Tent adapted for attachment to a cot

• US 6,644,329 B2
• Filed: 08/03/2001
• Issued: 11/11/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 08/03/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Wallace G. Tomason
• Original Assignee: Wallace G. Tomason
• Inventors: Tomason, Wallace G
• Primary Examiner(s): WILKENS, JANET MARIE
• Application Number:
  US09/921,094
• Publication Number:
  US 20030024560A1
• Time in Patent Office: 830 Days
• Field of Search: 135/115, 135/117, 135/90, 135/96, 135/124, 511/1, 511/3, 512/1, 541/4
• US Class Current: 135/96
• CPC Class Codes: E04H 15/02 Tents combined or specially associated with other devices
• CPC Class Codes: E04H 15/324 Beds constituted by the tent supporting means beds per se, A47C

Abstract

A tent is adapted for attachment to a cot. A preferred version of a tent includes a body made of fabric or similar sheet material, with a floor, two ends and two sides. A frame includes first and second frame poles carried within sleeves defined within the fabric body. Four to six fasteners secure the body to the frame of the cot. Each fastener passes around the frame, through a hole defined between the cot frame and cot fabric, and is secured to the bottom of the floor. A rain guard includes two opposed side panels and two opposed end panels. The rain guard prevents rain from pooling on the tent floor or on the horizontal fabric of the cot. Rain moving down the fabric body is guided past the tent floor and cot fabric, where it is released.

Claims

1. A tent adapted for attachment to a cot, the tent comprising:

(A) a tent body, comprising a floor connected to two end panels and two side panels;

(B) a tent frame, comprising first and second frame poles carried within sleeves defined within the tent body;

(C) at least four fasteners to secure the tent body to a frame of the cot, each fastener comprising a strap extending from the floor carrying a first fastening material connectable to a second fastening material carried on a lower surface of the floor; and

(D) a rain guard, comprising two opposed side panels and two opposed end panels, attached to a perimeter of the floor.

2. A tent and associated cot, comprising:

(A) a cot having a frame;

(B) a tent body, comprising a floor connected to two end panels and two side panels;

(C) a tent frame, comprising first and second frame poles carried within sleeves defined within the tent body;

(D) at least four fasteners to secure the tent body to the frame of the cot, each fastener comprising a strap extending from the floor carrying a first fastening material connectable to a second fastening material carried on a lower surface of the floor; and

(E) a rain guard, comprising two opposed side panels and two opposed end panels, attached to a perimeter of the floor.