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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 1982
Filed:
Sep. 10, 1980
Applicant:
Inventor:
Philip T Nichols, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A45F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
135 / ; 135 / ;
Abstract
A novel tent apparatus and method, the tent apparatus including a first tent shell having sidewalls and a floor. The support structure for the tent shell includes a plurality of interconnectable pole structures and an external, umbrella-type rib structure for placing the tent poles in an outwardly directed tension. The tent pole structure is integrally joined to the tent shell so as to provide a unitary, man-portable and erectable tent structure.