Collapsible tepee tent configuration using a camera tripod stand

Abstract

This patent application is for a collapsible tepee tent configuration using a camera tripod stand. Entrance to the tepee tent is made possible by the use of a zipper fitted to the bottom part of one tepee tent wall. In one version of the present invention, holes on each of the three tepee tent walls provide ventilation as well as a means for the tepee tent user to position a photographic or video camera lens through the tepee tent wall. The said holes can be covered by mesh fabric, by the tepee tent user, in order to prevent intrusion of insects. The said holes can also be covered by water-proof fabric, by the tepee tent user, in order to prevent rain water from entering the tepee tent.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A tepee tent especially designed to be supported by a camera tripod stand, such tent comprising: 
 fabric cut in such a way as to form a tent in the form of a tepee, with three generally triangular side walls having lower large edges coupled together and having upper small edges coupled together and having a triangular base coupled at its edges to the lower large edges of the side walls, the side walls and floor being coupled together at their adjacent edges to form a tepee shaped shelter;    a ring, with an aperture permitting a camera tripod stand's camera attachment screw to be fitted through it, attached to the tent fabric at or near the upper small edges of the tent's side walls;    a dome which can be screwed on to the camera tripod stand's camera attachment screw and which has a diameter that exceeds that of the aforementioned ring;    a door formed into one of the side walls adjacent to the base for allowing an entrance and an egress to the space within the shelter space;    a plurality of retention loops with apertures located at each corner of the floor with associated stakes for securement thereof to the ground when the shelter is in a deployed orientation.    
     
     
         3 . The tent as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the tent door comprises a zippered opening on one of the tent walls.  
     
     
         4 . The tent as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein guy lines are attached to the tent in such a way as to permit the tent to be made more rigid when said guy lines are tightened.  
     
     
         5 . The tent as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein one or more of the tent walls are fitted with one or more holes of a size permitting a large camera lens to be fitted through them.  
     
     
         6 . The tent as claimed in  claim 5 , wherein the holes can be covered by a flap of water-proof fabric attached to the tent fabric.  
     
     
         7 . The tent as claimed in  claim 5 , wherein the holes can be covered by a flap of mesh fabric attached to the tent fabric.