Improvements in Portable Folding Tents.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd May, 1895
• Complete Specification Left, 22nd Feb., 1896-Accepted, 28th Mar., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Portable Folding Tents.
I, WILLIAM SMITH Ironmonger 89 South Street Eastbourne Sussex do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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According to this invention the frame of a portable folding tent is made in four-
sections each consisting of an upright having two lateral bars pivotted thereto.
which, when extended horizontally, fit into lugs or sockets the adjoining
uprights, wherein they are secured and thus form stretcher bars to keep suc!i
uprights in position. Pivotted to the upper end of each upright is a folding rib..
which, when extended, forms a roof stay. One of such stays is furnished with a
suitable junction piece wherein the free ends of the other stays are fitted and secure.
in any convenient manner. The lower ends of the uprights are screwed into or
otherwise firmly fixed in socket pins which are driven into the ground and form a
foundation for the tent.
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ELT & Co.,
Registered Patent Agents,
43, Southampton Buildings, Holborn, London, Agents for Applicant...
I, WILLIAM SMITH, Ironmonger, 89 South Street, Eastbourne, Sussex, 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 :-
This invention has for its object to provide a folding tent which combines.
compactness and lightness with portability.
And in order that my said invention may be readily carried into effect, I will
now with the aid of the accompanying drawings whereon similar letters of reference
indicate corresponding parts, proceed to particularly describe and ascertain the same.
Figure 1 of such drawings shows an elevation in perspective of a folding tent
frame made according to my invention.
Figure 2 is a view in side elevation in perspective of one section of such
frame and
Figure 3 is a plan of such section as it appears when folded up.
To carry out my invention 1 make a tent frame preferably in four sections,.
each section consisting of an upright a having two lateral bars, b c pivotted thereto
which when extended horizontally form stretcher bars, the free ends whereof take
into lugs or sockets d formed on or fitted to the adjoining uprights, in which lugs
or sockets they are secured by bolts and nuts, or pins or studs or in any other
convenient manner. Pivotted to the top of each upright is a rib e, which when
extended obliquely forms a roof stay. One of such roof stays is furnished with a.
union or junction piece wherein the free ends of the other stays are fitted and
secured by bolts and nuts or in any other suitable way. The lower ends of the
uprights are fitted with earth spikes 9 which are screwed therein and which when

page_text: driven into the ground form a foundation for the tent. Preferably I make such
earth spikes of angle iron to obtain increased strength and the tent frame of tubular
iron so as to impart lightness thereto.
If desired the tent frame may be made in any convenient number of sections
other than four provided such sections are constructed substantially in the manner
herein before described and shewn the essential feature of my invention being
constructing the frame of a portable folding tent in a series of sections, each of
which can be folded up in a compact and portable form so as to facilitate
transit.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
As a new article of manufacture a portable folding tent the frame whereof is
made in a series of sections, each whereof is made, arranged, combined and fitted, all
substantially in the manner and for the purpose hereinbefore described and shewn.
Dated this 22nd day of February 1896.
ELT & Co.,
Registered Patent Agents,
43 Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for Applicant.