Patent ID: 8439058
Filing Date: 2013-05-14
Classification: E04H

Abstract:
1. An anchoring system for a portable shelter including a support frame having a plurality of legs and a canopy having a plurality of tensioning lines, the anchoring system comprising, in combination: a plurality of anchor assemblies each having a support surface for supporting one of the plurality of legs above the ground when the leg rests on the support surface such that the plurality of anchor assemblies are positionable under the plurality of legs to support the portable shelter above the ground; wherein each of the plurality of anchor assemblies includes a container forming the support surface and having a hollow interior space for holding weighting material, a retainer for preventing the leg from sliding off of the container, and an attachment for removably attaching one of the plurality of tensioning lines to the anchor assembly; and wherein the container includes a bottom wall, a generally cylindrically-shaped side wall extending upward from the bottom wall, and a top wall extending from the top of the side wall such that the bottom, side and top walls form the hollow interior space, and wherein the top wall forms the support surface.