Patent ID: 6679643
Filing Date: 2004-01-20
Classification: E04H,Y10T

Abstract:
A device for jointing poles of a tent, comprising a housing consisting of a first pole insert hole for receiving a pole, a seat slit in which a rotor body is seated, and a locking recess formed on each sidewall of said seat slit; and a rotor body consisting of a longitudinal hinge hole receiving a hinge pin therein such that the rotor body seated in the seat slit of the housing is rotatably jointed to the housing, a locking lug inserted into an associated locking recess of said housing to limit rotation of the rotor body, and a second pole insert hole for receiving another pole, further comprising:a unit for automatically releasing the rotor body from the housing, said unit consisting of an elastic member mounted by a locking member to an end wall provided at an inside end of the seat slit, with said elastic member allowing the locking lugs of the rotor body to be automatically removed from the locking recesses of the housing when collapsing the tent.