Patent ID: 8104494

Claim:
A portable shelter, comprising: an umbrella foldable between open and closed positions, the umbrella including a pole and a canopy, a collar slidably positioned on the pole, and a plurality of frames connected to the collar and to the canopy; the canopy including a plurality of outer edges forming a polygon, and with the canopy having a front and a rear; a left flap permanently attached to a left side outer edge of the canopy; a right flap permanently attached to a right side outer edge of the canopy, with the left flap spaced apart from the right flap, and with a rear free outer edge at the rear of the canopy, between the left side outer edge and the right side outer edge; a plurality of front free edges outer edges at the front of the canopy; with the left and right flaps extending from the canopy substantially to the ground when the canopy is set on the ground with the rear free outer edge of the canopy substantially in contact with the ground, and with the pole at an acute angle to the ground.