Patent ID: 7841356

Claim:
In a fabric tent shelter of the type comprising at least two substantially vertical fabric walls which intersect to form a substantially vertical corner and a center arch pole for erecting the shelter, the center arch pole defining an arch plane spaced from the substantially vertical corner when the shelter is erected, a fabric-supporting corner structure comprising: first and second substantially stiff strut legs, each strut leg comprising a top end and a bottom end; the first strut leg being integrated with one fabric wall so as to be substantially coplanar therewith; the second strut leg being integrated with the other fabric wall so as to be substantially coplanar therewith; the top ends of the strut legs converging into close proximity at an upper portion of the corner when the shelter is erected; the bottom ends of the strut legs being spaced apart when the shelter is erected; and a guy line extending from the shelter proximate the corner to tension the corner strut structure against the center arch pole at a non-coplanar angle to the arch plane when the shelter is erected.