Patent ID: 6701949
Filing Date: 2004-03-09
Classification: E04H,Y10T

Abstract:
In a quickly erectable canopy shelter, the shelter including a plurality of legs having upper and lower ends, and a slider member slidably mounted to each of said legs; and an extendible perimeter assembly of link members connecting adjacent one of said legs together and forming a plurality of sides of said shelter, said extendible perimeter assembly of link members being formed by a plurality of pairs of link members being pivotally connected together in a scissors configuration so as to be extendable from a first collapsed position extending horizontally between pairs of legs to a second extended position extending horizontally between said pairs of legs, said pairs of link members between adjacent pairs of legs being connected together at their inner ends, the improvement comprising:at least one of said sides of said shelter is raised when said shelter is fully extended, being formed by an assembly of first and second link members of said pairs of link members, said second link members having dimensions longer than dimensions of said first link members, such that the connected inner ends of said pairs of second link members extend above the connected inner ends of said pairs of first link members, and both said connected inner ends of said pairs of first and second link members extend above the upper ends of said pair of legs when the shelter is in an extended configuration.