Patent ID: 6041800
Filing Date: 2000-03-28
Classification: E04H,Y10T

Abstract:
A collapsible shelter having a collapsed configuration and an extended configuration, comprising:a canopy having at least four sides and four corners;a leg assembly having at least four legs supporting said canopy, said legs having an upper end and a lower end;a perimeter truss linkage assembly having a plurality of perimeter truss pairs of link members connected to said leg assembly, each of said perimeter truss pairs of link members comprising first and second link members pivotally connected together in a scissors configuration;at least two central truss pairs of link members comprising first and second link members pivotally connected together in a scissors configuration, each of said central truss pairs being connected to the inner ends of one of said perimeter truss pairs;at least one vertically oriented inner central support member supporting said canopy above said legs in said extended configuration, the inner ends of each of said first and second links of said central truss pairs being pivotally connected to said inner central support member; andat least two vertically oriented peripheral central support members supporting said canopy above said legs in said extended configuration, the inner ends of said first and second link members of one of said perimeter truss pairs on one of said sides of the shelter being pivotally connected to one of said peripheral central support members, and the inner ends of said first and second link members of said one of said perimeter truss pairs on an opposite of the shelter being pivotally connected to an opposing one of said peripheral central support members.