Patent ID: 8616226

Claim:
A collapsible shelter comprising: a frame structure and a cover enclosing at least a top portion of the frame structure, the frame structure comprising: a plurality of support posts interconnected to one another by a network of trusses; a strut having a proximal end portion attached to one of the plurality of support posts and a distal end portion extending from said one of the plurality of support posts in a radial direction away from a center of the shelter; a strut support having a first end slidably attached to said one of the plurality of support posts below where the strut is attached to said one of the plurality of support posts, a second end of the strut support attached to the strut and extending away from said one of the support posts in a same direction as the strut extends from said one of the support posts; and a strut support stop associated with said one of the plurality of support posts between the proximal end portion of the strut and the first end portion of the strut support.