Foldable portable structure

Claim 1

A portable structure comprising, a pair of rectangular panels each having inside surfaces and having upper, lower, and first and second side edge portions, means fastening associated upper edge portions of said rectangular panels together in a hinged manner, said fastening means being in its fastened condition and enabling said rectangular panels to be hingedly folded toward each other with said inside surfaces facing each other and arranged in parallel relation to define a space therebetween and away from each other to define an inverted V-shaped structure, said fastening means comprising a pair of roughly L-shaped brackets each having one leg fixed to an associated rectangular panel adjacent its upper portion and another leg extending transverse said one leg and its rectangular panel toward the other of said pair of rectangular panels, at least one hinge device hingedly connecting the transverse legs of said brackets together to define said space, a first and a second triangular panel, said first triangular panel being hingedly attached to the first side edge portion of one of said rectangular panels, said second triangular panel being hingedly attached to the second side edge portion of the other of said rectangular panels, each of said triangular panels being adapted to be folded inwardly against the inside surface of an associated rectangular panel and received within said space once said rectangular panels are folded in parallel relation and adapted to be folded outwardly and locked in position once said rectangular panels are folded away from each other to thereby completely define said structure, attaching means on the second edge portion of said one rectangular panel for locking said second triangular panel in position, and attaching means on the first edge portion of said other rectangular panel for locking siad first triangular panel in position.