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Collapsible tent
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1999-05-13
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Granted: 2001-09-04
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Expires: 2019-05-13
Abstract
Abstract A collapsible tent comprises top connecting means at the top of the tent; a plurality of upright legs; a slider slideably received on each upright leg; upper roof support bars pivotally connected to the top connecting means; lower roof support bars which each are connected at one end to its respective upper roof support bar and at the other end to a top of its respective upright leg; stay bars which each are connected at one end to its respective lower roof support bar and at the other end to the slider; a parallel bar assembly interconnecting adjacent ones of the upright legs, stay bars for supporting the lower support bars, each stay pivotally connected at one end to the upper part of its respective lower roof support bar and at the other end to the slider; stay bars for supporting the parallel bar assembly, each stay bar pivotally connected at one end to its respective parallel bar assembly and at the other end to the slider ; and stop means for maintaining the slider in position to maintain the tent in an erected position. The tent according to the present invention can be produced as serialization products for various situation applications.
Inventors
- 👤 Fengchun Chen
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-06 11:01
CPC Classifications
E; E04; E04H; E04H15/00; E04H15/32; E04H15/34; E04H15/44; E04H15/48
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 21
Claim 1
Independent Claim
240 words
A collapsible tent comprising: at least one top connecting means at the top of the tent; a plurality of upright legs; a slider slideably received on each upright leg; upper roof support bars which are pivotally connected at the upper ends thereof to said top connecting means; lower roof support bars, each connected at one end to its respective upper roof support bar and at the other end to a top of its respective upright leg; first stay bars, each connected at one end to its respective lower roof support bar and at the other end to said slider; a parallel bar assembly interconnecting adjacent ones of said upright legs, each parallel bar assembly having: a T shaped connecting member, upper parallel bars, each of which is pivotally connected at one end to the vertical leg of said T shaped connecting member and at the other end to the upper end of its respective leg, and lower parallel bars, each of which is pivotally connected at one end to its respective flange of said T shaped connecting member and at the other end to the upper end of its respective leg; second stay bars for supporting said parallel bar assembly, each second stay bar pivotally connected at one end to its respective lower parallel bar and at the other end to said slider; and stop means for maintaining said slider in position to maintain the tent in an erected position.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
240 words
A collapsible tent comprising: at least one top connecting means at the top of the tent; a plurality of upright legs; a slider slideably received on each upright leg; upper roof support bars which are pivotally connected at the upper ends thereof to said top connecting means; lower roof support bars, each connected at one end to its respective upper roof support bar and at the other end to a top of its respective upright leg; first stay bars, each connected at one end to its respective lower roof support bar and at the other end to said slider; a parallel bar assembly interconnecting adjacent ones of said upright legs, each parallel bar assembly having: a T shaped connecting member, upper parallel bars, each of which is pivotally connected at one end to the vertical leg of said T shaped connecting member and at the other end to the upper end of its respective leg, and lower parallel bars, each of which is pivotally connected at one end to its respective flange of said T shaped connecting member and at the other end to the upper end of its respective leg; second stay bars for supporting said parallel bar assembly, each second stay bar pivotally connected at one end to its respective lower parallel bar and at the other end to said slider; and stop means for maintaining said slider in position to maintain the tent in an erected position.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
30 words
A collapsible tent as defined in claim 1 wherein said at least one top connecting means is a top connecting member at the apex of the roof of the tent.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
44 words
A collapsible tent as defined in claim 1 wherein said at least one top connecting means comprises two top connecting members and two bars which are pivotally connected to each other and each of which is pivotally connected to its respective top connecting member.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
44 words
A collapsible tent as defined in claim 1 wherein adjacent ones of said upright legs are interconnected by a conjoined parallel bar assembly formed by a plurality of pairs of said parallel bar assemblies connected together by means of said T shaped connecting member.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
14 words
A collapsible tent as defined in claim 1 wherein said upright legs are telescopic.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
53 words
A collapsible tent as defined in claim 1 wherein it has an eaves means comprising an eaves bar pivotally connected to the top of said leg, and a link pivotally connected at one end to said eaves bar and at the other end to the lower end of said lower roof support bar.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
89 words
A collapsible tent as defined in claim 1 wherein it has a double roof comprising: a topmost connecting member; a central support bar fixedly connected at one end to said topmost connecting member and at the other end to said top connecting member; uppermost roof support bars which each are pivotally connected at one end to said topmost connecting member; and support bars which each are pivotally connected at one end to said uppermost roof support bar and at the other end to its respective upper roof support bar.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
26 words
A plurality of collapsible tents, each of which is defined in claim 1 , the plurality of collapsible tents being conjoined to form a multiplex tent.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
130 words
A collapsible tent frame comprising: a plurality of upright legs; a plurality of roof support members, each connected to at least one of the upright legs and to at least one top connecting member; and at least one parallel bar assembly interconnecting adjacent ones of the legs, each parallel bar assembly having: a connecting member disposed between the adjacent ones of the legs; at least two upper parallel bars, each connected to the connecting member at one end adjacent an end of the other upper parallel bar, and at another end to one of the legs; and at least two lower parallel bars, each connected to the connecting member at one end adjacent an end of the other lower parallel bar, and at another end to one of the legs.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
130 words
A collapsible tent frame comprising: a plurality of upright legs; a plurality of roof support members, each connected to at least one of the upright legs and to at least one top connecting member; and at least one parallel bar assembly interconnecting adjacent ones of the legs, each parallel bar assembly having: a connecting member disposed between the adjacent ones of the legs; at least two upper parallel bars, each connected to the connecting member at one end adjacent an end of the other upper parallel bar, and at another end to one of the legs; and at least two lower parallel bars, each connected to the connecting member at one end adjacent an end of the other lower parallel bar, and at another end to one of the legs.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
48 words
The collapsible tent frame of claim 9 wherein there is an upper distance between the adjacent ends of the upper parallel bars and a lower distance between the adjacent ends of the lower parallel bars and one of the upper and lower distance is greater than the other.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
41 words
The collapsible tent frame of claim 10 further comprising: at least one stay bar connected to at least one of the roof support members and to a slider assembly that is slideably connected to at least one of the upright legs.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
52 words
The collapsible tent frame of claim 10 wherein each roof support member comprises a lower roof support bar and an upper roof support bar, each lower roof support bar being pivotally connected to the upper roof support bar, with each lower roof support bar also being pivotally connected to an upright leg.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
27 words
The collapsible tent frame of claim 12 wherein the upper roof support bars are connected to a top connecting member at the apex of the tent frame.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
62 words
The collapsible tent frame of claim 12 further comprising two top connecting members and two bars, with each of the two bars pivotally connected to one of the top connecting members at an end, and pivotally connected to each other at another end, with each of the top connecting members also connected to at least one of the upper roof support bars.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
13 words
The collapsible tent frame of claim 10 wherein said upright legs are telescopic.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
24 words
The collapsible tent frame of claim 10 further comprising at least one eaves member pivotally connected to at least one of the upright legs.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
38 words
The collapsible tent frame of claim 16 further comprising a linking member disposed between the eaves member and the roof support member, the linking member being pivotally connected to both the eaves member and the roof support member.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
12 words
The collapsible tent frame of claim 10 further comprising a double roof.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
40 words
A plurality of collapsible tent frames, each of which is defined by claim 10 , with each collapsible tent frame being conjoined with at least one of the other of the plurality of tent frames to form a multiplex tent.
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