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US 12,607,012 B1Granted
Modular wheelchair ramp canopy
OwnerLawrence Eugene Warfordinventor
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Abstract
A modular portable wheelchair ramp canopy configured to fit over and protect a wheelchair ramp from rain. The canopy has a gutter that channels rainwater into the canopy uprights and then down to the ground. The canopy also has an end section that slopes back to a gutter which collects rainwater and channels it into canopy uprights and then down to the ground.
Claims20
A wheelchair ramp canopy comprising,
- a ramp section canopy,
- a gutter,
- a canopy upright, and
- an adjustable leg, wherein
- the gutter is configured to gather rainwater and the canopy upright is configured to channel rainwater down to an adjustment channel in the adjustable leg and drain out onto a ground surface,
- a canopy adaptor attached to the ramp section canopy,
- the canopy adaptor comprising,
- a gutter, and
- a drain aperture in an upright connector configured to drain rainwater into the upright connector,
- a blade seal configured to press against a landing canopy and prevent rainwater from dripping between the landing canopy and the canopy adaptor.
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A method of protecting a wheelchair ramp from rain comprising,
- providing a ramp section canopy,
- gathering rainwater in a gutter,
- channeling the rainwater into a canopy upright, and
- draining the rainwater out of an adjustment channel in an adjustable leg,
- preventing rainwater from dripping between a landing canopy and a canopy adaptor by,
- pressing a blade seal coupled to the canopy adaptor against the landing canopy.
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A canopy comprising,
- a plurality of ramp section canopies each comprising a gutter,
- a plurality of canopy uprights
- and an upright connector, wherein
- the upright connector is coupled to the gutter,
- a ramp canopy end section having a back sloped portion,
- a canopy adaptor attached to at least one of the ramp section canopies, and
- a landing canopy.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.