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There is disclosed herein an frame apparatus for use as a backpack frame in one configuration and as a tent frame in another configuration. The frame members are shaped and sized so as to nest within each other in the backpack configurations. In the tent configuration, six structural elements from t

There is disclosed herein an frame apparatus for use as a backpack frame in one configuration and as a tent frame in another configuration. The frame members are shaped and sized so as to nest within each other in the backpack configurations. In the tent configuration, six structural elements from the top of the backpack frame are disassembled and then reassembled in the tent frame configuration. Such an arrangement obviates the need for carrying separate frame components for the tent. It also simplifies the process of erecting the tent since one end of the tent is permanently attached to the portion of the backpack which is attached to the portion of the backpack frame which remains unchanged. The tent is simply rolled and the frame members comprising the tent frame are slipped through sleeves formed along the front edge of the tent. In the preferred embodiment the frame members are made of aluminum and slip together without means for fastening one member inside another.

대표청구항 ▼

A backpack frame which is convertible into a tent frame comprising: (a) a bottom portion of the backpack frame having at least two upright tubular sections and a bottom member holding said upright tubular sections in upright, parallel relationship, said bottom portion of said backpack frame serving

A backpack frame which is convertible into a tent frame comprising: (a) a bottom portion of the backpack frame having at least two upright tubular sections and a bottom member holding said upright tubular sections in upright, parallel relationship, said bottom portion of said backpack frame serving as the rear support for the tent in the tent frame configuration; (b) a top portion of the backpack frame adapted to fit together in two configurations, as alternately the top of a backpack frame and as the front support of a tent frame comprising: (1) an arcuate, hollow crown piece having openings at its opposite ends for receiving at least two other frame members; (2) at least two hollow roof pieces each having a curved end and a straight end and having outside dimensions slightly smaller than the corresponding inside dimensions of said openings in said crown piece said roof pieces for insertion into said openings in said crown piece in at least two different configurations, alternately as a portion of the top portion of the backpack frame wherein said curved ends of said roof pieces are inserted into said crown piece, and as a portion of the front support of a tent frame wherein said straight ends are inserted into said crown piece each said roof piece having openings in either end for receiving at least two other frame members; (3) at least two leg pieces having outside dimensions slightly smaller than the corresponding inside dimensions of said openings in said ends of said roof pieces for insertion in said openings in said ends of said roof pieces, alternately to complete said front support of said tent frame when said roof piece is inserted in said crown piece in the tent frame configuration and to be received and stored within said roof piece when said roof piece is inserted in said crown piece in the backpack frame configuration.