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US 6,662,816 B1Granted
Canopy vent
OwnerGeorge C. Cunninghaminventor
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Abstract
A covered vent for a tent or canopy consisting of a series of cutouts along the ridge line of a canopy and having a screen fastened to cover the cutouts, a flap fastened to the canopy at one side by stitching and covering the cutouts, and having a series of ties fastened along the length of the second side of the flap, the ties being fastened to the canopy to provide a limited opening to permit air flow when large gusts of air are present and closing when the air gusts are diminished.
Claims1
A covered vent for a canopy having a center ridge, said covered vent comprising:
- a canopy having a first end and a second end, and a selected plurality of rectangular cutouts spanning the center ridge into said center ridge, said cutouts being axially aligned to said center ridge, said cutouts beginning at a point near said first end and ending at a point near said second end,
- a screen attached across each of said rectangular cutouts,
- a flap having a first side and a second side, said flap fastened at a first side to said canopy by stitching, said flap running from a point near said first end and ending at a point near said second end, said flap being sufficiently long to cover each of said cutouts along the length of said center ridge,
- a plurality of ties fastened along the length of said second side of said flap and movably attached to said canopy,
- thereby restricting the motion of said flap to open to permit air flow and to cover said cutouts when the air flow diminishes.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.