Portable shelter
OwnerCharles W. Mossinventor
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Abstract
A tent that has three radially disposed alcoves, each with sufficient space to accommodate two people so that it can serve as a six-man tent. The frame is a free-standing vaulted pole system of fiber glass rods and aluminum tubing connected by ferrules or hub-like members, and the cover is a suitable light-weight flexible material which can be fitted on the frame assembly to be distended thereby. The aerodynamic design of the erected tent deflects heavy wind loads, and the light weight of the components and their compactness when disassembled provides a highly desirable back-pack tent for use by as many as six campers.
Claims15
A portable shelter comprising a flexible cover having a centrally located vertical axis and defining when distended at least three disposed radially around said vertical axis, said alcoves having longitudinal axes intersecting said vertical axis and transverse cross sections of arch-like configurations and having configurations so that each alcove defines a living space communicating with the living spaces of the other alcoves only at its longitudinal inner end, the inner ends of said alcoves being connected together at the intersections of portions of the cover defining the alcoves, the outer ends of said alcoves defining entrances so that each alcove is provided at its longitudinal outer end with a private entrance, and a frame assembly for supporting said cover in distended position, said frame assembly including arch members and attached to said cover at each of said outer ends, a central hub, and upper members connected to said arch members at the apexes thereof and extending radially inward to said central hub located at said vertical axis, said upper members being in vertical planes containing said longitudinal axes and being attached to said cover in these planes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.