Patent ID: 6575184
Filing Date: 2003-06-10
Classification: E04H,Y10S

Abstract:
An apparatus for raising a tent pole from a horizontal position to a vertical position comprising in combination:a base having means to securely fix said base to the ground proximate a final position for a ground end of said tent pole; a winch mounted on said base said winch having a cable winding drum with a cable, said cable having a first end fixed to said cable drum, said cable adapted to be payed off and wound around said cable drum; a motor and power source on said base to drive said winch, said motor including remote control means for energizing and de-energizing said motor; and said cable having a second or free end connected to a generally cup shaped receptacle adapted to contain said ground end of said tent pole, said cup shaped receptacle supported at least partially between a pair of wheels, said cup shaped receptacle connected to said free end of said cable in order to move said cup shaped receptacle along said ground as said cable is wound onto said drum whereby said tent pole is gradually raised from a generally horizontal to a generally vertical position.