Tent

A tent has a supporting framework 10 which comprises side support members and roof support members, hingeably connected together about a horizontally-disposed axis for movement between a splayed apart ground-supported condition and an erected condition wherein the roof members are supported by the side members and are locked in position by cooperable lock means on the members. The members may comprises prefabricated triangular shaped frames 11, 12. The hinged connection preferably comprises a pivot bar 14 which passes through apertures formed in plates. The lock means may comprise formations on the members which define apertures adapted to be in paired aligmnent when the tent is erected and a through bar 15 which can be clamped to the pivot bar 14. The formations preferably comprise extensions of the members. An outer fabric membrane may have channels to receive the locking bars 15 and the pivot bar 14 may suspend an inner fabric membrane.