Patent ID: 8215326
Filing Date: 2012-07-10
Classification: E04H

Abstract:
1. A collapsible shelter assembly comprising: a plurality of legs, each of the legs having an upper end, a lower end and defining a vertical axis; a truss system linking each pair of legs together and defining a perimeter; a plurality of rods adapted for supporting a cover, each rod having a proximal end and a distal end, and each rod having a plurality of rod segments coupled end to end with each two consecutive rod segments being coupled end to end by a connector; a plurality of brackets, each bracket having a base adapted for attachment to the upper end of one of the legs and a coupler mounted to the base and having a receptacle with a circular bore for receiving the proximal end of one of the rods, each coupler being rotatable about a horizontal axis that is perpendicular to the vertical leg axis, the coupler having a locking mechanism selectively locking the rotated position of the coupler receptacle about the horizontal axis; and a plurality of hubs, each hub having a different configuration of bores for releasably coupling the distal ends of two more rods together, wherein two or more hub and rod combinations and rotated positions of the coupler in different locked rotated positions form two or more cover support shapes selected from the group consisting of a pyramid, a dome, a triangular roofline, a house roofline, and an arch.