Cinema Tents - portable pop-up ground shelters for film production crews.

Cinema Tents Greetings! I am looking for some engineering and design help to create 2 designs of portable pop-up tents for use on film and television production sets. A product like this does exist, but I believe I can create a new concept that is vastly more affordable, as Many times productions will purchase or rent cheap, heavy, cumbersome square pop-up canopy shelters, which are less than ideal for nearly all purposes, break very easily, and are more difficult and time consuming for a single user to transport, setup, and take down. I believe that my concept of modifying similar designs of portable ice-fishing shelters and hunting blinds, adapted with specific modifications for use on film production locations, to be a great solution to these issues. I will be light on details in this description, but here are the basic requirements: • Waterproof neutral-color fabric, light on outside, dark on inside. • Interior collapsable frame design of center hub and pole. • Durable construction and fabric on wear-prone areas. • Minimum interior tent height of 6’6” - 7’. • Retail price point of less than $600. I believe all of these are achievable as similar but not ideal products exist, and the target market has only one very overpriced option currently. Several Chinese manufacturers are capable of this type of product at low unit orders. (100-500) There would be a great possibility of future work for updates and new products after initial completion, field testing, and establishment in the market. I have attached a few photos of the competing product, what it’s based on, and what I plan to base my modified version upon as well. Please contact me for any questions. I’ve never designed a product before so I will have some investigations to make regarding legal issues such as patents and copyrights, but I’m excited to launch this endeavor. Please contact me with your thoughts!