Patent ID: 6453922
Filing Date: 2002-09-24
Classification: E04H

Abstract:
A portable shelter comprising:a base member spanning from a front end to a rear end of the base member; an upper frame member including; a pair of side portions, each extending from an inner end to an outer end of the side portion, the inner ends of the respective side portions being pivotally mounted at respective laterally spaced apart locations on the base member adjacent the rear end of the base member; and an end portion coupled between the respective outer ends of the side portions; the upper frame member being pivotal between an extended position in which the side portions extend upwardly from the base member with the end portion being spaced above the base member and a collapsed position in which the side portions extend alongside the base member; flexible sheeted material coupled between the base member and the upper frame member so as to span between the front end of the base member and the end portion of the upper frame member in the extended position of the upper frame member; and a tensioning mechanism coupled between the base member and the upper frame member, the tensioning mechanism being collapsible with the upper frame member from the extended position to the collapsed position and being arranged to bias the end portion of the upper frame member away from the front end of the base member in the extended position such that the flexible sheeted material spanning between the end portion of the upper frame member and the front end of the base member is under tension in the extended position.