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US 6,883,531 B1Granted
Tip-up tent
OwnerBrian H. Perttuinventor
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Abstract
A tip-up tent is provided, comprising a foldable tubular A-frame comprising four diagonal legs connected to a horizontal member, a hinged transparent flexible cover supported by the A-frame with each side of the cover having a lower flap with holes in each lower corner, and a plurality of arrow-shaped stakes, wherein the tip-up tent is held in place on ice by stakes driven into the ice through the holes or by snow piled up on the flaps. The tip-up tent has particular utility in connection with protecting an ice fishing tip-up from the wind and snow.
Claims18
A tip-up tent, comprising:
- a frame comprising four diagonal legs connected to a horizontal member;
- a cover supported by said frame, said cover comprising a front section, a rear section, a right side section, and a left side section, each said section comprising a lower flap having two lower corners, each said lower corner defining a hole therein;
- a hinge having opposing ends with one end connected to said front section of said cover and said opposing end connected to said rear section of said cover;
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- a plurality of stakes.
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A tip-up tent, comprising:
- a frame comprising four diagonal legs connected to a horizontal member;
- a transparent flexible cover supported by said frame, said cover comprising a front section, a rear section, a right side section, and a left side section, each said section comprising a lower flap having two lower corners, each said lower corner defining a hole therein;
- a hinge having opposing ends with one end connected to said front section of said cover and said opposing end connected to said rear section of said cover;
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- a plurality of arrow-shaped stakes.
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A tip-up tent, comprising:
- a foldable tubular A-frame comprising four diagonal legs connected to a horizontal member;
- a transparent flexible cover supported by said A-frame, said cover comprising a front section, a rear section, a right side section, and a left side section, each said section comprising a lower flap having two lower corners, each said lower corner defining a hole therein;
- a first hinge having opposing ends and a second hinge having opposing ends said hinges having one end connected to said front section of said cover and said opposing end connected to said rear section of said cover;
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- a plurality of arrow-shaped stakes;
- wherein said tip-up tent is held in place on ice by said stakes that are driven into the ice through said holes.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.