Tent

• US 4,175,576 A
• Filed: 08/18/1978
• Issued: 11/27/1979
• Est. Priority Date: 08/18/1978
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Jack Iby
• Original Assignee: Jack Iby
• Inventors: Iby, Jack
• Primary Examiner(s): Machado, Reinaldo P.
• Application Number:
  US05/935,024
• Time in Patent Office: 466 Days
• Field of Search: 135/5 AT, 135/5 A, 135/1 A, 135/3 R, 135/3 A, 135/7.1 R
• US Class Current: 135/88.1
• CPC Class Codes: B60P 3/343 Hoods for caravans
• CPC Class Codes: E04H 15/06 Tents at least partially supported by vehicles

Abstract

A tent for attachment to and from a van has a frame which includes two straps strung from the gutter edge to the lower edge of the vanside and held by means of clamps; a pair of braces extend obliquely from the straps and are held at their top by a pair of holding straps which are attached to the upper strap clamps. A cross bar interconnects the upper brace ends and a canvas and canopy is mounted to that frame.

Claims

1. A tent for attachment to the side of a van or similar kind of vehicle, comprising:

a pair of frame straps to be hooked with one end each on a gutter edge of the van and with the respective other end around the bottom edge of a van side;

a pair of poles serving as braces and being respectively hooked with one end to the straps at points between the strap ends;

a pair of holding straps each detachably fastened by one end to the ends of the frame straps adjacent to gutter, the other ends of the holding straps being detachably fastened to the respective other ends of the poles;

a cross pole detachably fastened to said other ends of the poles of the pair;

tent sides hung from the corners of a rectangle as defined by the upper frame strap clamps and upper ends of the poles of the pair; and

a canopy mounted on the corners of said rectangle.

2. A tent as in claim 1, said frame strap each having hooks at their respective end, a pin hook being mounted on top of the end hooks gripping around the gutter edge, said holding straps being fastened to said pin hooks.

3. A tent as in claim 1, said poles of the pair each being a pair of telescopes tubes.

4. A tent as in claim 1, said other ends of the poles of the pair being configured as pins, said cross pole having eye hooks at its ends, each said pin receiving (a) an eye hook of the cross pole, (b) the other end of one of the holding straps, (c) a gromlet of the tent sides and (d) a gromlet of the canopy.

5. A tent as in claim 1, said cross pole being their telescoped tubes.

6. A tent as in claim 1 and including suction cups each with a fastener respectively threaded through a slot in the frame straps, respectively for fastening to the one end and each of the poles of the pair.