Patent ID: 8499777

Claim:
A foldable tent structure, comprising: a plurality of curved half-poles that are connected to one another in an upper part thereof according to a general radial arrangement so as to form, in a deployed state, a frame that supports fabric of the tent structure, the curved half-poles being able to be folded against one another to store the frame, each half-pole consisting of at least one lower section, and an upper section that is divided into two branches that extend, by separating from one another, toward distal ends thereof and are kept separated so as to constitute a lower arch and an upper arch arranged one below the other, the distal ends of the branches of the half-poles, which are pivotable, being mounted to pivot around at least one vertical axis of rotation located close to a central part of the structure, the branches of the half-poles being kept separated by at least one bracket arranged along said at least one axis of rotation, the lower sections of the half-poles each extending in a lower part thereof by a holding element of lower ends thereof relative to one another in the deployed state and forming a base of the structure designed to rest on the ground, the holding element being a rectilinear element of which a first end is connected to the lower section and a second end is mounted to pivot around at least one axis of rotation located in an extension of the at least one axis of rotation of the upper branches of the pivoting half-poles, the holding elements of the set of half-poles forming, in the deployed state, the base of the structure that is designed to rest on the ground, wherein the distal ends of the branches of the pivoting half-poles are mounted to pivot on a pair of connecting plates, disposed at a peak of the structure, around distinct vertical axes of rotation and separated from one another, at least two brackets being disposed between the pair of plates along the two axes of rotation so as to keep the branches of the half-poles separated, the rectilinear holding elements are connected to a lower connecting plate disposed at the base of the structure, perpendicular to the pair of connecting plates, the holding element being mounted to pivot around axes located in the extensions of the axes of rotation of the upper branches of the pivoting half-poles, and the holding elements of the set of half-poles and the lower connecting plate form, in the deployed state, the base of the frame that is designed to rest on the ground.