Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Mar., 1886.
Complete Left, 23rd Dec., 1886.
Complete Accepted, 25th Jan., 1887.
I, WILLIAM ALFRED SOUTH, of 40, New Bond Street, in the County of Middlesex,
Veterinary Surgeon, do hereby declare the nature of this Invention, to be as
follows:-
My Invention relates to an improved construction of tent, and it has for its object
the rapid and easy building or setting up of the said structure without the use of a
central post or standard, pegs, and ropes, as heretofore employed.
I proceed to describe my Invention as applied to a square or rectangular shaped
tent, but, by obvious modifications, it will be seen that it can equally well applied to a
tent of triangular, circular, elliptical, or polygonal shape.
In carrying out my invention I provide four corner or angle pieces or blocks of
metal, or wood, in each of which is a hole or orifice, (preferably conical) and two key-
hole or other suitably shaped slots, (also by preference conical) arranged at a right
right relatively to each other. Into these holes or orifices are fixed rods forming the
corner posts of the tent, and the slots receive bars having tongues or projections at
their extremities corresponding to the slots, and these bars and angle pieces together
form the base or lower frame of the tent. The uppermost extremities of these corner
posts are screw threaded to receive bars or rods having eyes at their ends. These
bars or rods form the upper frame of the tent and assist in maintaining the structure
rigid.
I provide a roof consisting of four similarly shaped rods or bars which are
swiveled or pivotted on a central scrow, so as to be readily folded together when
the tent is to be packed for transport, or to be laid aside. To the lower or under-
most of these bars or rods is welded a nut, into which a screw is fixed, and by
means of which nut and screw the bars can be tightened up together by a tapped
knob or head. Or the screw may be furnished with a knob or head and engage in
the tapped nut in the lowermost bar. At their outer extremities these bars are
furnished with eyes which take over the screw-threaded portions at the uppermost
ends of the corner posts before mentioned, and over each of these screw-threaded
portions a tapped nut or knob is screwed, for keeping the roof firmly in place.
The structure thus built up is covered with canvas, tarpaulin, or other suitable
fabric or material.
The angle pieces or blocks, and the bars or rods forming the frame, are so con-
structed as to be interchangeable, in order that the rapid building or setting up of the
tent may be effected without loss of time, and without the use of a central pole, pegs,
and ropes.
ERNEST DE PASS, Fel. Inst. P.A.,
68, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION,
Improved Construction of Tent.
I, WILLIAM ALFRED SOUTH, of 40 New Bond Street, in the County of Middlesex,
Veterinary Surgeon, do hereby declare the nature of this invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,
and to the letters and figures marked thereon, that is to say :--
My Invention relates to an improved construction of tent, and it has for its object
the rapid and easy building or setting up of the said structure, without the use of a
central post, pole, or standard, pegs, and ropes, as heretofore employed.
And in order that my Invention may be clearly understood, I proceed to describe
the same with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a perspec-
tive view of a square or rectangular shaped tent, and Fig. 2 a plan thereof, the roof
being removed. Figs. 3 and 4 are details, drawn to an enlarged scale, and hereinafter
referred to. By obvious modifications it will be seen that the invention can be equally
well applied to a tent of triangular, polygonal, circular, or elliptical shape, but in the
latter cases the bars must be necessarily suitably curved.
In carrying out my Invention, I provide four corner or angle pieces or blocks, a, a,
of metal, or wood, in each of which is a hole or orifice, preferably conical. In each of
these holes or orifices is fixed a rod b, forming the corner posts of the tent. The pieces
or blocks are likewise each provided with two key-hole, or other suitably shaped,
slots c, c, shewn in detail Fig. 3, and these slots receive bars d, d, having tongues or
projections d', d' at their extremities corresponding to the said slots. The tongues or
projections are, by preference, of conical shape, as shewn in Fig. 4. These bars
and angle pieces, when fitted together, form the base or lower frame of the tent.
The uppermost extremities of these corner posts b, b, are screw threaded and
provided with collars 1, 6, and receive bars or rods e, e, having an eye at each of
their ends which rest upon the said collars. These bars or rods form the upper frame
of the tent and assist in maintaining the structure rigid.
I provide a roof consisting of four similarly shaped bars or rods f, swivelled or
pivotted on a central screw 9 so as to be readily fitted together for the purpose of
constructing the tent, or disconnecting the parts from each other, when the tent is to
be packed for transport, or to be laid aside. To the lower or undermost of these bars
or rods is welded a nut h, into which the central screw g, is fixed, and by means of
which nut and screw the bars can be tightened up together by a tapped knob or head i.
Or the screw may be furnished with a knob or head and engage in the tapped nut in
the lowermost bar..
At their outer extremities, these bars f, are furnished with eyes, which take over the
screw threaded portions at the uppermost ends of the corner posts b, before mentioned,
and over each of these screw threaded portions a tapped knob or head j, j, is screwed,
for the purpose of keeping the roof firmly in place,

page_text: The structure thus built up is covered with canvas, tarpaulin, or other suitable
fabric or material, but for the sake of clearness the covering is not shewn in the
drawings.
The angle pieces or blocks a, and the bars or rods b, d, e, f, forming the frame, are
so constructed as to be interchangeable in order that the rapid building or setting up
of the tent may be effected without loss of time, and without the use of a central
pole, pegs, and ropes.
Having now described the nature of the said invention, and in what manner the
same is to be performed, I declare that I claim :-
The improved construction of tent, substantially as herein described and as shewn
in the drawings, whereby the use of a central pole, pegs and ropes is dispensed
with
ERNEST DE PASS, Fel. Inst. P.A.,
68, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the Applicant.