| 摘要 |
A frame structure for a portable structure, preferably a tent, has a hub capable of a plurality of configurations, each configuration adapted for receiving an associated end of a tent pole. Preferably, the tent pole is formed from a plurality of tent pole sections. Each tent pole section has a first end and a second end. At least one end of each of said plurality of tent pole sections has a ferrule associated with it. The ferrule is sized to receive an adjacent end of an associated tent pole section. Preferably the ferrule has a frustoconical shape. The structure also includes feet for receiving an end of each tent pole. The hub, tent poles and feet all are attached to the material used to define the tent. |
| 主权项 |
1. A portable structure having a frame system, comprising:
a hub, the hub having a central support including at least one pair of oppositely opposed arms extending outwardly from the central support, each of the arms having a tent pole receiving receptacle formed in it, and a channel extending through the hub and communicating with an associated diametrically opposed receptacle extending outwardly from the central support; at least one pair of tent poles, each of said tent poles having a first hub receiving end and a second end, each of said tent poles including a plurality of pole segments have a first end and a second end, a pole channel extending through [the first and second ends of ] each pole segment and said first and second ends, one of said first and said second ends of the pole segments defining a receiving end; a ferrule receptor attached to the receiving end of said tent pole segments, the other of said first and second ends of the tent pole segments being sized for reception in the ferrule receptor of an adjacent tent pole segment, at least two of said tent pole segments defining one of the tent poles of said tent pole pair wherein the tent pole receptors and the ferrule receptors each have a flared outboard end for receiving the second end of said tent pole segment and said hub receiving end of said tent poles; a shock cord associated with and extending continuously through, said pole channels of each of said opposed tent poles and said hub; a plurality of feet for said portable structure, one of the feet plurality being associated with each respective one of the second end of said tent poles, each foot of the foot plurality having a channel formed in them, the channel of said feet defining a receptacle sized to receive a second end of an associated tent pole segment; and a cover material for defining the shape of the portable structure, the material having said hub and said feet attached to it; wherein erecting the portable structure is accomplished by assembling the pole segments to form the tent poles, inserting the second end of each tent pole in an associated ground engaging foot and inserting the opposite hub receiving end of said tent pole into the hub. |
