Foldable canopy
OwnerGene Thompson, Samuel T. Bastainventors
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Abstract
A retractable canopy having a fixed support coupled to a movable boom, an actuator to move the movable boom from a first position proximate a first end of a fixed support to a second position proximate a second end of the fixed support, at least one link coupled to the fixed support and the movable boom, at least one strut rotatably and translatably coupled to the at least one link, and a cover coupled to the fixed support and the movable boom to be deployed from a storage configuration to a deployed configuration by movement of the movable boom.
Claims20
A system for deploying a cover over an object, the cover having a first portion and a second portion, the system comprising:
- a fixed support having a first end and a second end opposite to the first end;
- a movable boom coupled to the fixed support and structured to rotate relative to the fixed support between a first position where the movable boom is proximate the first end of the fixed support and a second position where the movable boom is proximate the second end of the fixed support;
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- a first frame coupled to the movable boom and structured to rotate in response to rotation of the movable boom between a first location proximate the movable boom to a second location spaced from the movable boom,
- the fixed support and the movable boom sized and shaped to support the first portion of the cover between the fixed support and the movable boom, and the movable boom and the first frame sized and shaped to support the second portion of the cover between the movable boom and the first frame, the movable boom and the first frame cooperating to move the second portion of the cover in an overlapping position over the first portion of the cover in response to the movable boom being in the first position.
A system, comprising:
- a fixed support having a first end and a second end opposite to the first end;
- a movable boom coupled to the fixed support and structured to move between a storage configuration and a deployed configuration, wherein in the storage configuration, the movable boom is proximate the first end of the fixed support and in the deployed configuration, the movable boom is proximate the second end of the fixed support;
- a support frame assembly coupled to the movable boom and structured to rotate relative to the movable boom in response to rotation of the movable boom between the storage configuration and the deployed configuration;
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- a cover coupled to at least one of the fixed support, the movable boom, and the support frame assembly, the cover including a first portion and a second portion, the movable boom and the support frame assembly cooperating to move the second portion of the cover in an overlapping position over the first portion of the cover in response to the movable boom being in the storage configuration.
A system for covering a watercraft with a rear longitudinal edge on a watercraft lift, comprising:
- a fixed support having a first end and a second end opposite to the first end;
- a movable support coupled to the fixed support and structured to rotate relative to the fixed support between a first position proximate the first end and a second position proximate the second end;
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- a first frame coupled to the movable support and structured to rotate between a first configuration and a second configuration in response to rotation of the movable support, the first frame extending past the rear longitudinal edge of the watercraft in the second configuration,
- wherein the first configuration of the first frame corresponds to the first position of the movable support and the second configuration of the first frame corresponds to the second position of the movable support.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.