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A portable shelter assembly adapted to be mounted in a folded condition for transportation purposes preferably on the top of a motor vehicle, and to be unfolded and distended while supported either on the vehicle or on the ground to provide a tent for shelter purposes. The assembly includes a pair o

A portable shelter assembly adapted to be mounted in a folded condition for transportation purposes preferably on the top of a motor vehicle, and to be unfolded and distended while supported either on the vehicle or on the ground to provide a tent for shelter purposes. The assembly includes a pair of rigid base sections hingedly secured together at inner edges and foldable to define a container in which the remainder of the tent can be stored, and unfoldable to define a planar platform with upturned forward and after edges on which a flexible cover and frame members can be supported to provide accommodations. A simplified hinge arrangement for the base sections and the associated pivotally supported frame members is provided, and the flexible cover, when distended, provides for interior ventilation and improved exterior drainage.

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In a folding tent adapted to be mounted on a vehicle top or on other suitable supporting surfaces, a frame and base assembly comprising first and second rigid base sections hingedly secured together in a fore-and-aft direction at their respective inner ends and foldable together with the first base

In a folding tent adapted to be mounted on a vehicle top or on other suitable supporting surfaces, a frame and base assembly comprising first and second rigid base sections hingedly secured together in a fore-and-aft direction at their respective inner ends and foldable together with the first base section nested in the second base section so as to define a container and unfoldable laterally apart into aligned relation to define a planar platform, said base sections when in their unfolded positions having upturned forward and after edges, said first base section having a smaller fore-and-aft dimension than said second base section to facilitate nesting the base sections together, said second base section having extensions from its forward and after edges overlapping the corresponding edges of said first base section, and hinge pins extending through said extensions and said corresponding edges to provide the hinge connections between the first and second rigid base sections; and first and second U-shaped frame members hingedly connected at their ends respectively to said first and second rigid base sections, each frame member having upright portions extending from said ends and joined by a fore-and-aft portion, the ends of said first frame member being on the inboard side of said forward and after edges of said first base sections and connected by pivot pins extending through the first base section edges adjacent to said hinge pins and laterally outward thereof, and the ends of said second frame member being on the inboard side of said forward and after edges of said second base section and connected by pivot pins extending through the second base section edges adjacent to said hinge pins and laterally outward thereof.