Bed-tent
AssigneeHappy Camper, Inc.
InventorThomas Danaher
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Abstract
A bed-tent provides an enclosure over a mattress. The tent forms a canopy having panels each with a resilient, strip frame member and a sheet of flexible fabric. Retainers secure the canopy on the mattress. In some forms, a frame member disposed externally of the canopy helps to hold the panels and canopy upright. In other forms, the frame members are configured so that no additional support is needed to hold the panels and/or bed tent upright on a bed. The frame members may be readily adapted for use in curved or rectilinear panels to permit a wide range of bed tent designs and features. The frame members preferably can be twisted or wound into flat coils of reduced diameter or other form so that the entire canopy can be conveniently stored in a small package.
Claims40
A bed-tent, comprising:
- a cover defining an interior and having a canopy and a pair of end panels attached to the canopy;
- a frame supporting the cover so that the canopy is disposed above a bed surface, and including a pole disposed outside of the canopy and connected to the cover adjacent the end panels and a pair of resilient strip frame members each supporting a separate one of the end panels so that the end panels extend upwardly from the bed surface and each frame member being capable of being capable of being twisted or wound into a relatively flat coil of reduced diameter.
A bed-tent, comprising:
- at least three generally planar and interconnected walls having a lower edge adapted to overlie a mattress on which the bed-tent is erected and an upper edge spaced from the lower edge and the mattress, the walls define an interior space between them, and each wall has a fabric panel and a resilient strip frame member connected to the fabric panel to maintain the fabric panel generally taut and upright when the bed-tent is erected, with each frame member being capable of being twisted or wound into a relatively flat coil of reduced diameter;
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- at least one retainer carried by at least one of said walls and adapted to engage a portion of a mattress on which the bed-tent is erected.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.