Foldable tent structure

Claim 1

A FOLDABLE TENT CONSTRUCTION COMPRISING FIRST AND SECOND GENERALLY U-SHAPED FRAME STRUCTURES EACH INCLUDING A BRIDGE PORTION AND SPACED LEGS, SAID BRIDGE PORTIONS EACH INCLUDING SPACED LONGITUDINAL MEMBERS AND FIRST AND SECOND CROSS MEMBERS EXTENDING BETWEEN THE LONGITUDINAL MEMBERS AND BRACE ELEMENTS EXTENDING FROM A POINT ADJACENT THE ENDS OF SAID SECOND CROSS MEMBERS ON EACH FRAME STRUCTURE TO A POINT INTERMEDIATE THE ENDS OF THE RESPECTIVE FIRST CROSS MEMBER, MEANS PIVOTALLY ATTACHING THE LEGS OF EACH FRAME STRUCTURE TO THE RESPECTIVE BRIDGE PORTION ADJACENT OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE FIRST CROSS MEMBER, THE LEGS OF ONE FRAME STRUCTURE EXTENDING CROSSWISE OF THE LEGS OF THE OTHER FRAME STRUCTURE AT A POINT INTERMEDIATE SAID BRIDGE PORTIONS, MEANS INTERCONNECTING THE LEGS OF ONE FRAME STRUCTURE WITH A RESPECTIVE ONE OF THE LEGS OF THE OTHER FRAME STRUCTURE FOR RELATIVE PIVOTAL AND AXIAL SHIFTING MOVEMENT THEREBETWEEN, AN ELONGATED RIGID TIE ELEMENT EXTENDING LENGTHWISE OF THE TENT BETWEEN THE FIRST CROSS MEMBER ON SAID FIRST AND SECOND FRAME STRUCTURES TO MAINTAIN SAID BRIDGE PORTIONS IN A GENERALLY HORIZONTAL POSITION, MEANS ATTACHED TO THE RELATIVELY CROSSING LEGS ADJACENT THE LOWER ENDS FOR DRAWING THE LOWER ENDS OF THE LEGS TOWARD EACH OTHER TO THEREBY ELEVATE AND LOWER THE BRIDGE PORTIONS OF THE FRAME STRUCTURES, THE LEGS OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND FRAME STRUCTURES SHIFTING RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER DURING ELEVATING AND LOWERING OF THE BRIDGE PORTIONS TO MAINTAIN THE TIE ELEMENT TAUT THEREBETWEEN, AND A COVERING SUPPORTED ON THE BRIDGE PORTIONS AND TIE ELEMENT.