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US 4,396,030 AGranted
Car top folding tent
AssigneeOyster Tent Company
InventorRobert W. Ferguson
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AssigneeOyster Tent Company
InventorRobert W. Ferguson
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A folding tent assembly adapted to be mounted on a vehicle top or other suitable elevated surface. The assembly includes a pair of rigid base sections hingedly secured together and foldable to define a container in which the remainder of the tent can be stored, and unfoldable to define a planar platform a portion of which extends outwardly from the vehicle top or other elevated surface and on which a flexible cover and frame members can be supported to provide accommodations. A support member having a pair of upright legs, a plurality of cross bars and a pair of rigid extenders rotatably mounted on the upper ends of the legs is provided for bracing the outwardly extending portion of the platform. The extenders are rotatable between a folded position, in which the extenders are substantially parallel to the cross bars and in which the support member can be stored on top of the folded tent and within the confines of the separate travel cover; and a bracing position in which the extenders engage the platform. In the bracing position, the support member upholds the outwardly extending portion of the platform and serves as a ladder, providing access to the interior of the tent.
In a folding tent adapted to be mounted on a vehicle top or on other suitable elevated surfaces wherein a portion of the tent base extends outwardly from the vehicle top or other elevated surface when said tent is unfolded, a support member for bracing said outwardly extending portion comprising a pair of upright legs, each of said legs having a length substantially less than the length of the folded tent, a plurality of spaced cross bars secured to said legs and extending therebetween, and a pair of rigid extenders pivotally mounted on said upright legs for movement between a folded position, wherein said extenders extend substantially parallel to said cross bars, and a bracing position in which said extenders extend substantially parallel to said upright legs and engage the outwardly extending portion of the unfolded tent.
A folding tent adapted to be mounted on a vehicle top or on other suitable elevated surfaces comprising first and second rigid base sections hingedly secured together and foldable together with the first base section nested in the second base section so as to define a container and unfoldable into aligned relation to define a planar platform a portion of which extends outwardly from said vehicle top or other elevated surface, a flexible cover defining an enclosure when fully distended, a plurality of frame members hingedly mounted on said rigid base sections and attachable to said cover so that when said base sections are folded said cover and said frame members are confined within the container defined by the base sections and when said base sections are unfolded said cover is drawn into bowed form, and a support member having a lower end portion adapted to be supported on the ground or on other suitable supporting surfaces and an upper end portion adapted to engage the outwardly extending portion of said unfolded platform, said support member comprising a pair of upright legs, each of said legs having dimensions less than the dimensions of the container defined by the folded base sections, a plurality of spaced cross bars secured to said legs and extending therebetween and a pair of rigid extenders pivotally mounted on said upright legs for movement between a folded position in which said extenders are folded across the top of said legs and a bracing position in which said extenders extend substantially parallel to said legs and engage the outwardly extending portion of said unfolded platform.
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