Patent ID: 6374842
Filing Date: 2002-04-23
Classification: E04H

Abstract:
A triangular erectable shelter having a collapsed configuration and an extended configuration, comprising:a canopy having three sides and three corners, and a plurality of trailing sections adapted to extend to the ground, and a plurality of tethers on said trailing sections for anchoring said trailing sections to the ground; a leg assembly having three 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; and a flexible pole member having a first end and a second, free end, the flexible pole member being mounted at the first end to the upper end of one of the legs of the shelter, the flexible pole member extending across the shelter to support the canopy, and the second, free end of the flexible member being received by a portion of the canopy.