Patent ID: 7954504

Claim:
A fast-erecting portable structure comprising: a first flexible framing rod formed substantially into an inverted u-shape with an apex, the first flexible framing rod having two ends and a middle, a second flexible framing rod formed substantially into an inverted u-shape with an apex, the second flexible framing rod having two ends and a middle, and wherein the second flexible framing rod crosses the first flexible framing rod near the apexes of the inverted u-shapes, a flexible skin, the flexible skin slidably connected to the middle of the first flexible framing rod, slidably connected to the middle of the second flexible framing rod, non-removably connected to the two ends of the first flexible framing rod, and non-removably connected to the two ends of second flexible framing rod, and wherein the two ends of the first flexible framing rod and the two ends of the second flexible framing rod act as a base of the fast-erected portable structure, and wherein the flexible skin retained within the first and second flexible framing rods and can be coiled together in a stowed position.