Patent ID: 6508262
Filing Date: 2003-01-21
Classification: E04H,Y10S

Abstract:
A folding tent frame, comprising:a plurality of telescopically expandable sets of upright poles, each set of upright poles having at least two poles, a lower pole and an upper pole, each pole having a top and a bottom, the upper pole being smaller than the lower pole in cross section; a fixed coupler mounted to the top of each upper pole; a stopper mounted on each upper pole at a position lower than the fixed coupler, said stopper preventing the lower pole from moving up and being juxtaposed completely over the upper pole; a movable coupler slidable on the stopper and the lower pole and prevented by the stopper from moving up past the stopper; a plurality of traverse, foldable, scissoring frame members each joined to a fixed coupler and a movable coupler; and a wheel disposed on a pole directly above the lower pole so that the wheel is projectable from the lower pole and contactable with the ground when the poles are withdrawn.