Tent apparatus for fumigation of buildings

Claim 2

In a tent for enclosing a building to be fumigated, said tent having a plurality of adjoining flexible panels of substantially gas-tight material which are elongated and progressively narrower from the bottom to the top of the tent, the improvement wherein: alternate panels in succession around substantially the entire peripheral extent of the tent each have a plurality of manually connectable ties near each side edge of the panel at intervals along the panel length from bottom to top for the connection of any tie to a correspondingly positioned tie on the near side of the next alternate panel to fold behind them the panel which is between said alternate panels for wrapping the tent relatively closely around discontinuities in the building.

Claim 3

A tent according to claim 1, and further comprising: a first ring at the upper end of said panels, said panels having their respective upper ends looped around said ring; a cover of substantially gas-tight material attached to the upper ends of said panels and extending across the ring to close the top of the tent thereat; a lifting ring extending substantially parallel to said first ring on the opposite side of the latter from said panels; straps connecting said lifting ring to said first ring; a third ring extending substantially perpendicular to said lifting ring and located centrally of said lifting ring on the opposite side of the latter from said first ring; and cables connecting said third ring to said lifting ring at intervals around the latter's circumference; said straps being arranged in pairs on opposite sides of said cables.