Rooftop tent annex system

Abstract

A tent system includes a base configured to mount to a vehicle, a base canopy, a frame system coupled to the base and configured to support the base canopy, and an annex. The annex includes an annex canopy and an annex frame assembly configured to support the annex canopy. The annex is removably coupled to the base and the base canopy.

1 . A tent system, comprising:
 a base configured to mount to a vehicle;   a base canopy;   a frame system coupled to the base and configured to support the base canopy; and   an annex comprising an annex canopy and an annex frame assembly configured to support the annex canopy,   wherein the annex is removably coupled to the base and the base canopy.   
     
     
         2 . The tent system of  claim 1 , wherein the annex canopy is removably coupled to the base canopy and the annex frame assembly is removably coupled to the base. 
     
     
         3 . The tent system of  claim 1 , wherein the annex canopy is removably coupled to the base canopy with at least one zipper. 
     
     
         4 . The tent system of  claim 1 , wherein the annex frame assembly is coupled to a bottom side of the base. 
     
     
         5 . The tent system of  claim 1 , wherein the base canopy comprises a door disposed on a first surface, and the annex canopy surrounds the door. 
     
     
         6 . The tent system of  claim 1 , further comprising a ladder coupled to the base and extending between the floor and the base, wherein the annex completely surrounds the ladder. 
     
     
         7 . The tent system of  claim 1 , wherein the annex canopy includes a lower opening portion, the lower opening portion having a plurality of side sections and at least two of the plurality of side sections are configured to be in one of an opened configuration and a closed configuration. 
     
     
         8 . A tent system, comprising:
 a base configured to mount to a vehicle;   a base canopy;   a frame system coupled to the base and configured to support the base canopy; and,   an annex comprising an annex canopy and an annex frame assembly configured to support the annex canopy,   wherein the annex frame assembly is removably coupled to a bottom side of the base.   
     
     
         9 . The tent system of  claim 8 , wherein the annex frame assembly is removably coupled to a base bracket disposed on the bottom side of the base. 
     
     
         10 . The tent system of  claim 9 , wherein the annex frame assembly comprises a fastening member configured to slideably engage with an interior space formed in the base bracket. 
     
     
         11 . The tent system of  claim 10 , wherein the fastening member comprises a T-bolt slideably disposed in the interior space and an actuator threadably coupled with the T-bolt and configured to secure the annex frame assembly to the base bracket. 
     
     
         12 . The tent system of  claim 9 , wherein the base bracket includes a first flange and a second flange spaced apart from the first flange to form a slot therebetween, the first and second flanges comprise engagement surfaces that have a shape corresponding to a connection portion of the annex frame assembly and are configured to engage the connection portion of the annex frame assembly. 
     
     
         13 . The tent system of  claim 12 , wherein the connection portion of the annex frame assembly is cylindrical and the engagement surfaces of the first and second flanges are concave. 
     
     
         14 . The tent system of  claim 10 , wherein the base bracket includes a stopper disposed in the interior space and configured to block movement of the fastening member. 
     
     
         15 . The tent system of  claim 8 , wherein the annex frame assembly does not extend through the base canopy. 
     
     
         16 . A tent system, comprising:
 a base configured to mount to a vehicle;   a base canopy;   a frame system coupled to the base and configured to support the base canopy; and,   an annex configured to extend an interior space of the tent system in a lateral direction away from the base canopy and in a vertical direction toward the ground, the annex comprising an annex canopy and an annex frame assembly configured to support the annex canopy,   wherein the annex canopy includes a height extendable portion configured to adjust a height of the annex canopy relative to the ground.   
     
     
         17 . The tent system of  claim 16 , wherein the height extendable portion comprises a first extendable section having a first section height, an upper coupling member disposed on an upper edge of the first extendable section, and a first lower coupling member disposed on a lower edge of the first extendable section, wherein the annex canopy is configured to be disposed in a first shortened configuration such that the first lower coupling member is coupled to the upper coupling member and the height of the annex canopy is reduced by the first section height. 
     
     
         18 . The tent system of  claim 17 , wherein the upper coupling member and the lower coupling member comprises a zipper, a toggle and loop, a button and hole, or a hook-and-loop fastener. 
     
     
         19 . The tent system of  claim 17 , wherein the upper coupling member extends along a majority of the upper edge of the first extendable section, and the first lower coupling member extends along a majority of the lower edge of the first extendable section. 
     
     
         20 . The tent system of  claim 17 , wherein the height extendable portion further comprises a second extendable section having a second section height and extending from the lower edge of the first extendable section, the first lower coupling member disposed on an upper edge of the second extendable section, and a second lower coupling member disposed on a lower edge of the second extendable section. 
     
     
         21 - 26 . (canceled)