Tent – canopy – umbrella – or cane – Portable shelter – Framework
Patent
1995-05-23
1997-09-16
Wood, Wynn E.
Tent, canopy, umbrella, or cane
Portable shelter
Framework
135 98, 135147, 135136, 135 30, 135156, 403218, E04H 1536
Patent
active
056669860
ABSTRACT:
A tent frame device comprising a hub from which radiates a multiplicity of ribs when the device is in use. The hub is provided with a multiplicity of retaining portions which extend in a tangential direction and which are spaced apart around the hub. A multiplicity of abutment portions are positioned outwardly of the retaining portions respectively. Respective rib-end portions are provided with respective recesses which are open in an intended upward direction and which receive the retaining portions respectively when the device is in use. The undersides of the rib-end portions abut the abutment portions. The invention extends to a tent frame comprising such a hub device and a multiplicity of ribs which radiate from the hub when the device is in use. It also extends to a frame having ribs which can each be folded at one or more joints having engagement means which maintain the relative orientation of the different parts of the rib. It also extends to a joint between two rib parts, the joint having male and female parts and the male part having a portion which is resiliently urged towards the female part, and which is retractable to enable diengagement between the parts.
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Wood Wynn E.
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