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Sliding-eave mount mechanism for canopy structure

  • US 10,072,439 B2
  • Filed: 08/10/2015
  • Issued: 09/11/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/02/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A collapsible canopy structure comprising:

  • a plurality of eaves;

    four vertical poles, wherein each of the vertical poles comprises a top end and a bottom end;

    a fixed eave mount located along the top end of each vertical pole, wherein each of the fixed eave mounts is coupled to at least two of the plurality of eaves;

    a sliding eave mount slidably coupled along each vertical pole, wherein each of the sliding eave mounts is coupled to at least two of the plurality of eaves;

    at least one engagement feature along each of the vertical poles; and

    a detent member positioned on each of the sliding eave mounts, each detent member comprising a rounded detent surface that is configured to resiliently engage the at least one engagement feature of the corresponding vertical pole, wherein the collapsible canopy is in a fully opened position when each of the detent members is engaged, via an engagement force, with a corresponding engagement feature of the corresponding vertical pole;

    wherein a cross-sectional dimension of each detent member is larger than a cross-sectional dimension of the corresponding engagement feature; and

    wherein, when the canopy structure is in the fully opened position, each detent member is resiliently engage to the engagement feature of the corresponding vertical pole;

    wherein the rounded detent surface of each detent member is configured such that downward force applied to only one of the sliding eave mounts is configured to overcome the engagement force and disengage each of the detent members from the corresponding engagement feature and transition the canopy structure from the fully opened position to a collapsed position without a need to directly disengage each of the sliding ease mounts individually.

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