Collapsible shelter with flexible, collapsible canopy
View Patent ↗The collapsible shelter includes a truss and canopy framework that permits a flexible, collapsible canopy to be moved between a raised position and a lowered position. The collapsible shelter includes at least three legs supporting flexible poles removably mounted to the tops of the legs and forming the framework of the canopy. X-shaped truss pairs of link members are connected to each of the legs on each side of the shelter between adjacent legs.
1. A collapsible shelter, comprising:
a plurality of legs having corresponding upper ends and a corresponding plurality of hinge members mounted to said upper ends of said legs, respectively;
at least two perimeter truss pairs of link members connected to each of said legs, each of said perimeter truss pairs of link members including first and second link members, said first link member having an outer end connected to a corresponding one of said hinge members, and said second link member having an outer end slidably connected to said leg, and said first and second link members being pivotally connected together in a scissors configuration so as to be extendable from a first collapsed position to a second extended position;
a plurality of flexible elongated members having radially inner ends and radially outer ends, having an extended configuration and a folded configuration, said radially outer ends of said plurality of flexible elongated members being connected to said upper ends of said plurality of legs, respectively, and at least a portion of said plurality of flexible elongated members being movable from a normal raised position to a position lower than said normal raised position; and
a plurality of clip members disposed on said truss pairs of link members for removably receiving corresponding ones of said plurality of flexible elongated members for temporary stowage of said plurality of flexible elongated members in said folded configuration.
2. The collapsible shelter of claim 1 , wherein the radially inner end of one of said flexible elongated members is permanently mounted to a hub member.
3. The collapsible shelter of claim 2 , wherein said hub member includes a plurality of indexing holes, and a remainder of said plurality of flexible elongated members are removably receivable in said plurality of indexing holes of said hub member.
4. The collapsible shelter of claim 1 , wherein said upper ends of said legs each comprise a hinge member including an indexing hole removably receiving a corresponding one of said radially outer ends of said flexible elongated members, respectively.