Convertible tent
OwnerEric J. Fulsanginventor
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Abstract
This invention presently discloses a tent that can be rapidly converted from a fully enclosed structure to a partial windscreen and back again, in one smooth movement. The tent is comprised of a fixed pole structure assembly and a moveable pole structure that work in concert to retract the majority of the tent rain-fly, tent body and bug mesh partially or all the way, one at a time or all at once. The moveable pole structure rotates radially over the fixed pole structure. This system allows for the tent to be substantially opened to the sky providing an 180 degree field of view in either a sifting or prone position from within the tent enclosure.
Claims12
A collapsible pole and fabric shelter that rapidly converts from a fully enclosed structure to a partial windscreen and back again, comprising:
- a) a moveable pole structure,
- b) a rigid pole structure assembly comprising a plurality of erectable support arches,
- c) a outer fabric membrane,
- d) a fabric ground membrane continuously coupled to an inner fabric membrane with a partial separate inner lining of mosquito mesh,
- e) means for removably associating said rigid pole structure assembly and said moveable pole structure with said outer fabric membrane and said inner fabric membrane,
- f) means for removably associating said outer fabric membrane to said fabric ground membrane,
- g) means for removably associating a structural pole end with said fabric ground membrane.
A collapsible pole and fabric shelter comprising:
- a) a moveable pole structure in combination with a rigid pole structure assembly,
- b) said moveable pole structure is comprised of a pole flexed into an arch with each pole end held fixed at a spaced distance from the other, defining a plane that rotates radially about an axis described by a line connecting the pole ends and is perpendicular to a center line axis of symmetry about which is assembled, said rigid pole structure assembly comprising two or more static poles each flexed into an arch with each pole end held fixed at a spaced distance from the other defining a plurality of planes,
- c) a outer fabric membrane and a inner fabric membrane with a separate inner lining of mosquito mesh, Said inner fabric membrane is continuously coupled to a fabric ground membrane whose perimeter is described by said pole ends.
A shelter where tensile forces provided by the flexure of the moveable pole structure and the rigid pole structure assembly are applied to the fabric ground membrane through said fixed pole ends to maintain static equilibrium of the structure for support of said outer fabric membrane and inner fabric membrane.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.