Patent ID: 8671963

Claim:
An overhead tent apparatus comprising: a vertical columnar object; at least one snap ring sleeved securely onto said columnar object, the snap ring having an adjustable clamping portion such that the snap ring can be clamped to said columnar object, the clamping portion allowing the snap ring to be releasable from said columnar object; a lining formed of a soft material, said lining arranged annularly between the snap ring and said columnar object; a tent skeleton formed of a plurality of racks, said tent skeleton extendable outwardly, said tent skeleton having a crisscross area defining at least a floor; a plurality of single-opening connectors connecting the snap ring with said plurality of racks of said tent skeleton, each of said plurality of single-opening connectors containing a vertical plate and a pair of transverse plates extending transversely by an upper end and a lower end of said vertical plate, said vertical plate clamped by the snap ring and externally abutting said lining, said pair of transverse plates defining an opening between the ends thereof, said opening receiving an end of at least one of the racks, said pair of transverse plates having locating holes at the end of the rack so as to allow connection and positioning by penetration therein of a locating pin; a supporting leg assembly linked to said floor of said tent skeleton, said supporting leg assembly having a plurality of adjustable supports extending vertically to form a landing end; a coating cloth covering said tent skeleton so as to define a living space therein; and a swinging footstand swingably mated with said landing end, said swinging footstand having a tapered assembly slot formed at a top thereof, said tapered assembly slot having a reducing port and a tapered inner space such that said landing end has a tapered joint, said tapered joint having a necking portion and a tapered head, said necking portion mated with said reducing port of said tapered assembly slot, said tapered head mated with said tapered inner space of said tapered assembly slot, said tapered head and said tapered inner space defining a gap therebetween.