Patent ID: 7134443

Claim:
An improved structure for a nominally floorless hikers' shelter having a raised, tensioned waterproof canopy supported at a front end and at a rear end by pole structure, comprising: a shelter canopy comprising a catenary ridgeline tensioned between a higher, vertical front arch support and a lower, outwardly-angled rear arch support, wherein the front and rear arch supports are tensioned by downwardly angled front and rear awnings that form tensioned extensions of the canopy through the arch supports, and wherein the front awning is circumferentially coextensive with the canopy at the front arch support, the front awning extending downwardly and forwardly to a lower edge raised off the ground when the shelter canopy is raised off the ground, the front awning being exclusive weather protection for a screened but otherwise unprotected vertical shelter door defined by the vertical front arch support.