Backpack frame convertible to a mattress supporting cot with a tent supporting structure

A unitary backpack frame convertible to a mattress supporting cot with a tent supporting structure comprising:

• first and second frame sections hinged to each other and foldable between a compact position defining a backpack frame configuration and an extended position defining a normally substantially horizontally disposed cot configuration, each of said frame sections including a hollow side member which oppose one another in a diagonal relation, each hollow side member having on open end;
• a plurality of support members mounted on each side member:
• a tent support assembly storable in each hollow side member and extendable from the respective side member open ends to define a strut extending obliquely upward relative to the respective frame sections;
• the strut of each of the tent support assemblies being pivoted on a strut support slideably retained in each of said hollow side members;
• and
• each of said tent support assemblies is extendable to define a ridge member disposed in a substantially horizontal position superposing said cot, each of the ridge members having opposing ends and being releaseably connectable to each other at one of the respective ridge member ends and pivoted at the other of the respective ridge member ends to a respective one of said struts.