US1081481A - Hanging tent. - Google Patents

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C. B. AVERY &1\/1. C. @L L. A. ALVESON.

HANGING TENT.

APPLICATION FILED JAN24, 1913.

Patented Dec. 16, 1913.

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CASSIUS B, AVERY, MAGNUS C. ALVESON, ANI) LOE/IAN A. ALVESON, OF DULUT-I,

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Application filed January 24, 1913.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dece 16,193. Serial No. 744,048.

dents of Duluth, county of St. Louis, State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hanging Tents, of which the following` is a full and clear specilication, reference being had to the accom- FlO panying drawings, in which- Figures l, 2 and 3 afe perspective views, reduced. showing three different ways of suspending the tent; Fig. il an end elevation of the tent erected, part of the structure being broken away for purposes of better illustration; F ig. 5 a plan view of the floor frame, one end of the frame being shown in horizontal section; Fig. 6 a side elevation of one end of the tent erected; Figs. 7, S, 9 and l0 detail views of parts which are hereinafter described.

The object of this invention is to provide a tent which shall be capable of being suspended from an overhead support and which also shall be inexpensive in construction,

light in weight and be capable of being collapsed or folded into a compact area, as more fully hereinafter set forth.

In the drawings, a designates a pair of parallel rods or bars forming the side bars of the floor frame, these bars being connected together at their ends by end bars Z), thus forming a ioor frame which is substantially rectangular. The side bars are divided midway their ends and the two sections are hinged together by a pintle c which is arranged on the under side of the bar and is desir-ably mounted in metal ears (Z formed integral with fer-rules c affixed over the adjacent ends of the sections and arrano'ed to abut each other in the manner of a rule joint. The end bars .7) are extensible for the purpose of adjusting the distance between the side bars, a screw f being provided for this purpose, one end of the screw working into an axial recess g in one end of the bar and the other end having an angular head which lits into an angular recess in the side bar. Upon rotating the bar Z), the

59 screw will be held stationary and the side bars will be either pushed apart or allowed to come closer together according to which way the bar is turned. rIhe end opposite the screw is provided with a cylindrical pin 552' which extends transversely through the Z, these ferrules aifording bearings for the angular heads It and the pivots t'.

Connecting the side bars is a canvas floor m, the side edges of this canvas sheet being looped over the side bars and detachably connected thereto by a sewed hem or snap buttons n or other fasteners. By means of the stretching bars b it will be seen that the proper tension may be given to this canvas floor. Each side bar is provided at each of its ends with an oblique transverse hole o for the reception of one of the suspending ropes. rThere is a rope y) at each corner of the frame. T he two ropes at each end of the tent are made integral and are crossed at their upper ends to forni an eye f/ for the passage of a suspending rope 1. The lower ends of the ropes j) are provided with knots s to prevent them being drawn up through holes 0. rThe ropes y; at each end of the tent converge upwardly. The suspending rope 1 passes through the eyes q of the corner ropes and forms in effect the ridge pole of the tent, the corner ropes being held to their proper places on the suspending rope by means of suitable stops on the suspending rope, these stops being desirably formeel by simply lnotting the suspending rope at t. The walls of the tent consist of a suitable piece of canvas draped or hung over the ridge rope, the lower edges of the canvas hanging down below the side bars and end bars. The end walls of the tent are formed by folding extensions of the back wall across the ends of the tent and connecting the front edges thereof detachably to the side edges of the front wall by a suitable series of detachable fasteners u whereby access is readily had to the interior of the tent through the front side wall 0.

It will be observed that the ridge member r, which in the present instance is a rope, extends through holes in the end walls of the tent. It will be observed also that the front wall 0 may be thrown haelt over the ridge of the tent or can be partly raised, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. it, and propped lll@ . spreader bar o as shown in Fig. 8.

up in that position by a pair of sticks, in which position this front wall will serve as a sun shade in the day time. lt will be observed that when the canvas is thus draped over the ropes its two side-walls will incline downwardly from the ridge i'ope while the end walls will be vertical. Preferably the end-walls are allowed to hang down inside of the floor-stretching-bars b. The tent may be suspended by means of the rope r to adjacent trees as shown in Fig. 1, or by means of a pair of props and suitable ground stakes as shown in Fig. 2 or from a single overhead support by the use of a t is obvious from the above description, that the tent can be collapsed and folded in a compact form to facilitate its transportation from one place to another, in fact, when folded it can be easily carried by one person. To collapse and fold the device, the extensible end bars b are shortened by rotating them backward upon their screws, until the canvas floor m is slack enough to allow the withdrawal of the ends of said end bars from their bearings in the side bars. When this is done, the side bars are folded together .with the canvas floor and the canopy or cover, and then rolled into a compact package, including the separate end bars. The package thus formed will be only as long as one-half the length of the floor frame, and the parts having collapsed in close relation, the package will be reduced to a small diameter.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Lettei's Patent, isF

A hanging tent, comprising la floor-frame embodying side-bars, adjustable end-bars, and a flexible floor, a tent cover for said frame, and means for suspending said frame above the ground, said suspending means consist-ing of a ridge-rope and suspensionropes supported by said ridge-rope and hav-- ing their free ends secured to said side-bars inside of said end-bars, whereby said endb'ars can be adjusted outside of said tentcover.

In testimony whereof we hereunto aflix our signatures in the presence of two witnesses this 20th day of January, 1913. CASSIUS B. AVERY. MAGNUS C. ALVESON. LOMAN A. ALVESON. lWitnesses ERNEST W. BOERNER,

HARRY W. LANNERS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patente,

Washington, D. G.

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