Craft dome
OwnerMark C. Carterinventor
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Abstract
The quickly erectable dome shelter includes an extendible perimeter truss assembly with link members connected between adjacent legs, a central truss assembly of link members, and a roof framework, including pairs of curved upper and lower peak truss members, that is movable between a lowered, collapsed configuration and a raised, upwardly arching position. The shelter also includes telescoping peak pole members coupled to the central truss assembly of link members and the roof framework, and may also include telescoping peak truss brace members connected between a peak truss member and a link member of the perimeter assembly of link members.
Claims7
A quickly erectable dome shelter having opposing front and rear sides and opposing lateral sides, comprising:
- an extendible perimeter truss assembly having front, rear and opposing lateral sides, said extendible perimeter truss assembly including a plurality of legs and a plurality of perimeter truss pairs of link members connected between adjacent legs, each of said legs having an upper end and a lower end, and each of said perimeter truss pairs of link members including first and second link members having inner ends and outer ends;
- a roof framework pivotally mounted to the extendible perimeter truss assembly so as to extend across the shelter in an extended raised, upwardly arching configuration, and said roof framework being movable between a lowered, collapsed configuration and the raised, upwardly arching position, said roof framework including a plurality of articulated peak truss assemblies each including a plurality of first and second pairs of curved upper peak truss members and curved lower peak truss members, wherein said plurality of articulated peak truss assemblies includes a center pair of first and second pairs of curved upper peak truss members and curved lower peak truss members, the center lower peak truss members having bottom end portions that are pivotally connected to the extendible perimeter truss assembly of link members, wherein said plurality of articulated peak truss assemblies includes front and rear side lower peak truss members, and the front and rear side lower peak truss members have bottom end portions that are pivotally connected to the extendible perimeter truss assembly of link members and the upper portion of a corresponding adjacent leg;
- a center telescoping peak pole member having upper and lower ends, said center telescoping peak pole member being pivotally connected to the center pair of first and second pairs of curved upper peak truss members at the upper end of the center telescoping peak pole member;
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- front side and rear side vertically oriented side telescoping peak pole members, said front side and rear side vertically oriented side telescoping peak pole members being pivotally connected to the front side and rear side pairs of first and second pairs of curved upper peak truss members.
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