Retractable Canopy Apparatus For a Golf Cart

A retractable canopy apparatus for use with a golf cart having a forward section adjacent a front of the golf cart and a rearward section adjacent a back of the golf cart and extending rearwardly from the forward section, the golf cart including an upwardly extending framework, a front canopy member situated atop the framework, and a pair of support rails extending rearwardly adjacent the rearward section, said retractable canopy apparatus, comprising:

• a pair of brackets coupled to respective support rails of the golf cart;
• a pair of support arms, each respective support arm having a first end releasably coupled to a respective support bracket and having a second end opposed to said first end;
• wherein said pair of support arms are movable relative to respective adjustment brackets between a stowed configuration at which said pair of support arms extend generally vertically from said respective adjustment brackets and a deployed configuration at which said pair of support arms extend at a rearward angle relative to said respective adjustment brackets;
• an auxiliary canopy assembly comprising:
• a front end coupled to an upper end of the golf cart framework and a back end coupled to respective second ends of respective support arms;
• and
• an auxiliary canopy top member extending between said front and rear ends of said auxiliary canopy assembly, said auxiliary canopy top member having a flexible construction;
• wherein said auxiliary canopy top member is movable between an extended configuration when said pair of support arm are at said deployed configuration and a collapsed configuration when said pair of support arms are at said stowed configuration.