Patent ID: 9243422
Filing Date: 2016-01-26
CPC Classification: E04H

Claim Text:
1. A portable shelter framing system comprising, in combination: a plurality of vertical support members; a plurality of crossbeam members, each of said crossbeam members configured to be connected between a pair of said plurality of vertical support members without the use of tools; a plurality of roof frame members, each of said roof frame members configured to be coupled to one of said plurality of vertical support members or one of said plurality of crossbeam members without the use of tools; and a plurality of connecting members, each of said connecting members configured to couple a respective one of said plurality of roof frame members to a respective one of said plurality of vertical support members or to a respective one of said plurality of crossbeam members without the use of tools, and each of said plurality of connecting members including a body portion having an aperture disposed therethrough and a shaft portion connected to said body portion, said aperture of said body portion configured to receive said respective one of said plurality of roof frame members therein, and said shaft portion configured to be inserted into a receiving aperture in said respective one of said plurality of vertical support members or said respective one of said plurality of crossbeam members.