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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:
Dec. 03, 1991
Filed:
Jan. 08, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Mark R Niksic, Lakewood, CO (US);
Assignee:
T. A. Pelsue Company, Englewood, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
403170 ; 403218 ; 135109 ;
Abstract
A hub for providing an articulating interconnection between the ends of tent frame struts, comprising a base member and a cap member rotatably interconnected by a common axis of rotation to form an encasement having a plurality of interior cavities equally spaced radially from the common axis, a like plurality of elongated windows each having top and side framing portions and a sill, each in communication with one of the cavities, a like plurality of radial slots in the base member in respective communication with one of the said windows and a like plurality of sockets, each having a spherical terminating end portion and disposed in each of said cavities.