Tent

Claim 1

A tent comprising: a roof and framing for supporting said roof at an elevation and for applying tension thereto to maintain it in outstretched condition; said framing including: eaves poles attachable to said roof at opposite margins thereof, said roof including tunnels extending along opposite margins thereof into which said eaves poles are removably insertable to attach them to said roof as aforesaid, said eaves poles having ends which are exposed at the corresponding ends of said roof margins when said eaves poles are inserted in said tunnels, and said framing also including bows disposable on the ground between said margins for engaging and applying a spreading force to the eaves poles to tense the roof between them and to prop it at an elevation, each said bow being installable and removable independently of the other bow and including an elongated sill positionable on the ground and a prop interconnectible between said sill and an exposed end of each said eaves pole; the props and eaves poles having means for readily engaging and disengaging each eaves pole with and from the upper ends of the respective props, the props being in fixed angular relationship with said sill and diverging therefrom towards said eaves poles to apply spreading and propping forces thereto as aforesaid, each sill having opposite end portions from which the respective props are integral extensions, and each bow having means for manually adjusting its length to a selected fixed length for manual adjustment of said spreading and propping forces.