Patent ID: 8096311

Claim:
A tent including: at least three individual resilient frame elements which stretch a tent covering when the tent is in an erected position, wherein each of the at least three individual resilient frame elements is formed into a respective endless loop, wherein a first said frame element and a second said frame element of the at least three individual resilient frame elements cross at two positions adjacent an underside of the tent, the two positions being on each of two opposite sides of the tent, at least with the tent in the erected position, while arch parts remote from each other of third frame element of the three individual resilient frame elements extend at positions between an upper side of the tent and the underside of the tent, at least, with the tent in the erected position, wherein: both the first frame element and the second frame element each include a top part located, with the tent in the erected position, adjacent the upper side of the tent; both the first frame element and the second frame element include a lower part located, with the tent in the erected position, adjacent the underside of the tent; the arch parts remote from each other of the third frame element, with the tent in the erected position, at: lower positions than upper arch parts of the first frame element and second frame element, and higher positions than upper arch parts of the first frame element and second frame element; the third frame element extends at a distance from the crossings between the first frame element and second frame element, with the tent in the erected position; and the third frame element is completely spaced apart from, and completely disposed above a level of, the crossing between the first frame element and second frame element, with the tent in the erected position.