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US 6,382,223 B1Granted
Featherlite tent pole
OwnerJeh-kun Lahinventor
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Abstract
A tent pole assembly and a connecting structure thereof include a reduced tube part of a prescribed length formed at an end, the reduced tube part being inserted into a tent pole section, and a reinforced rod disposed inside a start part of the reduced tube part to reinforce the start part, the reinforced rod having the external shape corresponding to the internal shape of the start part.
Claims8
A tent pole assembly comprising:
- a first tent pole section having a reduced tube part of a prescribed length formed at an end, the reduced tube part being inserted into a second tent pole section;
- and
- a reinforced rod disposed inside a start part of the reduced tube part to reinforce the start part, the reinforced rod having an external form corresponding to an internal form of the start part.
A method of connecting tent poles comprising the steps of:
- mounting a reinforcing rod inside a start part of a reduced tube part of a prescribed length formed at an end portion of a first tent pole section, said reinforcing rod having an external form corresponding to an internal form of the start part;
- and
- connecting the first tent pole section with a second tent pole section by inserting the reduced tube part into an end portion of the second tent pole section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.