US 3,940,099 AGranted

Apparatus for use in erection of tent or other shelter adjacent a vehicle

OwnerHubert D. McCleskeyinventor

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Abstract

A device for use in erecting a tent or shelter of other construction adjacent to a vehicle which incorporates a base plate for supporting a tent pole. The base plate is preferably relatively small, but is sufficiently large to rest on the ground and support a tire on the base plate. The device is adapted to be placed on the ground and an adjacent vehicle is moved to position the tire on top of the device. This fixes the device quickly without the necessity of driving stakes or the like. The base plate is fixed in position and supports a generally upright rotatably mounted socket with guy-wires. The wires are selectively rigged to fix the socket at the desired angle. The socket receives a tent pole for support of a tent or shelter. Preferably, two are provided for a given shelter and one is positioned beneath each wheel on the side or rear of the vehicle.

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Dependent claims

A shelter support apparatus for use with a vehicle supported on at least two tires, comprising:

a generally planar base member having an exposed upper face of size adequate to receive thereon the print of a tire on a vehicle to weight said base in a fixed position, said base member having a structural frame member extending from its face such that it is laterally of the tire on said face;
a pivotally mounted rotatable upwardly opening bayonet socket carried on said from member and mounted for rotation about a selected axis;
an elongate pole adapted to support a shelter and having a lower end portion releasably connected into said socket for support thereof above said base;
a flexible cable means connected to said base member and said socket to control its angle of rotation about the selected axis and hence the position of said pole;
and,
a second flexible cable means connected to said base and said socket member for limiting the angle of said socket in cooperation with said first flexible cable means wherein the second cable means acts oppositely of said first cable means.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.