Patent ID: 8166991

Claim:
A corner connecting bracket for a rail skirt system for a collapsible shelter having a plurality of legs, the rail skirt system including a top rail removably connected between an adjacent pair of the plurality of legs, the corner connecting bracket comprising: first and second hinged bracket portions pivotally connected together and having a closed position configured to clamp to a leg of a shelter, and an open position configured to be unclamped to the leg of the shelter, said first hinged bracket portion including a first journal arm having an inner end and an outer end, said second hinged bracket portion including a second journal arm having an inner end and an outer end, said first journal arm inner end and said second journal arm inner end being pivotally connected together by a pivot pin, said first journal arm including a first inner strut extending perpendicularly from said first journal arm, and said second journal arm including a second inner strut extending perpendicularly from said second journal arm, said first inner strut including a tongue member projecting from said first inner strut, and said second inner strut having a slotted portion including a slot that removably receives said tongue member, said tongue member including an aperture extending therethrough, and said slotted portion of said second inner strut having a corresponding aperture therethrough that is aligned to mate with said aperture through said tongue member when said tongue member is received in said slot; and a locking pin slidably connected to said slotted portion of said second inner strut in said aperture through said slotted portion, said locking pin being configured to extend through said aperture through said tongue member and through said aperture through said slotted portion when said tongue member is received in said slot, thereby allowing said first and second hinged bracket portions to be locked in said closed position.