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US 5,487,402 AGranted
Portable shelter with expandable frame
AssigneesMichael S. Clary, Cynthia G. Clary
InventorMichael S. Clary
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Abstract
A portable shelter having a frame whose members freely move between a maximum and a minimum dimension to enable selectively applying various sized shelter skins to the frame and to tauntly stretch the shelter skin thereon. The skin also comprises slidable tensioning means that stretch the skin over a portion of the frame. The upper portion of the shelter is partially supported by a lifting force applied thereto.
Claims20
A portable shelter erectable on a support surface, said shelter comprising:
- a frame further comprising;
- a ridge pole, having a first end and a second end, said ridge pole further comprising at least one section, said section comprising a first part and a second part, said second part slideably engaging said first part such that said ridge pole is extendable between an expanded position and a retracted position;
- a plurality of posts, each said post having a first end attached to said ridge pole and a second end engaging a support surface;
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- a lifting means comprising a first joining means attached to said first end of said ridge pole and a second joining means attached to said second end of said ridge pole;
- a first line having a first end connected to said first joining means and having a second end attached to a first support means at a point in a horizontal plane that lies above said ridge pole;
- a second line having a first end connected to said second joining means and having a second end attached to a second support means at a point in a horizontal plane that lies above said ridge pole, the first support means being spaced apart from the second support means, whereby a lifting force is applied to said ridge pole.
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A portable shelter erectable on a support surface, said shelter comprising:
- a plurality of posts, each post having a first end connected to a first end of the other posts of said plurality of posts, and said second end of each said post engaging a support surface, at least one said post has at least one slot therethrough, said slot having two ends;
- at least one tensioning means, slidably attached to at least one of said posts said slot allowing movement therealong between a first position and a second position, said tensioning means comprising a sleeve slideably mounted on said at least one of said posts, said sleeve having a hole therethrough aligned with said slot in said post, and a sleeve eye bolt passing through said hole and said slot, whereby said sleeve eye bolt and said sleeve slide on said post from said first position, where said sleeve eye bolt engages one end of said slot, to said second position, where said sleeve eye bolt engages the other end of said slot, each said tensioning means attached to a shelter skin;
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- a plurality of attaching means, one of said attaching means attaching a respective said tensioning means to said support surface.
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A portable shelter erectable on a support surface, said shelter comprising:
- a frame, said frame further comprising;
- at least two pairs of posts, each post having a first end, said first ends of each said pair of posts being attached to one another, each post having a second end engaging a support surface;
- each said post comprising a rafter member having a first end and a second end and a leg member having a first end and a second end, said rafter member including said first end of said post and said leg including said second end of said post, said second end of said rafter member being attached to said first end of said leg member at an angle to form a hip portion, each said rafter member having a first rafter portion and a second rafter portion, said second rafter portion slideably engaging said first rafter portion such that said rafter member is extendable between an extended position and a shortened position;
- a lifting means connected to said first ends of said posts, whereby a lifting force is applied to said posts;
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- a plurality of attaching means, at least one of said attaching means attaching each pair of said posts to said support surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.