Shading apparatus with panels
AssigneeSuncatcher, LLC
InventorNicholas Flann
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Abstract
A shading apparatus with panels, such as, for example solar panels, connected to a spindle assembly rotatable about a vertical axis. Two or more panels are arranged in a series and connected to the spindle assembly and each panel is rotatable on a horizontal-longitudinal axis and form an array configured to provide a shade canopy. Certain embodiments include a payload area, such as, for example, a seating platform which may be either affixed or releasably attachable to the spindle assembly and/or central pole and rotatable about the vertical axis as a carousel.
Claims10
A shading apparatus with solar panels comprising:
- a spindle assembly rotatable about a vertical post with a vertical axis;
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- three or more solar panels in a row connected to the spindle assembly, a first solar panel rotatable about a first horizontal axis a second solar panel rotatable about a second horizontal axis, and a third solar panel located at an end of the row and fixed at an angle;
- a payload platform connected to the spindle assembly generally below the two or more panels and rotatable about the vertical axis;
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- wherein all of the solar panels of the shading apparatus form a single row and are configured to provide a shade canopy for the payload platform.
A shading apparatus with solar panels comprising:
- a spindle assembly rotatable about vertical post with a vertical axis;
- a frame attached to the spindle assembly;
- three or more solar panels connected to the spindle assembly, generally within the frame, wherein
- a first solar panel is rotatable about a first horizontal axis and configured to move to a generally horizontal position,
- a second solar panel is rotatable about a second horizontal axis and configured to move to a generally horizontal position, and
- a third solar panel is located at an end of the row and is fixed at an angle;
- one or more sub-panels along the edge of one or more of the first and second solar panels that is configured to bridge a gap between the first and second solar panels;
- a linkage attached to the first and second solar panels and configured to rotate the first and second solar panels on their respective horizontal axes;
- a releasably attachable seating platform connected to the spindle assembly generally below the three or more solar panels and rotatable about the vertical axis;
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- wherein all of the solar panels of the shading apparatus form a single tiered row and are configured to provide a shade canopy for the seating platform.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.