US 6,981,540 B2
Proper tent door
Armand O. Deblois, 1157 Elm St., W. Springfield, Mass. 01089-1548 (US)
Filed on Aug. 09, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/637,937.
Prior Publication US 2005/0028855 A1, Feb. 10, 2005
Int. Cl. E06B 3/36 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 160—371 3 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A door and entryway in a wall of a tent comprising:
a door and tent wall composed of a flexible sheet material;
a cutout opening in the tent wall incorporating a configuration of said sheet material at the perimeter of the cutout opening into a plurality of sleeves formed in the sheet material;
a stationary support frame installed in the sleeves;
the door comprising a movable support frame joined in opposition to the stationary support frame by at least one hinge, said hinge comprising extension means for remote connecting through a hole in the flexible material along one edge of the cutout opening;
the door further comprising a piece of the sheet material of the same shape and larger than said cutout opening and incorporating a configuration of the piece of flexible material at the perimeter thereof into a plurality of sleeves, the piece of flexible material mounted to the movable frame by it's sleeves;
the stationary support frame and the movable support frame each comprising releasably connected hollow strut sections,
attachment fixtures releasably connecting the sections of each respective frame, each respective sleeve having openings on one side thereof, the attachment fixtures directly fixed to the sections at the openings, thereby forming rigid frames;
whereby the two frames when installed in the flexible sheet material and the sections thereof are closely parallel to each other, have supported and positioned between them a continuous strip of the perimeter of said flexible material of the door against the continuous strip of flexible material of said cutout opening, thus effecting a closure of said tent entry way.