Patent ID: 7845365
Filing Date: 2010-12-07
Classification: E04H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. In a quickly erectable canopy shelter including a plurality of legs having upper and lower ends, an extendible perimeter assembly of link members connecting said plurality of legs together, a canopy assembly, said canopy assembly comprising a plurality of pole members each having an inner end and an outer end, each of said outer ends of said plurality of pole members being pivotally mounted to a corresponding one of said plurality of legs, respectively, so that said plurality of pole members extend across the shelter, and said plurality of pole members being movable between a lowered pole position and a raised, upwardly extending pole position, the improvement in the quickly erectable canopy shelter comprising: each of said plurality of pole members having a surface defining a ridge at a predetermined location on each of said plurality of pole members, respectively; and a plurality of support strut members each having an outer end and an inner free end, each of said outer ends of said plurality of support strut members being pivotally mounted to a corresponding one of said plurality of legs, respectively, configured for pivotal movement between a lowered support strut position and a raised, upwardly extending support strut position, each of said inner free ends being released from said plurality of pole members in said lowered support strut position, and each of said inner free ends being configured to support corresponding ones of said plurality of pole members, respectively, in said raised, upwardly extending support strut position, each of said inner free ends including a support bracket configured to releasably engage a corresponding one of said ridges of said plurality of pole members, respectively, to positively lock said plurality of pole members in said raised, upwardly extending pole position.