Tent, tent ribs, and method of erecting tents
AssigneeAmerican Recreation Products, Inc.
InventorsRobert R. Cantwell, Raymond F. Hallemann, Deborah M. Zumsteg
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Abstract
A tent of the type comprising a fabric shell suppoprted on a skeleton frame having at least two criss-crossing ribs, the ribs having patches of mating halves of a hook-and-loop type fastening material on the portions of the ribs that criss-cross, to releasably attach the ribs at the point where they criss-cross and stabilize the frame.
Claims11
An improved tent of the type comprising a fabric shell supported on a skeleton frame having at least two criss-crossing ribs, the improvement comprising:
- patches of mating halves of hook-and-loop type fastening material on portions of the ribs that criss-cross, one half of the hook-and-loop material being attached to one of said two criss-crossing ribs and the other half of the hook-and-loop material being attached to the other of said criss-crossing ribs, to releasably attach the ribs together at the point where they criss-cross and stabilize the frame.
Improved tent ribs for assembly in criss-crossing fashion to form a skeleton frame for supporting a fabric shell to form a tent, the improvement comprising:
- mating patches of a hook-and-loop type fastening material on portions of the ribs that criss-cross, one half of the hook-and-loop material being attached to one of said two criss-crossing ribs and the other half of the hook-and-loop material being attached to the other of said criss-crossing ribs, to allow the ribs to be releasably attached at the point where they criss-cross to form a stable self-supporting frame.
A method of erecting a tent of the type comprising a fabric shell supported on a skeleton frame having at least two criss-crossing ribs, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing ribs having patches of mating halves of hook-and-loop type fastening material on the sections of the ribs adapted to criss-cross, one half of the hook-and-loop material being attached to one of said two criss-crossing ribs and the other half of the hook-and-loop material being attached to the other of said criss-crossing ribs;
- erecting the ribs to form the skeleton frame;
- releasably attaching the ribs at the points where they criss-cross by joining the mating patches of the hook-and-loop type fastening material to form a free standing skeleton frame;
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- suspending the fabric shell on the free-standing skeleton frame to form the tent.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.