Patent ID: 6230728
Filing Date: 2001-05-15
Classification: E04H

Abstract:
A support framework for an umbrella-type tent comprising:a top hub and a plurality of tent poles hingedly engaged to said top hub, said top hub being fabricated with a generally X-shaped profile, said X-shaped profile having a plurality of outwardly extending arms, each of said arms having a hinge slot and a transverse throughbore across said hinge slot, said hinge slot receiving an end of a socket for supporting said tent pole in hinged relationship to said top hub, said top hub including a screw in each of said transverse throughbores, said screw serving as a hinge pin for said hinged relationship between said top hub and said socket of said tent pole;a center hub, said center hub being fabricated with said generally X-shaped profile of said top hub with said outwardly extending arms, each of said arms having an extending arm hinge slot and a transverse throughbore across said hinge slot, an extending arm hinge slot receiving an end of a rib in hinged relationship with a screw in said transverse throughbore, said screw serving as a hinge pin for said hinged relationship between said center hub and said rib;a rib anchor on each tent pole, said rib anchor providing a hinged relationship between said rib and said tent pole;a fabric tent shell; anda plurality of fabric loops.