The PentHouse Tenthouse
The PentHouse Tenthouse from Jacob Rothman
The PentHouse Tenthouse

http://web.mit.edu/2.00b/www/2013/playsentations/penthousetenthouse.mov

The PentHouse TentHouse was a project designed for the MIT Toy Design Class in 2013. The theme of the class was "In the Dark."

The PentHouse TentHouse is a twin size comforter with embedded air beams. In under 30 Seconds, a child can attach the included pump and inflate the comforter into a tent that sits on top of his or her bed.

The air beams are lightweight, comfortable, and not visible when deflated.

We sealed vinyl air beams together, and threaded them through a nylon cover that we designed using solidworks. The nylon cover gave the air beams their shape and stiffness while preventing them from being over inflated.

We then sewed this structure into the comforter in the proper orientation.

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Toy Logo
Finished Product
Idea Proposal Poster Board: Part 1
Idea Proposal Poster Board: Part 2
SolidWorks model of the beams.
Flattened profile of a segment of a beam. We used a laser cutter to cut this shape into pieces of nylon. We would then sew the pieces together.
Finished beam assembly. Beam still needs to be threaded through the nylon sleeve.
Upright version of beam assembly.
Nylon sleeve test.
Close up of the nylon sleeve in action.
Our instructor, Lindy, taking a nap in the Penthouse Tenthouse!
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The PentHouse Tenthouse

http://web.mit.edu/2.00b/www/2013/playsentations/penthousetenthouse.mov

The PentHouse TentHouse was a project designed for the MIT Toy Design Class in 2013. The theme of the class was "In the Dark."

The PentHouse TentHouse is a twin size comforter with embedded air beams. In under 30 Seconds, a child can attach the included pump and inflate the comforter into a tent that sits on top of his or her bed.

The air beams are lightweight, comfortable, and not visible when deflated.

We sealed vinyl air beams together, and threaded them through a nylon cover that we designed using solidworks. The nylon cover gave the air beams their shape and stiffness while preventing them from being over inflated.

We then sewed this structure into the comforter in the proper orientation.

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Jacob Rothman
Student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology Boston, MA