IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
UP-0162302
(2005-09-06)
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등록번호 |
US-7673642
(2010-04-21)
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발명자
/ 주소 |
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대리인 / 주소 |
Northern Michigan Patent Law, PLC
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
10 인용 특허 :
10 |
초록
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A lightweight, freestanding tent type shelter using a single removable arch pole tensioning the roof canopy between ground-level platform poles that form a perpendicular base for the arch pole. The platform poles are already-carried or found pole type objects such as trekking poles, sticks, skis, pa
A lightweight, freestanding tent type shelter using a single removable arch pole tensioning the roof canopy between ground-level platform poles that form a perpendicular base for the arch pole. The platform poles are already-carried or found pole type objects such as trekking poles, sticks, skis, paddles and the like already at hand or easily located at a campsite, and the lower side edges of the canopy are provided with connectors for securing the canopy to the platform poles. The canopy has an embedded roof strut crossing the arch pole to add headroom and transfer arch tension to the front and rear ends of the shelter.
대표청구항
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I accordingly claim: 1. A freestanding fabric shelter suitable for use by backpackers, comprising: a weather-resistant fabric canopy comprising two side edges adjacent the ground, and front and rear ends; two separate, spaced, generally straight, ground-level platform poles of a length correspondin
I accordingly claim: 1. A freestanding fabric shelter suitable for use by backpackers, comprising: a weather-resistant fabric canopy comprising two side edges adjacent the ground, and front and rear ends; two separate, spaced, generally straight, ground-level platform poles of a length corresponding to the side edges of the canopy; a single flexible arch pole, the arch pole being removably connected at each end to an intermediate portion of one of the platform poles in generally perpendicular relationship to the platform poles, the arch pole further being connected in generally continuous tension to the canopy across an intermediate portion of the canopy from one of the side edges to the other of the side edges; and, platform connectors along the side edges of the canopy removably securing the side edges of the canopy and the ends of the arch pole to the platform poles with the arch pole and intermediate portion of the canopy tensioned into a freestanding continuous arch between the platform poles with the side edges and ends of the canopy extending in tension from both sides of the arch pole. 2. The freestanding shelter of claim 1, wherein the platform poles are trekking poles. 3. The freestanding shelter of claim 1, wherein the canopy includes a roof strut secured to the canopy between the ends of the canopy and crossing the arch pole. 4. The freestanding shelter of claim 3, wherein the roof strut is removably secured to the canopy. 5. The freestanding shelter of claim 3, wherein the canopy has an arched roof portion and generally planar front and rear ends, and the front and rear ends are generally triangular and extend from ends of the roof strut. 6. The freestanding shelter of claim 5, wherein the roof strut is shorter than a front-to-back depth of a canopy footprint, and the front and rear ends extend from front and back ends of the roof strut at an acute angle. 7. The freestanding shelter of claim 5, wherein the roof strut has a length equal to or longer than a front-to-back depth of a canopy footprint. 8. The freestanding shelter of claim 1, wherein the canopy has an arched roof portion and generally planar front and rear ends. 9. The freestanding shelter of claim 8, wherein the front and rear ends are generally triangular. 10. The freestanding shelter of claim 8, wherein at least one of the front and rear ends is angled inwardly from its lower end toward the arch pole. 11. The freestanding shelter of claim 1, wherein the arch pole is secured in a sleeve on the canopy, and free ends of the arch pole exit open ends of the sleeve adjacent the platform poles, and wherein one of the platform connectors on each side edge of the canopy comprises an arch pole connector connected to the canopy adjacent the sleeve and removably securing the free ends of the arch pole to the platform poles. 12. The freestanding shelter of claim 11, wherein the arch pole connector comprises a closed loop of hook-and-loop material adapted to wrap under one of the platform poles and to lie against the arch pole, and a horizontal strap of hook-and-loop material adapted to wrap around and secure the closed loop against the arch pole. 13. The freestanding shelter of claim 1, wherein the canopy has an arched roof portion and generally planar front and rear ends, and the front and rear ends are generally triangular and extend from a peak portion of the arch pole. 14. The freestanding shelter of claim 1, wherein the ends of the arch pole are connected in tension by a ground-level flexible connector running between them.
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