Linked collapsible shelter structure

Claim 1

In a collapsible shelter structure: a. a resilient stretchable webbing having a plurality of transverse pockets spaced along the length of the webbing and dividing the webbing into a series of panels, each pocket being at least partially discontinuous at its midlength position to provide an opening on the outside of said shelter; b. a corresponding plurality of tubular bars or poles accommodated in the pockets, there being two end bars for the pockets at the ends of the webbing and intermediate bars for the other pockets, the intermediate bars or poles having a circular cross-sectional configuration; c. a corresponding plurality of links, each of the links having a hub journalled at the center of the corresponding bars in alignment with the opening of the corresponding pocket; d. each of the links for the intermediate bars or poles having rigidly connected to its corresponding hub, a pair of angularly spaced pins projecting radially therefrom in substantially coplanar relationship on the outside of said shelter; e. each of the links for the end bars or poles having rigidly connected to its corresponding hub, a single pin projecting radially therefrom on the outside of shelter; f. a plurality of tubular struts on the outside of said shelter having opposite ends telescoped over pins of links for adjacent poles or bars to hold said poles or bars apart with the webbing taut; said struts being of fixed length and movable into connected relationship with said pins one after the other, the connection to the second connector element being established by stretching the webbing until the telescopic connection is made; and g. the angular spacing of the pins of said intermediate links determining the angularity between adjacent panels and, thereby, the angular orientation of all panels of said shelter structure.