Car top tent

Claim 1

A portable tent adapted to be mounted on the top of a vehicle having a rigid roof, with a pair of transversely extending supports thereon said portable tent comprising a. a rectangular support frame including a flange, and said frame adapted for positionment across the supports, b. a floor mounted within said support frame for supporting the user of said tent, c. a flexible water repellent canopy including a base and upwardly extending walls joined together, and having an opening along one of said walls to gain access to said canopy, said base extending in overlapping relationship to said floor, d. a plurality of extending removable flexible rods adapted to extend within said canopy and in an assembled position supporting same during use thereof; as a frame and readily dis-assembled when not in use; said assembled frame comprising (1) a center support member permanently attached to said canopy centrally therein, (2) a removable center pole adapted to be releasably secured to said member, and to extend to said floor for initially supporting said canopy when placing said removable rods in its assembled position, and removed after that (center pole), (3) a plurality of rods for supporting said walls of said canopy during use thereof, (4) securing means for releasably connecting each said rod at one end thereof to said member for supporting said walls of said canopy, (5) each said rod having at the opposite end thereof a bumper adapted to engage said base of said canopy and positionable adjacent a wall of said canopy, e. a rain flap extending peripherally from said walls of said canopy adjacent said base, said flap extending over said flange to prevent water from accumulating between said frame and said canopy onto said floor, and f. connecting means for tying down said canopy to said frame adjacent said base.