Patent ID: 6952844
Filing Date: 2005-10-11
Classification: A47C,E04H

Abstract:
1. A bed-tent for providing an enclosure over a bed, comprising: a canopy having an open base, said canopy comprising spaced apart at least first and second panels and a flexible cover extending between said panels, each said panel comprising at least one hoop of flexible, resilient, strip material and a sheet of flexible fabric in the space within and marginally secured to said hoop generally at the perimeter thereof, said sheets being maintained taut by, and resisting collapse of, the hoops to which said sheets are secured, retainers for releasably securing said canopy to the bed, and an entry to said canopy, at least one of said hoops being capable of being twisted or wound into a relatively flat coil of reduced diameter for storage, a mattress for the bed, the mattress having a top surface, a peripheral edge, and four corners, the open base of the canopy being substantially coextensive with the peripheral edge of the mattress, and the retainers releasably engaging the mattress, wherein said retainers comprise flexible straps respectively engaging the corners of the mattress.