Patent ID: 8763621

Claim:
An instant tent collapsible from an open configuration to a collapsed configuration, the instant tent comprising: a frame comprising at least one hub and a plurality of poles extending from the at least one hub; an outer fly having an inner surface and an outer surface, the outer fly having a top section and a plurality of side sections extending downwardly therefrom, the outer surface of the outer fly slidably coupled to the frame by a plurality of pole engaging assemblies; an inner tent having an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner tent having a top section, a plurality of side sections extending therefrom and a bottom section connecting lower portions of said side sections, the inner surface of the inner tent defining an enclosed interior of the inner tent; a plurality of upper coupling assemblies, each upper coupling assembly comprising a first coupling member and a second coupling member, each of the first and second coupling members having a first end and a second end, the first coupling member first end coupled to the outer fly inner surface, the second coupling member first end coupled to the inner tent outer surface, the second ends of the first and second coupling members adapted to be detachably coupled to each other; and a plurality of lower coupling assemblies, each lower coupling assembly comprising: an inner member having an inner end and an outer end, said inner end fixedly coupled to a lower portion of the inner tent; an outer member having an inner end and an outer end, said inner end detachably coupled to the inner member outer end, a lower portion of the outer fly fixedly coupled to the outer member between the inner and outer ends of the outer member; and a pole engaging member having an inner end and an outer end, the pole engaging member inner end coupled to the outer member outer end, a pole orifice disposed between the inner and outer ends of the pole engaging member, a lower end of a corresponding pole secured within the pole orifice; wherein the frame, outer fly and inner tent remain coupled together in the collapsed configuration.