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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 29, 1997
Richard A Esser, Laurel, MD (US);
Paul W Wells, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Jerry L Griffith, La Plata, MD (US);
Hunter L Graves, Sterling, VA (US);
TVI Corporation, Glenn Dale, MD (US);
Abstract
A quick erect shelter frame includes a plurality of one piece hubs. Each hub including a base portion having peripheral edges, an upper surface, a lower surface, and a center portion with a hole extending therethrough in a direction perpendicular to the upper surface. Each hub further including a plurality of spaced support members, each extending from the upper surface of the base portion substantially flush with a respective peripheral edge. Each support member having a top surface, a length less than the length of one peripheral edge of the base portion, a hole extending through a first end of the support member in a direction perpendicular to a face surface thereof, and a bore extending in a side of a second end of the support member in a direction perpendicular to the hole in the first end. The hole of each support member being axially aligned with the bore of an adjacent support member.