Patent ID: 7721747

Claim:
A covered play apparatus comprising: a play area defined by a perimeter structure; a frame having a pair of support members, each support member having first and second leg members joined at respective first ends, each of the first leg members having a pivot at respective second ends, said pivot attached to the perimeter structure; first and second support struts pivotally coupled to respective ones of the second leg members; a covering material attached to and extending between the support members; wherein the frame is pivotally positionable between a first and a second configuration, the first configuration characterized by the support members extending above the perimeter structure and oriented concave downward with respective second ends of the second leg members resting on the perimeter structure such that the support members resemble one of an inverted letter “V” and an inverted letter “U”, and the second configuration characterized by the first leg members being inclined more vertical than in the first configuration and the first and second support struts supporting the second leg members above the perimeter structure.