Patent ID: 7810514

Claim:
A connector for tent poles comprising: a body consisting of a single piece as a whole, an approximate half part of the body constituting a first connection part which a single pole assembly passes through and is connected to, the other approximate half part of the body constituting a second connection part to which another pole assembly or a clip is connected; and a pivot hole enabling the pole assembly to pass through the first connection part of the body and maintaining the pole assembly in a position which allows the pole assembly to swivel in the pivot hole by a predetermined angle, wherein the pivot hole includes, a base hole formed through the first connection part in a direction traversing a longitudinal axis of the body and having a size corresponding to an outer diameter of the pole assembly at a central point of a cross section of the base hole of the first connection part; and an expansion hole widely expanded in a radially outward direction of the body from both front and rear sides of the base hole so as to correspond to a swiveling trajectory of the pole assembly so that the pole assembly is able to swivel by the predetermined angle, wherein pivot protrusions are formed at two points opposite to each other in the base hole of the pivot hole, the pivot protrusions are fitted into a gap between an end face of a male pole and an end face of a female pole of the pole assembly, and have cam surfaces following the swiveling trajectory delineated by the two faces.