Patent ID: 7938135

Claim:
A tent comprising: a frame having a) multiple frame legs, each leg having a lower portion lockingly hinged to an upper portion, wherein the lower portion can be swung open from a storage position in which the upper and lower portions are adjacent to each other, and then locked in an open operable position; and, b) a crown having two spaced apart parallel members to which an inner end portion of the upper portion of each one of the multiple legs is hinged generally laterally therebetween, the hinges including pivot pins attached to and extending between the parallel members and each pivot pin extends through an inner end portion of a different frame leg; wherein the pivot pins are spaced sufficiently apart and along a central portion of the spaced apart parallel members, to permit a storage position wherein all of the legs extend outwardly from the spaced apart members in single direction, adjacent and parallel to each other, so that without removing the pivot pins from either the legs and the spaced apart parallel members, the legs rotate to an operable, spaced apart position in which the frame legs radiate outwardly from and around the crown; said crown thereby facilitating a maximally small and compact storage position while providing a maximally secure operable position, as well as quick and convenient tent set up; and, a canvas, shaped to cover one of an inner and outer sides of the frame.