Patent ID: 7178542

Claim:
In a quickly erectable canopy shelter including a plurality of legs having upper and lower ends, an extendible perimeter assembly of link members connecting said plurality of legs together, a canopy assembly, said canopy assembly comprising a pole member having an inner end and an outer end, with the outer end of said pole member mounted to one of the legs so that said pole member extends across the shelter, and said pole member being movable between a lowered position and a raised, upwardly extending position, the improvement in the quickly erectable canopy shelter comprising: a support strut member having an inner free end and an outer end, said outer end pivotally mounted to a corresponding one of said legs to be pivoted between a lowered position and a raised, upwardly extending position, the inner free end releasably receiving and supporting the pole member in the raised, upwardly extending position, and the inner free end being released from receiving and supporting the pole member in the lowered position.