Patent ID: 7735505

Claim:
In a quickly erectable canopy shelter having an unextended configuration and an extended configuration, including a plurality of legs having upper and lower ends; an extendible perimeter assembly of link members connecting said plurality of legs together and pivotally connected to the upper ends of corresponding ones of said legs, respectively, the improvement in the quickly erectable canopy shelter comprising: a plurality of pole members having inner and outer ends, the outer ends of said plurality of pole members being connected to said plurality of legs by a plurality of pivoting link members, respectively, said plurality of pole members being movable between a lowered position when the shelter is in the unextended configuration and a raised, upwardly extending position extending across the shelter when the shelter is in the extended configuration, said pivoting link members pivoting between a lowered position when the shelter is unextended and a raised position extending above the legs when the shelter is extended, and said pivoting link members rotating outwardly responsive to downward forces on the canopy assembly.