Patent ID: 7927254

Claim:
A recreational structure frame system comprising: a first frame member; a second and third frame member; a pole member; a sleeve joint coupling that includes a first arm with a first passage, a second arm with a second passage, a third arm with a third passage, and an aperture, the first, second, and third passages extending substantially perpendicular to each other, the second and third passages each having an axial length and a respective axis, the second and third passages each including a rectangular cross section taken perpendicular to the respective axis, the rectangular cross section of the second passage remaining substantially constant along substantially the entirety of the length of the second passage, the rectangular cross section of the third passage remaining substantially constant along substantially the entirety of the length of the third passage, the first frame member being received in the first passage, the second frame member being received in the second passage, the third frame member being received in the third passage, and the pole member being received in the aperture; and a tension member that is operably coupled to both the second and third frame members and that applies a force between the second and third frame members to compress the second and third frame members toward each other.