Patent ID: 7127861
Filing Date: 2006-10-31
Classification: A01G,Y02A

Abstract:
1. A multi-purpose structure, comprising a plurality of vertical supports arranged in a plurality of rows; a plurality of connecting members each of which extends along one of said row and is supported by the vertical supports in said row at tops of said vertical supports; and at least two cross strips extending between and being affixed to some of said connecting members, wherein said cross strips do not overlap each other and have respective adjacent edges that are spaced from each other, a spacing between said adjacent edges defining an opening in a roof of said structure, said opening being coverable by a flexible sheet removably insertable below said cross strips with lengthwise borders of the flexible sheet being covered by the cross strips from above; wherein said cross strips extend under a first set of said connecting members and over a second set of said connecting members; the vertical supports that support the connecting members of said first set are shorter than the vertical supports that support the connecting members of said second set; and said cross strips are affixed only to the connecting members of said first set without being attached to the connecting members of said second set.