Flexible arcuate tent featuring peak cord suspension
Patent 4665935 Issued on May 19, 1987. Estimated Expiration Date: 
May 9, 2005. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
May 9, 2005. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent References 2134879 2543684 2938524 3547136 3896830 Tent Tent having a waterproof floor Tent apparatus and method Patent #: 4352362 InventorApplicationNo. 06/732496 filed on 05/09/1985US Classes:135/125, Flexible structure135/116, Floor or base structure135/119Cover fasteningExaminersPrimary: Hafer, Robert A.Assistant: Muir, D. Neal Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassesE04H 15/42 (20060101)E04H 15/34 (20060101) AbstractA tent apparatus and method, the tent apparatus including a fabric tent shell having a plurality of side walls joined in seams along adjacent edges and a fabric floor joined to the bottom edges of the side walls. A tent pole-receiving sleeve is formed as an integral part of each seam. The tent shell is supported inside a foldable frame having a plurality of tent poles joined in a coupling at an apex and ribs extending laterally between the tent poles. Each tent pole is inserted in a sleeve and the fabric tent shell is mounted to the foldable frame by a unique cord/pulley system which places the fabric tent shell under tension adjacent the coupling and adjacent the base of each tent pole when the frame is extended while providing ample slack when the frame is folded. The fabric tent shell and foldable frame are thus integrally joined into a unitary, man-portable, and erectable tent structure. | |
