# US 2025/0146320 A1 · Glare mitigation canopy

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- Number: US 2025/0146320 A1
- Document ID: US20250146320A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 18/386,567
- Filed: 2023-11-02
- Published: 2025-05-08
- Earliest claimed: 2023-11-02
- Assignees: Hudson Spider LLC
- Applicants: Hudson Spider LLC
- Inventors: Timothy John Hudson
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20250146320A1

## CPC

- E06B 9/24: Screens or other constructions affording protection against light, especially against sunshine; Similar screens for privacy or appearance; {Slat blinds}(operating, guiding or securing devices or arrangements for roll-type closures E06B9/56; free-hanging flexible screens A47H23/00)
- A47G 5/00: Screens (shutters closing an opening E06B9/02; fly-screens E06B9/52); Draught-deflectors
- E04H 15/008: {Tents or tent-like constructions composed partially of rigid panels (E04H15/06 takes precedence; trailer-type vehicles or caravans with foldable or readily disassembled living accommodation comprising flexible elements B60P3/341)}
- G03B 15/06: Special arrangements of screening, diffusing, or reflecting devices, e.g. in studio
- E06B: FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES OR LIKE ENCLOSURES IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES (shades or blinds for greenhouses A01G9/22; curtains A47H; lids for car boots or bonnets B62D25/10; skylights E04B7/18; sunshades, awnings E04F10/00)
- A47G: HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT (book-ends A47B5/00; knives B26B)
- E04H: BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL (foundations E02D)
- G03B: APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR (optical parts of such apparatus G02B; photosensitive materials or processes for photographic purposes G03C; apparatus for processing exposed photographic materials G03D)

## Abstract

A glare mitigation accessory that may be easily carried by a person, and which may be easily mounted on readily accessible equipment. The glare mitigation accessory may be a three-sided shade having a roof or top panel with two layers open at one edge and closed at least at portions of the other edges to form a pocket. The readily accessible equipment may be a floppy mounted on a stand. The combined floppy and glare mitigation accessory may be used in a configuration having 0-4 open sides depending on lighting conditions or need for privacy.

## Claims

### Claim 1

Canopy comprising:
a top panel having two layers of flexible material connected to each other on parts of a perimeter of said layer and having at least one opening along at least a portion of a mounting edge of said panel, wherein said layers are not connected in at least an area accessible through said opening and configured to permit insertion of a support through said opening and into said area; and
a drape connected to a first edge of said top panel.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The canopy according to claim 1 wherein said top panel is rectangular.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The canopy according to claim 2 wherein said two layers of flexible material are connected on three edges of said top panel and open on a fourth edge of said top panel.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The canopy according to claim 3 further comprising a second drape connected to a second edge of said top panel and a third drape connected to a third edge of said top panel.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The canopy according to claim 4 wherein said top panel further comprises a water resistant layer.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The canopy according to claim 5 wherein said drapes comprise dark colored vinyl bonded to a light colored vinyl wherein said dark colored vinyl faces out.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The canopy according to claim 6 wherein at least one of said drapes includes a mesh layer.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The canopy according to claim 7 further comprising straps connected to said top panel.