Tent

Claim 1

A TENT FORMED OF A FLEXIBLE, WATER-REPELLENT MATERIAL, COMPRISING INTERCONNECTED FRONT, REAR AND END WALL ELEMENTS SECURED AT THEIR LOWER EDGES TO A SUPPORTING SURFACE THEREBENEATH TO DEFINE A TENT ENCLOSURE THEREWITHIN, THE FRONT AND REAR WALL ELEMENTS BEING INTERCONNECTED AT THE TOP OF THE TENT ALONG A STRIAGHT RIDGE LINE, POLES CONNECTED AT CORRESPONDING UPPER ENDS TO THE WALL ELEMENTS AT THE RIDGE LINE AND EXTENDING TO THE SUPPORTING SURFACES IN OUTWARD ADJACENT RELATIONSHIP TO THE END WALL ELEMENTS, GUIDE LINES CONNECTED TO THE WALL ELEMENTS AT THE RIDGE LINE AND EXTENDING THEREFROM FOR MAINTAINING SAID POLES ERECT, AND END WALLS ELEMENTS EXTENDING UPWARDLY FROM THE SUPPORTING SURFACE TO A MEDIAL EAVE LINE AND THEREAFTER HAVING GENERALLY PLANAR UPPER PORTIONS DIVERGING FROM THE MEDIAL EAVE LINE TO SAID RIDGE LINE, A RIGID CROSS MEMBER DISPOSED OUTWARDLY ADJACENT EACH END WALL ELEMENT AT THE MEDIAL LINE BETWEEN THE FRONT AND REAR WALL ELEMENTS OPERABLE TO HOLD SAID FRONT AND REAR WALL ELEMENTS TAUT AND TO CAUSE UPPER PORTIONS THEREOF TO DIVERGE AT A FIRST INCLUDED ANGLE FROM THE RIDGE LINE TO THE MEDIAL EAVE LINE AND TO CAUSE LOWER PORTIONS THEREOF TO DIVERGE AT A SECOND MORE ACUTE INCLUDED ANGLE FROM THE MEDIAL EAVE LINE TO THE SUPPORTING SURFACE, AND AN ACCESS OPENING FOR THE TENT IN THE LOWER PORTION OF THE FRONT WALL ELEMENT.