Convex tents

Claim 1

A CONVEX TENT COMPRISING: A PLURALITY OF SPACED APART ELONGATED RESILIENT PRIMARY MEMBERS, EACH OF SAID PRIMARY MEMBERS BEING ANCHORED AT THE ENDS THEREOF AND BOWED THEREBETWEEN, THE TOP ENDS OF SAID PRIMARY MEMBERS INCLUDING BENT TIPS, SAID PRIMARY MEMBERS SUBSTANTIALLY DETERMINING THE WIDTH AND THE HEIGHT OF SAID TENT; A PLURALITY OF ELONGATED BOWED RESILIENT AUXILIARY MEMBERS, EACH OF SAID AUXILIARY MEMBERS BEING FIXEDLY AND ANGULARLY ASSOCIATED WITH AND BETWEEN A PAIR OF SAID PRIMARY MEMBERS; AT LEAST ONE TOP PLATE CONNECTOR RIGIDLY ANCHORING SAID TOP ENDS OF SAID PRIMARY MEMBERS, SAID PLATE CONNECTOR INCLUDING; AN UPPER PLATE MEMBER HAVING APERTURES THEREIN, A LOWER PLATE MEMBER SPACED FROM SAID UPPER PLATE MEMBER, SAID TOP ENDS POSITIONED BETWEEN SAID PLATE MEMBER WITH SAID BENT TIPS THEREOF RECEIVED WITHIN SAID APERTURES AND SECURING MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID PLATE MEMBERS FOR DECREASING THE DISTANCE BETWEEN SAID PLATE MEMBERS TO CAUSE THE SAME TO ABUT AGAINST SAID TOP ENDS OF THE PRIMARY MEMBERS; AND A FLEXIBLE MATERIAL CONTACTING SAID RESILIENT PRIMARY AND AUXILIARY MEMBERS AND SUBSTANTIALLY COVERING THE SAME, SAID PRIMARY AND SAID AUXILIARY MEMBERS COOPERATING WITH SAID MATERIAL TO FORM THE CURVATURE FOR SAID CONVEX TENT.