Improvements in or relating to the Construction of Tents.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Oct., 1897
Complete Specification Left. 8th July. 1898-Accepted. 27th Aug. 1898
Improvements in or relating to the Construction of Tents.
I, JAMES HORN BROWN, of Mitre Works, 3, Colts Street, Limehouse, in the
County of London, Tent Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion to be as follows:-
This invention is designed with the object of dispensing with internal sup-
porting poles, also pegs and cords as now employed for fixing tents in position.
According to this invention I make a ring (preferably of tubing) of an oval
or other shape, according to the shape of the tent, and to the said ring I connect
stays which may also be tubular. These stays I may connect to rings suitably
fitted to a cross stay at top of tent, or such stays may be otherwise suitably fitted
so as to support the tent covering without poles.
I connect standards to the first named ring, these standards are driven into the
ground so as to support the said ring in a horizontal position. The said standards
I prefer to make forked at bottom in order to obtain a better hold in the ground.
Dated this 8th day of October 1897.
BROWNE & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant,
9, Warwick Court, Gray's Inn, London, W.C.,
Improvements in or relating to the Construction of Tents.
I, JAMES HORN BROWN, of Mitre Works, 3, Colts Street, Limehouse, in the
County of London, Tent Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement:―
This invention is designed with the object of dispensing with internal sup-
porting poles, also pegs and cords as now employed for fixing tents, in position.
According to this invention I make a ring (preferably of tubing) of an oval
or other shape, according to the shape of the tent, and to the said ring I connect
stays which may also be tubular. These stays I may connect to rings suitably
fitted to a cross stay at top of tent, or such stays may be otherwise suitably fitted
so as to support the tent covering without poles.
I connect standards to the first named ring, these standards are driven into the
ground so as to support the said ring in a horizontal position.
And in order that my said invention may be better understood I will now pro-
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page_text: ceed to describe the same with reference to the drawing accompanying this
specification in which Fig. 1 shews an elevation of the frame work of the tent
constructed according to this invention and Fig. 2 shews a plan of same.
The same letters denote the same parts in both figs. shews the standards
provided at their lower ends with plates having holes therein through which spikes b
pass; these spikes are driven into the ground so as to hold the standards in a
vertical position. The standards a are formed of tubes for the sake of lightness.
c shews the ring formed also of a number of tubes screwed together by means of
sockets d, e shews nuts screwing on to short rods f fixed in the sockets d these
nuts hold the covering in position, and further hold the supporting stays or rods h
as hereafter described. g shews the top stay supported by the stays or rods h
hooking at one end into the rings ii and at the other end the rods or stays
flattened to form washers which fit over the short rods f the nuts e securing them
in position. k shews other rods hooking on to the rings ii and ring c to further
support the tent covering. The tent covering is not shewn on the drawing as it
may be fixed on to the framework of the tent in any convenient manner.
are
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:-
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1. Constructing tents substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
2. In tents, the framework composed of rods or tubes for supporting the
covering.
017
1000
Dated this 8th day of July 1898.
1000
BROWNE & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant,
9, Warwick Court, Gray's Inn, London, W.C.