Tent

Claim 1

A TENT COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A BOX HAVING A SIDE OPENING, BRACKET MEANS TO REMOVABLY SECURE SAID BOX ON THE TOP OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE WITH SAID SIDE OPENING AT ONE SIDE OF SAID MOTOR VEHICLE, A SPINDLE ROTATABLY MOUNTED WITHIN SAID BOX, MEANS EXTERNAL TO SAID BOX REMOVABLY CONNECTED WITH SAID SPINDLE TO ROTATE THE SAME, A SHELTER MADE OF FOLDABLE WATER-PROOF MATERIAL HAVING ONE END ATTACHED TO SAID SPINDLE, SAID SHELTER WINDABLE ON AND UNWINDABLE FROM SAID SPINDLE UPON ROTATION OF THE SAME AND ADAPTED TO EXTEND THROUGH SAID SIDE OPENING, A SHELTER SUPPORTING FRAME COMPRISING A PAIR OF TELESCOPIC LONGITUDINAL SHELTER ROOF SUPPORTING MEMBERS HAVING ONE END RIGIDLY SECURED TO SAID BOX AND DISPOSED WITHIN THE SAME, SAID TELESCOPIC ROOF MEMBERS IN EXTENDED POSITION EXTENDING THROUGH SAID OPENING AND OUTSIDE SAID BOX, TRANSZONTAL PLANE SUBSTANTIALL COINCIDENT WITH SAID BOX, TRANSVERSE RIGID ROOF MEMBERS INTERCONNECTING SAID LONGITUDINAL ROOF MEMBERS AT SEPARATE TELESCOPIC SECTIONS THEREOF AND INCLUDING AN OUTERMOST TRANVERSE ROOF MEMBER, SAID SHELTER ATTACHED TO SAID OUTERMOST TRANVERSE ROOF MEMBER, AND TELESCOPIC GROUND-ENGAGING LEGS PIVOTALLY CONNECTED AT THEIR UPPER ENDS OF SAID ROOF MEMBERS AND FOLDABLE ALONGSIDE SAID TRANSVERSE ROOF MEMBERS, SAID FRAME TOGETHER WITH SAID SHELTER BEING COMPLETELY ENCLOSED WITHIN SAID HOUSING IN A COLLAPSED STORED CONDITION OF SAID TENT, WINDING OF SAID SPINDLE MEANS CAUSING SIMULTANEOUS RETRACTION OF SAID SHELTER AND OF SAID FRAME INTO SAID HOUSING.