Shelter and hub system
AssigneeDLX Enterprises, LLC
InventorsJonathan Urhausen, Adam Barr, Donald Bierman
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Abstract
A shelter system is shown and described. A hub for a shelter system is shown and described. A frame for a shelter system is shown and described. In one embodiment, the shelter system includes a frame and cover. The shelter may include a hub system. The frame may be collapsible. The cover is configured to fit with the frame. The hub may include a receiver slot, a receiver sleeve and an attachment projection. The result is a shelter system with reduced set up time, effort and requirements and improved strength and ease of use. The inventions may also be considered a shelter kit and/or a shelter and hub method.
Claims20
A rapid-deployment hub shelter comprising:
- a frame for supporting the shelter, the frame including a frame front end, a frame back end, a frame side, and a frame opposite side,
- the frame front end, frame back end, frame side and frame opposite side each having:
- a first upper frame pole and a second upper frame pole, the first upper frame pole and the second upper frame pole joined at peak,
- a first leg pole supporting the first upper frame pole and a second leg pole supporting the second upper frame pole,
- a shoulder formed between each upper frame pole and each attaching leg pole,
- a shoulder formed between each second upper frame pole and each attaching second leg pole,
- a center frame assembly having a set of extension poles that extend outwardly from a center point to each frame peak,
- a corner formed between the frame front end and each of the frame side, and the frame opposite side, and
- a corner formed between the frame back end and each of the frame side, and the frame opposite side,
- wherein the upper frame poles are directly mated at a frame peak.
A rapid-deployment hub shelter comprising:
- a four-sided shelter frame including frame corners offset between each of the shelter sides,
- a shoulder support in each corner and extending between each of the adjacent shelter sides,
- a set of upper frame poles on each side of the four-sided shelter frame that mate directly to form a central peak along each shelter side,
- a central frame assembly having extension poles that extend from the central frame assembly to each peak along each shelter side,
- wherein each of the shelter sides have the same frame dimensions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.