Modular tent

Abstract

The modular tent is constituted by: a) a central tent including a frame and a canvas stretched over said frame, said tent having at least one opening formed in a vertical plane; and b) at least one add-on element connected by fastener means to the central tent at said opening. In the invention, the opening and the add-on element have a vertical axis of symmetry and the fastener means consist of first and second means ( 13, 19 and 14, 21 ) suitable for co-operating with each another, and disposed on the edge of the opening of the central tent and on the corresponding edge of the add-on element, the fastener means being arranged on opposite sides of the axis of symmetry so that the first means ( 13, 19 ) are on the same (right or left) side ( 11, 18 ) of the opening and of the add-on element, while the second means ( 14, 21 ) are on the other (left or right) side ( 12, 20 ).

1 . A modular tent constituted by: 
 a) a central tent including a frame and a canvas stretched over said frame, said tent having at least one opening formed in a vertical plane; and    b) at least one add-on element connected by fastener means to the central tent at said opening,    said tent being characterized in that the opening ( 7 ,  8 ,  9 ) and the add-on element ( 17 ) have a vertical axis of symmetry (DD′), and in that the fastener means consist of first and second means ( 13 ,  19  and  14 ,  21 ) suitable for co-operating with each another, and disposed on the edge of the opening of the central tent ( 1 ) and on the corresponding edge of the add-on element ( 16 ), the fastener means being arranged on opposite sides of the axis of symmetry (DD′) so that the first means ( 13 ,  19 ) are on the same (right or left) side ( 11 ,  18 ) of the opening ( 8 ) and of the add-on element ( 16 ), while the second means ( 14 ,  21 ) are on the other (left or right) side ( 12 ,  20 ).    
     
     
         2 . A tent according to  claim 1 , characterized in that the fastener means are of the slideway type, the first means ( 13 ,  19 ) being a slideway without a slider and the second means ( 14 ,  21 ) being a slideway plus a slider ( 15 ,  22 ).  
     
     
         3 . A tent according to  claim 1 , characterized in that the fastener means are of the self-gripping type having loops and hooks, the first means being a strip ( 24 ) provided with hooks ( 25 ) and the second means being a strip ( 26 ) provided with loops ( 27 ).  
     
     
         4 . A tent according to any one of  claims 1  to  3 , characterized in that the opening ( 8 ) of the central tent ( 1 ) is in the shape of an isosceles triangle, the top vertex ( 10 ) of said triangle being formed by the free end ( 4   b ) of a bow.  
     
     
         5 . A tent according to  claim 4 , characterized in that the central tent ( 1 ) has a triangular base ( 2 ), with three triangular openings ( 7 ,  8 ,  9 ) and three bows ( 4 ,  5 ,  6 ), and in that each bow ( 4 ,  5 ,  6 ) tensions the canvas ( 3 ) between the top vertex ( 10 ) of one opening ( 8 ) and the adjoining bottom vertices of the other two openings ( 7 ,  9 ).  
     
     
         6 . A tent according to  claim 4 , characterized in that the central tent has a square base, with four triangular openings and four bows, two of larger dimension and two of smaller dimension, the two bows of larger dimension tensioning the canvas between the bottom vertices of the openings at the four corners of the square, and the bows of smaller dimension tensioning the canvas between the top vertices of opposite openings.  
     
     
         7 . A tent according to any one of  claims 1  to  6 , characterized in that the add-on element or one of the add-on elements is another central tent.  
     
     
         8 . A tent according to any one of  claims 1  to  7 , characterized in that it includes a covering piece fixed on the canvas, suitable for overlying the intermediate zone on either side of the axis DD′ between the first and second fastener means.  
     
     
         9 . A tent according to any one of  claims 1  to  8 , characterized in that it includes an add-on element having two antagonistic sets of first and second fastener means, the first set being intended to be connected to the opening of the central tent, and the second set being intended to be connected to another add-on element.  
     
     
         10 . A tent according to any one of  claims 1  to  8 , characterized in that it includes a connection element which has at least three antagonistic sets of first and second fastener means, the first set being intended to be connected to the opening of the central tent, and the other sets (in which the fastener means have an antagonistic disposition relative to the fastener means of the first set) being intended to be connected to other add-on elements.