Foldable tent

Abstract

The tent frame includes an upper hub with a plurality of ribs intended to extend outwardly and a lower hub having an equal number of stretchers. The ends of the stretchers are pivotally connected to the ribs. As the lower hub moves upwardly, the stretchers force the ribs outwardly to erect the tent. Flexible cords extend down from the upper hub through the lower hub and out apertures in the bottom of the lower hub. Pulling the cords apart from within the tent causes the lower hub to move upwardly toward the upper hub to erect the tent. Alternatively, the cords can be passed around pulleys in the lower hub and upwardly through apertures in the top of the upper hub. Pulling the cords apart from above the tent causes the lower hub to move upwardly toward the upper hub to erect the tent.

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         9 . In a tent having a tent fabric and a frame adapted to support the fabric wherein said frame includes an upper hub with a plurality of elongated ribs pivotally connected thereto and intended to extend radially outwardly therefrom and a lower hub having a plurality of elongated stretcher members having first ends pivotally connected thereto, the number of stretcher members in said plurality of stretcher members being equal to the number of ribs in said plurality of ribs and wherein the free ends of each of said stretcher members are pivotally connected to a different one of said ribs whereby as said lower hub moves axially upwardly toward said upper hub, said stretcher members force said ribs outwardly to erect said tent, wherein said improvement comprises:
 said upper hub having an interior and an upper wall with at least one aperture therein and being dimensioned so as to allow two cords to pass therethrough without interfering with the operation of said frame;   said lower hub having an interior and a lower wall with at least one aperture therein and being dimensioned so as to allow two cords to pass therethrough without interfering with the operation of said frame;   first and second pulleys located within one of said upper and lower hubs;   first and second cords extending from the interior of the other of said upper and lower hubs toward and into said one of said upper and lower hubs, said first cord passing around said first pulley and said second cord passing around said second pulley, said first and second cords then extending through said other of said upper and lower hubs and extending through the said at lease one aperture in the other of said upper and lower hubs so as to be accessible from the exterior thereof.   
     
     
         10 . The improvement as claimed in  claim 9  wherein said lower wall of said lower hub includes two apertures therein with a different one of said two of cords being capable of passing through each aperture. 
     
     
         11 . The improvement as claimed in  claim 9  wherein said upper wall of said upper hub includes two apertures therein with a different one of said two of cords being capable of passing through each aperture.