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THE FRAME
1. To assemble the frame, start by unfolding the side beams. Remove the
strap from each beam and connect the shock corded sections. See picture.
2. Place one of the beams on the ground with the flat slats facing up. Lay out
the cross ribs with the widest ones at the center, narrowest at each end.
Lay out the keel (long single rod with plastic latch clips) next to the beam.
3. The plastic clip at the center of each cross rib will connect to a corresponding latch clip at the
keel (see Figure 5). Starting from one end of the beam, turn one end cross rib so that the open
side of the plastic clip faces into the latch clip on the keel. This is just to get the right orientation.
Do not connect to the keel yet.
Figure 3 Installing cross rib
5. Repeat with the rest of the cross ribs. Please note that one latch clip on
the end of the keel faces the opposite direction of the others.
6. Starting from the center, connect the other I‐beam to the cross ribs.
7. Lay out the frame with the cross rib centers facing up.
Figure 5 Adding the keel
10. THE FRAME IS NOW COMPLETE. Turn it right side up.
4. There are holes drilled in the tubes at each joint where I‐beam
modules come together. The holes face the other parallel rod. Insert the
steel pin at the tip of the cross rib into the hole in the rod that is away
from you. Another steel pin is attached to the lever that is about 5 inches
from the tip of the cross rib. Make sure the lever is in the open position,
insert its steel pin into corresponding hole in the rod closest to you, and
snap the lever closed against the cross rib. DO NOT FORCE THE PINS. They
should go in easily.
8. Starting with the latch clip that faces the
opposite direction of the others, connect the
keel to the cross ribs and secure the latches with
the elastic bands. To connect each latch,
separate the keel joint just enough to get the
end of the latch past the cross rib.
9. Insert the ends of each beam
through the fabric loops on the stems
as shown in Figure 6.
Figure 2 Unfolding
I‐beams
Figure 4 Adding the other
I‐beam
Figure 6 Connecting the stems to the
frame
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