Tent system and methods

Abstract

A tent has a floor, and a plurality of side walls connected to the floor. The tent additionally includes a plurality of external poles for supporting corners of the tent, and a clip attachable to at least one end of each external pole. The clip also includes a flange for attaching the clip to the tent side walls or floor. The system further includes a stake assembly for securing a lower end of each external pole directly into a ground surface on which the tent is disposed, which includes a sleeve portion having a linear channel for receiving a stake therethrough and a tent pole receptacle connected to the sleeve portion. The tent pole receptacle includes a channel for receiving a bottom end of a tent pole therein, wherein the stake assembly secures the tent pole disposed in the tent pole receptacle directly to the ground surface.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]Current beach tents are needlessly cumbersome and expensive, and are difficult to erect. They tend to be hot, and they do not provide an interior space that people can comfortably use to change clothing and the like.[0002]What is needed, therefore, is a new and innovative tent design which is inexpensive, easy to erect, and affords an interior space which is maximized in both area and height, while also being well supported against winds and other weather elements.SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION[0003]The present invention provides a tent, which may be a beach tent, but could also be any other type of tent, featuring an elegant design that offers reduced size, weight, and cost, and increased interior space as compared to existing designs, while at the same time allowing for faster, easier set-up.[0004]Current tents, including beach tents, use the spring of bent cross-members (rods or poles) to provide a force that stretches the floor (base) of the tent into ...

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Benefits of technology

[0003]The present invention provides a tent, which may be a beach tent, but could also be any other type of tent, featuring an elegant design that offers reduced size, weight, and cost, and increased interior space as compared to existing designs, while at the same time allowing for faster, easier set-up.

[0004]Current tents, including beach tents, use the spring of bent cross-members (rods or poles) to provide a force that stretches the floor (base) of the tent into a rigid shape, while at the same time providing support for the roof, which typically extends from the floor to the top of the tent, limiting interior head room throughout most of the tent. The improved tent of the present invention uses the geotechnical characteristics of the substrate on which tent is positioned (earth, snow, sand, etc.) to stretch the floor and to provide support for rigid vertical members (poles) that allow for substantially vertical construction and that can include corner-pole clips, each having a flange for tying, that hold the corners of the tent in place, preventing the corners from sliding up or down along their respective corner poles.

Problems solved by technology

Current beach tents are needlessly cumbersome and expensive, and are difficult to erect.

They tend to be hot, and they do not provide an interior space that people can comfortably use to change clothing and the like.

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