Patent ID: 7607447

Claim:
A frame assembly for a canopy tent comprising: a housing unit having a flange with a plurality of engage slots formed therein, a engage portion and guide portion making upper and lower bodies based on the flange and a through hole formed lengthwise therein; a sliding unit having a flange with a plurality of engage slots formed therein, a cylindrical portion making a lower body based on the flange, and a support tube one end of which is inserted in a through hole of said housing unit and the other end of which is fixed to a support rod extended upward from the cylindrical portion so as to be slid along the inside of said guide portion, wherein the support rod has an insert hole formed lengthwise therein; a fixing unit having a fixing piece which is inserted into the through hole of said housing unit to be slid up and down in a state joined to the top end of the support tube of said sliding unit and has a head placed at the top end of said support tube and a fixing hole formed lengthwise therein, a joining member for fixing the fixing piece to said sliding unit, and a first elastic member installed between the head of said fixing piece and the bottom end of the guide portion of said housing unit; a cover unit which is joined to the top end of the engage portion of said housing unit so as to prevent said fixing unit from coming off and which has a cylindrical portion composing a main body and a cover having a plurality of penetrating holes formed on the rim of the main body; a support unit which is placed between the flange of said housing unit and the cover of said cover unit so as to be moved up and down by a second elastic member and has a cylindrical portion placed on the outer circumference of the cylindrical portion of said cover unit and a base plate formed at the bottom end of said cylindrical portion; an upper connecting pole pivotably joined to the said housing unit through a connecting socket, wherein said connecting socket has a first hinge hole formed at one end to be pivotly connected to a joining hole formed in the flange of said housing unit and a second hinge hole formed at the other end; and a connecting unit which has a first hinge hole formed on one end in correspondence to the second hinge hole of said connecting socket and a second hinge hole to be pivotly connected to a joining hole formed in the flange of said sliding unit, and transmits the action force of said upper connecting pole to said sliding unit, wherein the connecting socket of said upper connecting pole moves said support unit upward in close contact with said support unit during the unfolding of said upper connecting pole.