Patent ID: 8356615
Filing Date: 2013-01-22
Classification: E04H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A corner connecting bracket for a rail skirt system for a collapsible shelter having a plurality of legs, the rail skirt system including a top rail removably connected between an adjacent pair of the plurality of legs, the corner connecting bracket comprising: first and second hinged bracket portions pivotally connected together and having a closed position configured to clamp to a leg of a shelter, and an open position configured to be unclamped to the leg of the shelter, said first hinged bracket portion including a first journal arm having an inner end and an outer end, said second hinged bracket portion including a second journal arm having an inner end and an outer end, said first journal arm inner end and said second journal arm inner end being pivotally connected together by a pivot pin, said first journal arm including a first inner strut extending perpendicularly from said first journal arm, and said second journal arm including a second inner strut extending perpendicularly from said second journal arm, said first inner strut including a tongue member projecting from said first inner strut, and said second inner strut having a slotted portion including a slot that removably receives said tongue member, wherein a portion of said first inner strut, above and below said tongue member, is configured to mate with a portion of said second inner strut, above and below said slotted portion, and said portion of said first inner strut, above and below said tongue member, has oblique edges extending angularly from a side edge of said first inner strut and defining the projecting tongue member, and said portion of said second inner strut, above and below said slotted portion, has oblique edges extending angularly from a side edge of said second inner strut and defining the slotted portion.