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A tent apparatus and method, the tent apparatus including a fabric tent shell having a plurality of side walls joined in seams along adjacent edges and a fabric floor joined to the bottom edges of the side walls. A tent pole-receiving sleeve is formed as an integral part of each seam. The tent shell

A tent apparatus and method, the tent apparatus including a fabric tent shell having a plurality of side walls joined in seams along adjacent edges and a fabric floor joined to the bottom edges of the side walls. A tent pole-receiving sleeve is formed as an integral part of each seam. The tent shell is supported inside a foldable frame having a plurality of tent poles joined in a coupling at an apex and ribs extending laterally between the tent poles. Each tent pole is inserted in a sleeve and the fabric tent shell is mounted to the foldable frame by a unique cord/pulley system which places the fabric tent shell under tension adjacent the coupling and adjacent the base of each tent pole when the frame is extended while providing ample slack when the frame is folded. The fabric tent shell and foldable frame are thus integrally joined into a unitary, man-portable, and erectable tent structure.

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A tent suspension system comprising: a fabric tent shell comprising a plurality of fabric side walls, each side wall joined to an adjacent side wall in side-by-side relationship along a seam, and an integral fabric floor joined along a lower edge of said side wall; a foldable frame means for support

A tent suspension system comprising: a fabric tent shell comprising a plurality of fabric side walls, each side wall joined to an adjacent side wall in side-by-side relationship along a seam, and an integral fabric floor joined along a lower edge of said side wall; a foldable frame means for supporting said fabric tent shell comprising a plurality of tent poles coupled together at the upper ends in a coupling; sleeve means formed along said seams for receiving said tent poles; rib means extending laterally between said adjacent tent poles, said rib means having sufficient length to place said tent poles under an outwardly directed bending moment as said tent poles are strained by said fabric and tent shell; and suspension means for suspending said fabric tent shell under tension within the foldable frame means comprising a mount means secured to said foldable frame means and an endless cord look means slidably engaged in pulley-like relationship between mount means fixedly secured on said foldable frame means and said fabric tent shell to place said fabric tent shell under tension when said foldable frame means is opened outwardly into an extended position with the ribs holding said tent poles under said outwardly directed bending moment, said cord means being slidably engaged in pulley-like relationship allowing said cord means to adjustably transfer said tension between said foldable frame means and said fabric tent shell.