Patent ID: 7997292
Filing Date: 2011-08-16
Classification: E04H

Abstract:
1. A portable tent structure, comprising: first, second, third and fourth support poles, each having a lower end for resting on a ground surface when the tent structure is erected; first, second, third and fourth three-way connectors for accepting upper ends of the first, second, third and fourth support poles, respectively; a first linking pole for fitting at its ends with the first and second three-way connectors to link the first and second connectors; a second linking pole for fitting at its ends with the third and fourth three-way connectors to link the third and fourth connectors; a third linking pole for fitting at its ends with the first and third three-way connectors to link the connectors; and a fourth linking pole for fitting at its ends with the second and fourth three-way connectors to link the connectors; wherein the third and fourth linking poles cross one atop the other substantially at a center of the tent structure when the tent structure is erected.