Lightweight tent

Abstract

The present invention is a lightweight tent having a sloping roof that overhangs the door and preferably the base of the tent as well at one or both ends. This latter slope allows the tent to be erected using a single supporting member, and provides good ventilation while simultaneously providing good protection from the elements. The lightweight tent is constructed from a waterproof canopy having generally trapezoidal sides joined to a floor that preferably tapers from the front to the rear. Its roof slopes downward from the front to the rear, with at least its front side edges tilting toward the ridgeline at an angle less than ninety degrees.

1 . A lightweight tent comprising:
 a front door entrance including a door flap that opens from the top down; and   a canopy having first and second canopy sides meeting along a roof ridgeline sloping from the front end to the rear end of said canopy, the roof ridgeline overhanging at the front end said front door entrance, with said front door entrance disposed between the base of the tent and the roof ridgeline.   
   
   
       2 . The lightweight tent of  claim 1  wherein the roof ridgeline also overhangs the base of the tent at the front end. 
   
   
       3 . The lightweight tent of  claim 1  wherein the base of the tent tapers from the front end to the rear end. 
   
   
       4 . The lightweight tent of  claim 1  further comprising a floor that covers the base of the tent. 
   
   
       5 . The lightweight tent of  claim 1  wherein said canopy at the front end includes front canopy edges tilting towards the roof ridgeline at an angle less than ninety degrees and extending down to the base of the tent. 
   
   
       6 . The lightweight tent of  claim 1  wherein the front door entrance includes netting. 
   
   
       7 . The lightweight tent of  claim 1  further including a rear door disposed between the base of the tent and the roof ridgeline. 
   
   
       8 . The lightweight tent of  claim 7  wherein the roof ridgeline overhangs both the base of the tent and said rear door. 
   
   
       9 . The lightweight tent of  claim 8  wherein said canopy at the rear end includes rear canopy edges tilting towards the roof ridgeline at an angle less than ninety degrees and extending down to the base of the tent. 
   
   
       10 . The lightweight tent of  claim 7  wherein the rear door includes netting. 
   
   
       11 . The lightweight tent of  claim 7  wherein the rear door includes a door flap that opens from the top down. 
   
   
       12 . The lightweight tent of  claim 7  further including a rear end wall at the rear end of the canopy. 
   
   
       13 . The lightweight tent of  claim 1  further including a front end wall at the front end of the canopy. 
   
   
       14 . A lightweight tent comprising:
 a roof;   a front door entrance including a flap that opens from the top down disposed between the base of the tent and said roof; and   a canopy having first and second canopy sides meeting along a roof ridgeline defining said roof, the roof ridgeline sloping from a front end to a rear end, thereby forming a funnel shaped interior region within the tent between the front and rear ends, said roof ridgeline overhanging said front door entrance.   
   
   
       15 . The lightweight tent of  claim 14  wherein said roof ridgeline also overhangs the base of the tent at the front end. 
   
   
       16 . The lightweight tent of  claim 14  wherein the base of the tent tapers from the front end to the rear end. 
   
   
       17 . The lightweight tent of  claim 14  further comprising a floor that covers the base of the tent. 
   
   
       18 . The lightweight tent of  claim 14  wherein said canopy at the front end includes front canopy edges tilting towards the roof ridgeline at an angle less than ninety degrees and extending down to the base of the tent. 
   
   
       19 . The lightweight tent of  claim 14  wherein the front door entrance includes netting. 
   
   
       20 . The lightweight tent of  claim 14  further including a rear door disposed between the base of the tent and the roof ridgeline. 
   
   
       21 . The lightweight tent of  claim 20  wherein the roof ridgeline overhangs both the base of the tent and said rear door. 
   
   
       22 . The lightweight tent of  claim 21  wherein said canopy at the rear end includes rear canopy edges tilting towards the roof ridgeline at an angle less than ninety degrees and extending down to the base of the tent. 
   
   
       23 . The lightweight tent of  claim 20  wherein the rear door includes netting. 
   
   
       24 . The lightweight tent of  claim 20  wherein the rear door includes a door flap that opens from the top down. 
   
   
       25 . The lightweight tent of  claim 14  further including a rear end wall at the rear end of the canopy. 
   
   
       26 . The lightweight tent of  claim 14  further including a front end wall at the front end of the canopy. 
   
   
       27 . The lightweight tent of  claim 14  in which the roof ridgeline at the front end is supported by a first guy line secured to a point at or higher than the peak of the roof ridgeline, and in which said roof ridgeline at the rear end is secured to the ground by a second guy line. 
   
   
       28 . The lightweight tent of  claim 27  further including a pole located at or past the front peak of the tent, said first guy line secured to the peak of the pole. 
   
   
       29 . A lightweight tent comprising:
 a roof;   left and right sidewalls;   a front door entrance disposed between the base of the tent and said roof, said front door entrance including a door flap that opens from the top down; and   a canopy having first and second canopy sides meeting along a roof ridgeline defining said roof, the roof ridgeline sloping from a front end to a rear end, said first and second canopy sides joined to said left and right sidewalls, respectively, thereby forming a funnel shaped interior region within the tent between said front and rear ends, said roof ridgeline overhanging both said front door entrance at the front end.   
   
   
       30 . The lightweight tent of  claim 29  wherein the roof ridgeline also overhangs the base of the tent at the front end. 
   
   
       31 . The lightweight tent of  claim 29  wherein the base of the tent tapers from the front end to the rear end. 
   
   
       32 . The lightweight tent of  claim 29  further comprising a floor that covers the base of the tent. 
   
   
       33 . The lightweight tent of  claim 29  wherein said canopy at the front end includes front canopy edges tilting towards the roof ridgeline at an angle less than ninety degrees and extending down to said sidewalls. 
   
   
       34 . The lightweight tent of  claim 29  wherein the front door entrance includes netting. 
   
   
       35 . The lightweight tent of  claim 29  further including a rear door disposed between the base of the tent and the roof ridgeline. 
   
   
       36 . The lightweight tent of  claim 35  wherein the roof ridgeline overhangs both said rear door and the base of the tent at the rear end of the tent. 
   
   
       37 . The lightweight tent of  claim 36  wherein said canopy at the rear end includes rear canopy edges tilting towards the roof ridgeline at an angle less than ninety degrees and extending down to said sidewalls. 
   
   
       38 . The lightweight tent of  claim 35  wherein the rear door includes netting. 
   
   
       39 . The lightweight tent of  claim 35  wherein the rear door includes a door flap that opens from the top down. 
   
   
       40 . The lightweight tent of  claim 29  further including a rear end wall at the rear end of the canopy. 
   
   
       41 . The lightweight tent of  claim 29  further including a front end wall at the front end of the canopy. 
   
   
       42 . The lightweight tent of  claim 29  in which the roof ridgeline at the front end is supported by a first guy line secured to a point at or higher than the peak of the roof ridgeline, and in which said roof ridgeline at the rear end is secured to the ground by a second guy line. 
   
   
       43 . The lightweight tent of  claim 42  further including a pole located at or past the front peak of the tent, said first guy line secured to the peak of the pole.