Patent ID: 8807153

Claim:
A support unit of a roof element comprising: a central mast, means of connecting adapted to receive a central portion of a fabric of the roof element, the fabric being fixed by its exterior peripheral edge on a frame of the roof element, a flange assembled slidingly on said central mast, the flange being slidable between a sliding position and a locking position, the sliding position being further from an upper end of the central mast than the locking position, and the flange being arranged in order to be locked relative to the central mast by means of quick locking of the snap-fitting type when in the locking position, and a plurality of cables having ends, one of the ends of each of the plurality of cables is fixed on said flange, another one of the ends of each of the plurality of cables being intended to be fixed on the frame of the roof element, said means of connecting being assembled slidingly on said central mast and arranged in order to be locked on said central mast, the flange and the means of connecting being adapted to tension the fabric when the flange is locked in the locking position and the means of connecting is locked on the central mast, the locking position being disposed above the frame of the roof element when the fabric is in tension, the means of connecting being disposed below the frame of the roof element when the fabric is in tension and the means of connecting is locked on the central mast.