Title: Car top tent

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Abstract: A portable tent adapted to be mounted on the top of a vehicle having a rigid roof, with a pair of transversely extending supports thereon, with the portable tent comprising a rectangular support frame including a horizontal flange, a peripheral flange, and the support frame adapted for positionment across the supports, with a floor mounted within the support frame and extending on the horizontal flange for supporting the user of the tent. A flexible water repellent canopy is provided and includes a base and upwardly extending walls joined together, and having an opening along one of the walls to gain access to the canopy, with the base extending in overlapping relationship to the floor. An upwardly extending collapsible frame is adapted to extend within the canopy in an assembled position supporting same during use thereof, and readily dis-assembled when not in use. The collapsible frame comprising a center support member permanently attached to the canopy centrally therein, having a removable center pole adapted to be releasably secured to the member and to extend to the floor for initially supporting the canopy when placing the frame in its assembled position, and a plurality of rods for supporting the walls of the canopy during use thereof. There also being provided securing means for releasably connecting each rod at one end thereof to the member for supporting the walls of the canopy.


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