IP Library Granted Patent US 11,041,324
Granted Patent B2
US 11,041,324 · App. 16/421,426 · Granted Jun 22, 2021

Portable erectable shelter

Inventor: Mark C. Carter (Norco, CA)
Assignee: INTERNATIONAL E-Z UP, INC.
E04H15/50E04H15/008E04H15/56E04H15/58
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Patent No.
US 11,041,324
App. No.
16/421,426
Granted
Jun 22, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A portable erectable shelter may include a pair of wall panels arranged outermost from a pair roof panels. The pair roof panels may be between the pair of wall panels in a collapsed, vertical position of the shelter. The portable shelter may include a first outer wall truss link rotatably fixed to a sidewall of a first wall panel and having a first end pivotally secured to a first corner of a first roof panel and a free end opposite the first end. The portable shelter may further include a first outer roof truss link rotatably fixed to a sidewall of the first roof panel and including a first end pivotally secured to a first corner of the first wall panel. The first end of the first outer wall truss link may be arranged to abut the first end of the first outer roof truss link in an erect position.

Claims (17)

1. A portable erectable shelter, comprising:

a pair of wall panels arranged outermost from a pair roof panels defined between the pair of wall panels in a collapsed, vertical position;

a first outer wall truss link rotatably fixed to an inner truss link of a first wall panel, the first outer wall truss link having:

a first end pivotally secured to a first corner of a first roof panel;

a free end opposite the first end; and

a flanged sidewall portion extending from a flat portion;

a first floor link pivotally attached to an inner link end of the inner truss link of the first wall panel;

a first floor panel attached the first floor link; and

a first outer roof truss link rotatably fixed to a sidewall of the first roof panel and having a first end pivotally secured to a first corner of the first wall panel, in which the first end of the first outer wall truss link is arranged to abut the first end of the first outer roof truss link in an erect position.

2. The portable erectable shelter of claim 1 , in which the flat portion of the first outer wall truss link is secured to a first inner truss link of the first roof panel through a first end connector.

3. The portable erectable shelter of claim 1 , in which the first outer roof truss link comprises a flanged sidewall portion extending away from a flat portion.

4. The portable erectable shelter of claim 3 , in which the flat portion of the first outer roof truss link is secured to the first inner truss link of the first wall panel through a first end connector.

5. The portable erectable shelter of claim 3 , in which the flanged sidewall portion of the first outer wall truss link is arranged to directly abut the flanged sidewall portion of the first outer roof truss link in the erect position.

6. The portable erectable shelter of claim 3 , in which the flanged sidewall portion of the first outer wall truss link is arranged to directly abut the flanged sidewall portion of the first outer roof truss link at a first end of the first outer roof truss link.

7. The portable erectable shelter of claim 1 , in which the shelter is manually erectable.

8. The portable erectable shelter of claim 1 , in which the portable erectable shelter comprises an enclosed structure.

9. The portable erectable shelter of claim 8 , in which the enclosed structure of the portable erectable shelter comprises doors.

Assignments (3)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 4, 2026
From: INTERNATIONAL E-Z UP, INC.
To: ALTER DOMUS (US) LLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 073976/0524 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 22, 2022
From: INTERNATIONAL E-Z UP, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 060818/0784 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 29, 2021
From: CARTER, MARK C.
To: INTERNATIONAL E-Z UP, INC.
Reel/Frame 058503/0047 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62676138 · May 24, 2018
Related Publication 20190360232A1 · Nov 28, 2019