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L. H. BEEIBE
TENT
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Patented Mar. 16, 1926.
UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
LUCIAN H. BEEBE, OF NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT.
TENT.
Application ?led April 10, 1924. Serial No. 705,513.
To all whom it may concern:
12, 13 and 14 is pivoted to its next lower
Be it known that I, LUoIAN H. BEEBE, a. member by means of a rivet 15, and the
citizen of the United States, and a resident heads of the rivets are countersunk as
of New London, county of New London and shown, to provide ?ush surfaces on the
State of Connecticut, have invented a cer members. Each larger member 11, 12 and‘
tain new and useful Tent, of which the fol
lowing is a speci?cation.
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13 extends some distance beyond its rivet
15 to form a backing of the member tele
The invention relates to tents and more scoping therein, and each of said members,
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particularly to conical tents of the tepee or near its extended end is provided with a
snow tent type having a smoke or ventilat~ punch mark 16 adapted to engage a similar 65
ing opening in the top, and has for its ob mark 17 in its telescoping member whereby
jects to produce a tent of. the tepee type in the members may be locked in the extended
which the supporting or lodge poles are in position. The smallest or topmost member
the inside of the tent; inywhich the smoke 14: is provided with a hook 18 for a purpose
opening will be adjustable as to size and to to be hereinafter described.
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position relatively to the wind; in whlch
In use the poles a are arranged equidis
the smoke opening is manipulated, as to its tant on a circle and inclined toward each
extent and position, from inside the tent other and each is secured at its top to a ring
and which is capable of being folded into 7) preferably formed oflight channel iron.
several small and compact packages.
The ring is very much smaller in diameter 75
One embodiment of the invention is il than the circle on which the feet 10 are ar
lustrated in the accompanying drawings, in ranged whereby each pole is at an‘ angle of
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which like parts in all of the several ?gures 60°, more or less, to the horizontal.
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are designated by corresponding characters .The ring I) is provided with a hub 19
of reference, and in which—
supported on spokes 20. ‘The spokes are
Fig. 1 is a top plan view of a tepee with preferably of the same number as the poles,
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the smoke opening partly closed;
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and in the web of the ring near the ex~
Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same; I trelnity of each spoke is a slot 21 adapted
Fig. 3 is an enlarged top plan view of to receive the ho0k18jofya pole, as ‘shown.
the smoke hood mechanism with the skin or
The tent covering 22 is of conical forma 85
cover removed. .
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tion and of such diameter that the poles,
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Fig. 4 is a section on the line él——4¢ of when erected, will be inside of the tent and
Fig. 3.
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spread the same. The feet 10 are pegged
Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the hood to the ground, and the upper part of the
taken at right angles to Fig. 11.
covering is cutout in the form of a circle
Fig. 6 is a top plan view ofa folding and of approximately the same diameter‘ as the
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nesting lodge pole.
ring I) and is secured to the outer periphery
Fig. 7 is a longitudinal section on the line thereof in any desired manner whereby the
7-7 of Fig. 6. .
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ring will de?ne a circular opening in the
Fig. 8 is a section on the line indicated by apex of the tent. The lower edge of the
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the line 8—8 of Fig. 7 but with the pole
members folded and nested, and
Fig. 9 is a view showing the method of
folding and nesting a pole member.
In the drawings a designates a sectionv
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pivoted to the lower section thereof.
tremities of the chord member is a plurality
In the embodiment of the invention illus of semi-circular hood-frame ribs 27 each
trated, each pole is composed of four mem preferably provided with a loop 28 at its
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covering is provided with a plurality of
loops 23 whereby the covering may be
pegged to the ground.
Pivotally mounted in the hub 19 on a
hollow journal 24 is an open, semi-circular 100'
lodge pole of which three are shown. ‘Each 1 frame 25 having a diametrical chord mem
pole is provided with a perforated foot 10 ber 26. Pivoted to the frame 25 at the ex
bers, 11, 12, 13 and 14, formed of light. center as shown. Extending from* the»
channel iron. Each member 12', 13 and '14 journal 24 and at right angles to the chord
is of less cross section than the member next member and in the horizontal plane of the
below it whereby" said‘ members may be frame 25' is an arm 29 the free extremity of
nested, as shown'in Fig. .8. Each member which is provided with a perforation 30,
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and a similarly perforated arm 293 is is folded down into the member 13. the
secured to the journal in parallel relation combined members 13—14l are folded over
into the member 12, the nested members
to but below the arm 29.
A cord, cable, chain or the like 31 is 12—13——l4l are folded into the bottom mem
ber 11 and the foot 10 is folded over the 70
guide 30 and loops '28 of all of the ribs 27 latter.
and a guide 32 on the frame 25 and down
In accordance with the provisions of the
ward through the journal. The free ends patent statutes the principle of the inven
of the cord will pass through the perfora tion has been described, together with the
tion ‘in the arm 29‘1 and hang downward apparatus which is now considered to repre 75
passed upward through the journal 24,
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inside of the tent to within reach of .a per
the
son cord
standing
may be
on secured
the ground.
together
The
if ends
desired.
sent'the
desired tobest
have
embodiment
it'understood
thereof,
thatbut
vthe ‘itap—
paratus shown is merely illustrative, and
‘Where the vcord passes through the loops that the invention may be carried out ‘in
28 it, the cord, is secured to the rib in any other ways.
desired manner. The length of cord be
The invention having been described,
tween each pairfof ribs is sufficient that what is claimed as new and desired to be
when ‘in one extreme position the ribs will secured by Letters Patent, is as follows :—
1. A tent ‘of frustro-conical shape, there
. left in Fig. 5.
being a circular opening :at the top of the
Secured to the ribs 27 end-to. the frame .25 tent, a folding. hemispherical hood enclos
is a ‘cover
which, when the ribs arev in ing the top vof the tent, and means for
the positionshown in dotted lines at the rotating the hood.
left in Fi g. 5, will form a more or less hemi
‘2... A tent of frustro-conical shape, there
spherical hood enclosing the opening de being a circular opening at the top ‘of the
be positioned as shown in dotted “lines at the
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?ned by the ring Z). To the frame
and
the rib 27“ is secured :an annular, depending
skirt 3% which, when the hood is extended,
will enclose the space between the frame 215,
and rib 2?“ and the ring Z).
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tent, a folding hemispherical hood enclosing
the top of the tent, and means within the
tent for‘ rotating the hood.
3. A tent of frustrosconzical shape, there
being a circular open-hag at the top of the
‘When the poles are positioned ‘in the ring tent, a folding hemispherical hood enclosing
2’). they are raised to the position shown in the top of the tent, a vertical pivot carrying
dotted lines at 10 Fig. 4;. The hooks are the hood, and means for rotating the hood
then passed into the slots 21 and when the on the pivot.
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poles are bent downward as shown in Fig.
4-. A tent of frustro~conical shape, there
2 and pegged to the ground, they will be being a-cirrcular opening at the top of the tent,
firmly locked tothe ring.
an annulus within-and de?ning the opening,
“Then the hood is in the position shown a tmntable carried, by the annulus, a hood
in Figs; 1, 2, 8, s and 5 they smoke escape carried by the turntable, means for manipu
fde?ned by thering'b is partlyopen. By lating ‘the hood to closeydisclose, or partly
pulling ‘on the end 0 of the cord '81 the ribs disclose the opening and means for rotating
may be ‘moved to the position shown in the turntable.
dotted lines
the left of F ig. 5 and the
5. A tent of frustro-conical shape and
smoke opening will be closed. By pulling. having a circular opening. at its top, a semi
on the end 7’ of the cord the ribs may be circularbandipivotally mounted in the cen:
folded at (Z, Fig. 5., and the smoke opening ter of the opening, a plurality of semi-circu
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will be wide'open.
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By grasping both cord ends 6 and f of the ' a cord secured to all of the ribs‘ whereby
cord the turntable frame 25 may be rotated said ribs may be raised to form a hemispher
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to bring the open side of the hood, when the
latter is partly open, in thedesired direc<
tion of the wind to facilitate escape of
smoke, or to ventilate the tent,
When striking {the tent the pegs are with
drawn from the ground and the poles are
detached from the ring 6 and the hood
folded ‘as shown by dotted- lines at d, Fig.
ical skeleton frame, ‘a cover attached to the
band and ribs, and a cord secuned to
of
{he Cll'lbS whereby the ‘same may be‘ manipu
ate
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6. A tent of frustro-conzical shape and
circuiar
having aband
{circular
pivotally
opening
mounted
at its top,
in the
a cen~
ter of the o.pening,ra plurality of semi-circu
‘The Itent cover 22 maybe detached from lar ribs each pivoted at ‘the ‘ends of the band,
the ring and folded separately, or it may be a cord secured to all of the ribs whereby
folded on, or around, the ring and hood said rirbs may be raised to form :a hemispher
without being ‘detached. The arm 29a may, ' icail-skeleton frame, a CIOWGI' attached to the
if desired, be detached ‘from the journal to band-rand ribs, a cord secured to all of the
further reduce the size-of the package.
ribs ‘whereby
same may be ‘manipulated,
The poles are now folded and nested .as and means whereby said band and rlibsas :a
shown in Figs. 8 and 9. The member
whole, maybe rotated on the center pivot.
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7 . A tent of frustro-conical shape and by the ribs may be raised and spaced apart
having a circular horizontal opening at its to form a hemispherical skeleton frame, a
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top, a ring de?ning the opening, spokes in cover secured to the semi-circular edge of
the ring, a hub carried at the center of the the turntable and to the ribs, a second guide
ring, a plurality of poles engaging and sup- on the turntable at a point diametrically
porting the ring and tent, said poles being opposite the ?rst mentioned guide, said cord
within the tent, a member pivoted in the passing through the second mentioned guide
hub, an open semi-circular turntable carried whereby the ribs and the cover may be
by the member, the radius of said turntable folded to one side and down on the semi
being approximately the same as that of the circular edge of the turntable to disclose the
ring, a plurality of semi-circular ribs piv opening, said pivoted member being hollow,
oted to the turntable, a cord secured to all a radial arm projecting from the member,
of the ribs, a guide carried by the turntable, there being a guide at the free extremity of
said cord passing through the guide, where said arm, both ends of said cord passing
by the ribs may be raised and spaced apart downward through the opening in the mem
to form a hemispherical skeleton frame, a her and through the guide in the arm wherecover secured to the semi-circular edge of by the turntable and parts carried thereby
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the turntable and to the ribs, a second guide may be rotated relatively to the ring.
on the turntable at a point diametrically .9. A tent frame comprising poles each
opposite the ?rst mentioned guide, said cord consisting of a plurality of channel sec—
passing through the second mentioned guide tions of gradually decreasing cross section,
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whereby the ribs and the cover may be each smaller section being pivoted in the
folded to one side and down on the semi end of the next larger section, means inte—
circular edge of the turntable to disclose the gral with the sections for locking the sec
opening.
tions in extended position, there being a
8. A tent of frustro-conical shape and hook at the smaller extremity of each pole,
having a circular horizontal opening at its a perforated pivoted foot at the larger ex
top, a ring de?ning the opening, spokes tremity of each pole, a ring, there being a
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in the ring, a hub carried at the center of plurality of openings in said ring, the hooks
the ring, a plurality of poles engaging and on the poles being adapted to engage the
supporting the ring and tent, said poles be openings and lock the poles to the ring 70
ing within the tent, a member pivoted in the whereby when the larger ends of the poles
hub, an open semi-circular turntable carried are spread apart and pegged to the ground
by the member, the radius of said turntable through the perforated feet, a rigid skeleton .
. being approximately the same as that of the structure will be produced.
ring, a plurality of semi~circular ribs piv
This speci?cation signed this fourth day
oted to the turntable, a cord secured to all of April, 1924.
of the ribs, a guide carried by the turntable,
said cord passing through the guide, where
LUCIAN H. BEEBE.
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