Patent ID: 6070604
Filing Date: 2000-06-06
Classification: E04H,Y10T

Abstract:
An erectable, collapsible shelter having a collapsed configuration and an extended configuration, comprising:a canopy having at least three sides and three corners;a leg assembly having at least 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; anda canopy peak support assembly movable between a raised position and a lowered position, said canopy peak support assembly supporting said canopy above the top of the leg assembly in said raised position, and wherein said canopy peak support assembly comprises a plurality of telescoping pole members having first and second ends, said first ends of said telescoping pole members being pivotally connected together, and said second ends of said telescoping pole members being pivotally connected to the leg assembly such that said telescoping pole members can moved between a downwardly directed position and an upwardly directed position supporting said canopy, each of said telescoping pole members comprising hollow first and second telescoping sections, said first telescoping section slidably disposed within said second telescoping section and having a distal end for supporting said canopy and a proximal end, said second telescoping section having a spring loaded detent pin and an aperture for receiving said spring loaded detent pin, said first telescoping section having a corresponding medially located aperture located medially of said proximal end for receiving said spring loaded detent pin, whereby when said apertures of said first and second telescoping sections are aligned, said first and second telescoping sections are locked together by said detent pin, and said first telescoping section comprising a weighted internal stop member slidably disposed within said first telescoping section for movement between a first position blocking said detent pin when said first telescoping section is below said second telescoping section and a second position not blocking said detent pin when said first telescoping section is above said second telescoping section.