  • Patent number: 9138085
    Abstract: A sleeping bag is able to be used in a first configuration with a mattress and in a second configuration without mattress, said sleeping bag comprising on the one hand a flexible panel or flexible panels that are put together, said flexible panel(s) being able to constitute a sleeping space for a user, and on the other hand a reception pocket able to receive said mattress in said first configuration, said reception pocket being interdependent with said flexible panel or with one of said flexible panels that are put together, towards its external face opposed to said sleeping space, said reception pocket presenting an introduction opening for said mattress and being provided with securing means able to secure said mattress in said reception pocket in said first configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: DECATHLON
    Inventors: Yohann Kelkel, Adrien Gue, Benjamin Lafoux
  • Publication number: 20130239325
    Abstract: A sleeping bag is able to be used in a first configuration with a mattress and in a second configuration without mattress, said sleeping bag comprising on the one hand a flexible panel or flexible panels that are put together, said flexible panel(s) being able to constitute a sleeping space for a user, and on the other hand a reception pocket able to receive said mattress in said first configuration, said reception pocket being interdependent with said flexible panel or with one of said flexible panels that are put together, towards its external face opposed to said sleeping space, said reception pocket presenting an introduction opening for said mattress and being provided with securing means able to secure said mattress in said reception pocket in said first configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: DECATHLON
    Inventors: Yohann KELKEL, Adrien GUE, Benjamin Lafoux
  • Publication number: 20110113550
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a sleeping bag (1) designed to be fastened to a mattress (2), said sleeping bag (1) comprising a top part (3) and a bottom part (4), the latter being designed to be in contact with the top face (7) of said mattress (2). A feature of said sleeping bag (1) is that it comprises at least one first flap (5a, 5b) which at least partly borders one or other of the bottom and top parts (3, 4) in such a way that, in an enveloping position in which the top face (7) of said mattress (2) is placed against the bottom part (4) of the bag, said first flap (5a, 5b) covers the bottom face (6) of said mattress (2) along at least two of its opposite edges (6a, 6c), and first removable fixing means (8, 8a, 9, 9a) capable of holding said first flap (5a, 5b) against the mattress (2) in said enveloping position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2007
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Inventor: Benjamin Lafoux
  • Patent number: D941418
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: DECATHLON
    Inventor: Benjamin Lafoux
  • Patent number: D991387
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: DECATHLON
    Inventor: Benjamin Lafoux
  • Patent number: D998078
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: DECATHLON
    Inventor: Benjamin Lafoux