Multiple purpose portable and collapsible tent

Claim 1

A SELF-SUPPORTING PORTABLE LIGHTWEIGHT TENT COMPRISING A FRAME FOLDABLE ABOUT ITS LONGITUDINAL AXIS, SAID FRAME INCLUDING VERTICALLY ARRANGED POSTS AT THE CORNERS THEREOF HAVING UPPER AND LOWER ENDS, CENTRAL TOP AND BOTTOM CONNECTING MEMBERS SPACED AXIALLY ALONG THE AFORESAID AXIS, A FIRST SET OF DIAGONALLY EXTENDING RIBS CURVING DOWNWARDLY WITH RESPECT TO THE AFORESAID AXIS AND HAVING INNER AND OUTER ENDS, MEANS PIVOTALLY CONNECTING THE INNER ENDS OF SAID RIBS TO SAID TOP CONNECTING MEMBER, MEANS PIVOTALLY CONNECTING THE OUTER ENDS OF SAID RIBS TO THE UPPER ENDS OF SAID POSTS, SAID RIBS FORMING THE ROOF STRUCTURE OF THE TENT, A SECOND SET OF DIAGONALLY EXTENDING GROUND ENGAGING RODS FORMING THE SUPPORT FOR THE BOTTOM OF THE FRAME, MEANS PIVOTALLY CONNECTING THE INNER ENDS OF SAID RODS TO SAID BOTTOM CONNECTING MEMBER, MEANS PIVOTALLY CONNECTING THE OUTER ENDS OF SAID RODS TO THE LOWER ENDS OF SAID POSTS, A FABRIC BOTTOM CONNECTED TO SAID RODS AND FORMING THE FLOOR OF SAID TENT, A FABEIC ENCLOSURE FOR SAID FRAME APPROPRIATELY CONNECTED THERETO, AN ELONGATED SLIT PROVIDED IN THE FABRIC ENCLOSURE AND EXTENDING FROM A POINT ADJACENT SAID TOP MEMBER DOWNWARDLY ALONG ONE SIDE THEREOF TO AN EDGE OF SAID FABRIC BOTTOM, AN INTEGRAL DOOR FLAP INCLUDED IN SAID FAB RIC ENCLOSURE AND DEFINED IN PART BY ONE SIDE OF SAID SLIT, AND ZIPPER MEANS INCLUDING A SLIDER PROVIDED ON SAID DOOR FLAP AND THE MATING EDGE OF SAID FABRIC ENCLOSURE DEFINED BY THE OTHER SIDE OF SAID SLIT, SAID SLIDER UPON ERECTION OF THE TENT BEING LOCATED ADJACENT SAID TOP CONNECTING MEMBER WITH THE DOOR FLAP AND MATING EDGE OF THE FABRIC ENCLOSURE APART, SAID SLIDER BEING ADAPTED TO BE MOVED DOWNWARDLY A RELATIVELY SHORT DISTANCE TO PULL THE FABRIC ENCLOSURE FIRMLY AROUND THE FRAME TO REMOVE ANY SLACK IN THE FABRIC ENCLOSURE TO THEREBY RESULT IN AN INWARDLY DIRECTED FORCE APPLIED BY SAID FABRIC ENCLOSURE AGAINST SAID FRAME WHICH PLACES SAID FRAME UNDER TENSION, AND SAID SLIDER BEING ADAPTED TO BE MOVED DOWNWARDLY THE REMAINING DISTANCE TO THE AFORESAID EDGE OF SAID FABRIC BOTTOM TO INTERCONNECT SAID DOOR FLAP WITH THE AFORESAID MATING EDGE OF THE FABRIC ENCLOSURE.