ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,824, issued on May 27.
"Tent equipped with a deployable canopy" was invented by Benjamin Lafoux (Villeneuve d'Ascq, France) and Emilien Bruneteau (Villeneuve d'Ascq, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A deployable tent including a frame including a first pole, a first and a second base part pivoting between a folded position and an unfolded position, the tent including a first canopy delineated from a canvas body by a connecting line having first and second connecting line portions, the first canopy further including a free distal edge having first and second edge portions, the tent including a first reinforcement configured to pi...