Patent ID: 6209558
Filing Date: 2001-04-03
Classification: E04H

Abstract:
A foldable tent comprising:a frame;and a cover and ground sheet fixed to the frame so as to provide an enclosed living area when said tent is erected;said frame comprising a plurality of frame members each of a generally U-shaped configuration;each frame member having an elongate base member having a first and second end and two elongate arms extending respectively from said ends, such that said arms of respective frame members when erected cooperate to form first and second frame sides;each frame side having a pivot assembly to which the free ends of the arms of the respective side frames are attached so that the arms of each frame side pivot about a first folding axis on said respective pivot assembly, whereby said frame members are pivotal from a first folded position, wherein said frame members are in an abutted relationship, to an erected position in which the frame members are angularly spaced about said first folding axes,brace means extending between said frame members to support the frame members in the erected position;first and second end members located respectively at said first and second ends of said base member and pivotally connected thereto, wherein the respective arms are rigidly connected to the extremity of the respective end member, thereby enabling pivoting of the end member and attached arm, about a second folding axis extending generally within the plane of the respective base member and normal to the direction of extension of the base member and the arms, whereby in an erected position the arms project away from the base member, the end members lie colinearly to the respective elongated base member and when the tent is in a folded position the arms are generally parallel to said base member, wherein the first end members of the first frame side are longer than the second end members of the second frame side such that in the folded position the arms of the second frame side lie between the base members and the arms of the first frame side.