Title:
折りたたみ式テント
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2004503701
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
A foldable self-erecting tent ( 10 ) has an elongate fabric shell ( 11 ) and frame ribs ( 16 ). Frame ribs ( 16 ) define an interior space the of tent ( 10 ), and a collapsed and folded configuration in which the shell ( 11 ) is compacted and the frame is manipulated such that the tent ( 10 ) is stored in carry bag ( 25 ). The frame ribs ( 16 ) are adapted to be fitted into sleeves ( 17 ) and secured at their ends such that ribs ( 16 ) are bowed in arcuate configurations, the ribs ( 16 ) being made from a resilient spring like material urging against the shell ( 11 ) of fabric sheet material to form the interior space. The frame ribs ( 16 ) are moveable from the erect configuration where they are spaced apart to the collapsed configuration where they adjacent to each other into a substantially flat arrangement with a diameter of the transverse cross section being substantially identical to that of the erect configuration, the ribs ( 16 ) being adapted to be manipulated into a loop arrangement ( 23 ) thereby reducing the diameter in the collapsed and folded configuration, the tent in flat collapsed and folded configuration being adapted to be stored in the storage carry bag ( 25 ).
Inventors:
Viglion, Dean, Peter
Application Number:
JP2002512491A
Publication Date:
February 05, 2004
Filing Date:
July 13, 2001
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Viglion, Dean, Peter
International Classes:
E04H15/40; E04H15/56; (IPC1-7): E04H15/40
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Tadashi Hamamoto
Yoshiaki Sato
Yoshiaki Sato