Patent ID: 8485208
Filing Date: 2013-07-16
Classification: E04H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A canopy tent comprising: a connecting device; a plurality of tent poles being pivotally connected to the connecting device; the connecting device comprising: a main body having a plurality of joint rings formed on an outer surface thereof and a hollow interior; a sliding member having a plurality of joint rings formed on an outer surface thereof and a downwardly protruding cylinder formed therein; support poles, each having one end, which is hinge-coupled to the joint ring of the main body, and another end, which is connected to one of the corresponding tent pole for standing the canopy tent upright, and which has a joint ring formed on an outer face of a pole connection portion; a joint bar having one end pivotally connected to the corresponding joint ring of the sliding member and another end having one side coupled to a first connection bar hinge-coupled to the joint ring of the support pole and another side coupled to the second connection bar hinge-coupled to the joint ring of the main body; and a compression spring and a spring holder coupled to a lower portion of the cylinder of the sliding member, the cylinder of the sliding member being slidably fitted into the hollow interior of the main body from a though hole on a top of the main body, wherein the compression spring is equipped within the hollow interior of the main body by the spring holder such that the cylinder is movable in upward and downward directions with respect to the main body.