Car-top tent structure

Claim 1

A CAR-TOP TENT HOUSE COMPRISING A GENERALLY RECTANGULAR BOX ASSEMBLY HAVING A BOTTOM, PAIRS OF SIDE AND END WALLS, AND A RIGID TOP PANEL HINGEDLY CONNECTED ALONG ONE END THEREOF TO ONE OF SAID END WALLS FOR SWINGING MOVEMENT FROM A BOX CLOSING POSITION THROUGH 180* TO AN OPEN POSITION EXTENDING HORIZONTALLY OUTWARDLY FROM ONE END OF THE BOX, A PLURALITY OF GENERALLY U-SHAPED ARCHFRAMES EACH HAVING ITS OPPOSITE ENDS RESPECTIVELY PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID BOX ASSEMBLY FOR SWINGING ABOUT AN AXIS PARALLEL TO AND CLOSELY ADJACENT THE HINGE AXIS OF SAID TOP PANEL AND SAID ONE END WALL SAID ARCH-FRAMES BEING PROPORTIONED FOR SWINGING FROM ANGULARLY DIVERGING, GENERALLY UPWARDLY ARCHED POSITIONS WHEN SAID TOP PANEL IS IN SAID OPEN POSITION TO LOWERED POSITIONS INSIDE OF AND BELOW THE UPPER EDGES OF SAID BOX ASSEMBLY WHEN THE TOP PANEL IS IN SAID BOX CLOSING POSITION, AND A FOLDABLE FABRIC TAILORED TO FORM A TENT SUPPORTED ON AND CONFORMING TO SAID ARCH-FRAMES IN THEIR UPWARDLY ARCHED POSITIONS WHEN SAID TOP PANEL IS IN SAID OPEN POSITION, SAID TENT HAVING A LOWER END WALL AND SIDE WALL PERIPHERY EXTENDING ALONG AND SECURED TO THE PERIPHERY OF SAID BOX ASSEMBLY WHEN THE UPPER SURFACES OF THE OPEN POSITION FOR ENCLOSING THE UPPER SURFACES OF THE ENTIRE BOX ASSEMBLY IN THAT CONDITION WITH A CONTINUOUS END AND TOP PORTION OF THE TENT FABRIC EXTENDING UNDER TENSION FROM ITS PERIPHERAL SECUREMENT TO THE OTHER END WALL OF SAID BOX ASSEMBLY, OVER EACH OF ITS DIVERGING ARCH FRAMES, TO ITS PERIPHERAL SECUREMENT TO THE END OF SAID TOP PANEL OPPOSITE THE HINGED END THEREOF FOR AT LEASY PARTIALLY SUPPORTING THE TOP PANEL IN ITS OPEN POSITION AND PREVENTING SAGGING OF THE TOP PORTIONS OF THE TENT BETWEEN SAID ARCH FRAMES.