US2000644A - Tent - Google Patents

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May 7, 1935.

F. M. POWERS TENT Filed Aug. 1, 1954 Fran? jf Powe/746,

MQMMQM/W Patented May 7, 1931s i n u 2,000,044

im" n. am 1, ma' n.111., w 'gm ormethird to Tlmmas UJJowers .and .one-third .to David W. Powersytboth ofhicagoflll. Y f l. .Y ,Y Mieming Must l.,y 1934, Serial No. 738,004

, l 'ammaswiisfn" z v'LEihis iirrventi'onrelate'sto impts intents tent iineluding tour 'triangular `sheets forxao'es el! and fespecially applicable' to the se-cailed with theirflower .edges fjoined tothe upper-i tent wielen single runterladen-Mcm of the sidewalls 'what the `eawzes 455; :I6-indice; may beapplied ttol a tent nf practically thescentertpole' for the itente. I I u or fshmxe hai/mg *waBlsnndItep-cozmectedet i .inside of :the :tent .at the :eaves ."Izzprmden the eaves, in whiuhsnoh eaves :are arbore the top square frame comprising "four relatively stm' sur of the door. j Y j rigidbants :151 vjoined togethemattheirends'oybolts .Amongsthe features df'fmy xrmenuiyn Jisithe ppoil.' .Dhe'se barstfor example, *in a tent .seven fleet vision of a frame tat yeaves squareat the:bottornfamdubo1rti6f6 highfat l0 bars suitably eemnectedtogether. By the use of center 'may be .made iefvvstmp ironksubstantially ist) such a frame, the desired shape of the tent is 3A" x IAB" in cross-section. The bolts I8 extend maintained and the top and walls thereof are upwardly through grommets at the corners of the kept straight and in proper position. tent and Wing nuts I9 are applied to the bolts.

Another feature of my invention is the provi- Inside of the tent, for the purpose of assistsion of flexible tension members connecting the ing in keeping the bars` I1 straight, are provided l5 middles of the rods to the top of the tent pole, four nexible tension members or ropes 20, each whereby the rods may be kept from sagging and provided with a conventional tightener 2|. The maintained in proper position. By the use of upper ends of the ropes are attached to a ring such tension members or guys, a relatively light 22 over the pin IIi8L in the top of the pole I6. One

zo material may be used for constructing the rOdS of the ropes lies under and adjacent the cen- 20 comprising the frame. ter line of each face I4a of the top, and the lower MY imDrOVed tent iS light, durable and roomy; end of each rope carries a suitable hook 23 which and may be ereCtedOI taken dOWn in a relatively engages the bar I1 near its center. The tighten- Short time. The inventions herein Claimed iners 2| are adjusted so that the bars I1 are pre- 5 crease the utility of the tent without a material vented from bowing downwardly and held 25 increase in weight or cost of manufacture. straight and adjacent to and in registry with Other features and advantages 0f mv invention the eave line I5. In a tent, as referred to above, Will appear more fully aS I proceed With my' with a seven foot square bottom, each of the bars specification. I1 may be, for example, approximately four feet so For the purpose 0f illustrating the invention, long. By using the tension members 2o to assist 30 I have herein Shown the Same applied t0 a fOulfin holding the bars I1 in proper position, there sided umbrella tent with a center pele, although is no sacrifice of head room by the use of objecit is obvious that the tent may have fewer or tional horizontal braces, more sides. While I have shown and described certain emu In that fOrm 0f deviee embodying Ithe features bodiments of my invention, it is to be understood 3" 0f my inventiOn ShOWn in `the accompanying that itk is capable of many modifications. drawing- Changes, therefore, in the construction and ar- Figure 1 is a view in perspective; Fig. 2 is a rangement may be made without departing from f top plan view of the frame and tension ropes, the spirit and scope of the invention as disclosed 40 showing the same with the tent removed; Fig. 3 is in the appended claims, in which it is my inten- 40 a vertical sectional view of the upper part of the tion to claim all novelty inherent in my invention tent; and Fig. 4 iS a View taken aS indicated by the as broadly as permissible, in view of the prior art. line 4-4 0f Fig. 2. What I claim as new, and desire to secure by As shown in the drawing, the tent has a square Letters patent, is; Y

4.5 bottom and comprises four side walls connected 1 A tent, including; a plurality of side walls; a 40 at their upper edges, 0I eaves, t0 a pyramidal tOD- top having a plurality of faces with their lower As here shown, the side walls slant inwardly from edges joined to the upper edges of the Side Waus; the bottom to the top. It is obvious that these a, p01@ for the top; a, frame inside of the tent, in- Walls may Slant inwardly t0 any degree desired cluding a bar adjacent the junction of each side 01 may be Vertieal- The Side Walls are indicated wall and top face with means for connecting the by l0, l0, One 0f Said Walls being Provided With a ends of said bars together; and means for supdOOr Opening ll. l2 may indicate the COnVenporting said frame, said means including tension tional awning over the door supported `by two members extending from the top of the pole to vertical poles I3, I3, in front of the tent. said frame,

I4 indicates a pyramidal roof or top for the 2. A tent as claimed in'claim 1, in which the means for supporting the frame includes members carried by the frame and extending through the tent material and provided with fastening means outside of the tent.

3. A tent as claimed in claim 1, in which the means for supporting the frame includes bolts carried by the frame and extending through the tent material and provided with nuts outside of thetent. Y

4. A tent including; four upwardly and inwardly slanting side walls; a pyramidal top having the lower edges of its four faces attached to the upper edges of said sideV walls; a center pole for said' f top; a bar inside of the tent adjacent the junction of each side Walland topface; bolts con-l necting the ends of said bars, said bolts extending upwardly through the tent, and nuts outside' of the tent on said bolts..

5. A tent, including; four `upwardly and jin--` wardly slanting side walls; a pyramidal top hav-v ing the lower edges of. its fouryfaces attached to the upper edges of said side walls; a center pole for said top; a bar inside ofthe tent adjacent the Vjunction of each side wall and top face; bolts a top having a plurality of faces with their lower edges joined to the upper edges of the side walls; a pole for the top; a frame inside of the tent, including a bar adjacent the junction of each side wall and top face with means for connecting the ends of said bars together; and means for supporting said frame, said means including members extending through vthe tent material and provided with fastening means outside of the tent, andtension members extending from the top of the pole to the center portions of the bars of the frame.

'7. A tent, including; a plurality of side walls; a top having a plurality of faces with their lower ledges-joinedto the' upper edges of the side walls;

ajpole for the top; a frame inside of the tent,

including a bar'adjacent the junction of each V.side wall and topface with means for connecting the `ends of said bars together; and means for supporting said frame, said means including members adjacent the ends of the bars extending throu'ghgthe tentmaterial and provided with fastening means outside of the tent, and tension members extending from lthe top of the pole to the center portions of the bars of the frame.

8. A tent *as4 claimed in claim 6, in which the tension members are adjustable.

. 9. A tent as claimed in claim 7, in which the tension members are adjustable. v FRANK M. POWERS.

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