Patent ID: 8684020
Filing Date: 2014-04-01
Classification: E04H

Abstract:
1. A portable tent type fabric shelter comprising: a main canopy capable of an erected configuration defining a generally rectangular plan with longer sides and shorter ends and defining a generally rectangular footprint having longer sides and shorter ends, the main canopy comprising two peaks adapted to be pole-supported above the ground and four end corners adapted to be secured to the ground in tension against the pole-supported peaks in the erected configuration, one of the peaks located adjacent one side of the main canopy and the other of the peaks located adjacent the other side of the main canopy, the peaks spaced from the ends of the main canopy and offset in opposite directions along their respective sides from a side-to-side midpoint of the main canopy, the peaks defining a ridgeline extending between them that crosses the midpoint diagonally from one side to the other side of the main canopy, wherein two of the end corners of the main canopy farthest from their respective sides' peaks and generally orthogonal to the ridgeline comprise short struts adapted to raise and tension the two corners and create a vertical sidewall effect in the ends of the main canopy in the erected configuration.