US 12,404,694 B2
Load path redistribution field coupler
Robert Steven Graybill, Mount Pleasant, SC (US)
Assigned to Crow Hill LLC, Mount Pleasant, SC (US)
Filed by Crow Hill LLC, Mount Pleasant, SC (US)
Filed on May 19, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/320,840.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/365,082, filed on May 20, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0407670 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. E04H 15/30 (2006.01); A45B 5/00 (2006.01); A47C 4/28 (2006.01); E04H 15/26 (2006.01); E04H 15/32 (2006.01); E04H 15/34 (2006.01); E04H 15/44 (2006.01); E04H 15/48 (2006.01)
CPC E04H 15/30 (2013.01) [A47C 4/28 (2013.01); E04H 15/26 (2013.01); E04H 15/32 (2013.01); E04H 15/34 (2013.01); E04H 15/44 (2013.01); E04H 15/48 (2013.01); E04H 2015/328 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A trekking system comprising:
a support connection hub comprising:
a first cavity extending longitudinally along a first axis and configured to receive a vertical support member at a bottom side of the support connection hub; and,
a second cavity extending across a top of the support connection hub along a second axis substantially orthogonal to the first axis, the second cavity configured to horizontally and releasably receive a lateral support member substantially orthogonal to the vertical support member such that the lateral support member is configured to support a flexible surface distributed along the lateral support member and a load from the flexible surface is transferred to the vertical support member along a load path parallel to the first axis;
a collapsible tent comprising a first flexible surface configured such that, in a pitched mode, the lateral support member extends across a width of the tent, and the vertical support member extends along a height of the tent, and the lateral support member, the vertical support member, and the support connection hub are configured to support the first flexible surface as a shelter for a user;
a collapsible chair comprising a collapsible frame and a seat cover comprising a second flexible surface configured such that, in a seating mode, the lateral support member extends across a back of the chair as a lateral chair support, and the vertical support member is configured as a chair frame member.