Canopy with overhang

• US 9,528,292 B1
• Filed: 08/08/2014
• Issued: 12/27/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/09/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ShelterLogic Corp.
• Original Assignee: Bravo Sports
• Inventors: Lovley, Jack B. II, Groenhuyzen, Mark, Klingl, Joseph C.
• Primary Examiner(s): YIP, WINNIE S
• Application Number:
  US14/455,694
• Time in Patent Office: 872 Days
• Field of Search: 135/117, 135145-147, 135/155, 135/161, 135/119, 135/77
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: E04H 15/48 foldable, i.e. having pivoted or hinged means E04H15/405 and E04H15/46 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E04H 15/50 lazy-tongs type
• CPC Class Codes: E04H 15/58 Closures; Awnings; Sunshades
• CPC Class Codes: E04H 15/60 Poles
• CPC Class Codes: E04H 15/64 Tent or canopy cover fastenings

Abstract

A canopy includes a frame assembly having a perimeter frame portion, a central frame portion and multiple legs. The frame assembly also includes one or more overhang frame portions, each of which can include a main overhang frame member and a strut. Each overhang frame portion can extend diagonally from the associated corner of the frame assembly. The canopy also includes a cover, which can be a fabric or flexible material cover capable of collapsing along with the preferably collapsible frame assembly. The cover can include a central portion located substantially within an area defined by the perimeter frame portion and an overhang portion, which surrounds or circumscribes the central portion of the cover. The overhang frame portions can support an overhang portion of the cover, which extends outwardly from the perimeter frame portion. A support of the canopy can be configured to leave a logo imprint on the ground.

Claims

1. A collapsible canopy, comprising:

a frame assembly comprising a perimeter frame portion, an overhang frame portion and a plurality of legs;

wherein the perimeter frame portion comprises four sides, each side of the perimeter frame portion comprising a single member extending between adjacent legs, wherein the single member is foldable and has a straight orientation when the perimeter frame portion is in a deployed orientation;

wherein the overhang frame portion comprises a main overhang member and an overhang strut;

a cover secured to the frame assembly, the cover comprising a central portion and an overhang portion, wherein the overhang portion is located at least partially outside of the perimeter frame portion;

wherein each of the legs is coupled to the perimeter frame portion and the overhang frame portion;

a fixed bracket is fixedly mounted along a top of each of the legs, wherein each fixed bracket is coupled to two adjacent single members of the perimeter frame portion and each of the main overhang members; and

a slider positioned around each leg and slidably movable along said leg, wherein the slider is coupled to the overhang strut and two perimeter frame struts, each perimeter frame strut coupling the slider to an adjacent single member of the perimeter frame portion;

wherein movement of the slider is configured to simultaneously move the perimeter frame portion and the overhang frame portion between a collapsed orientation and the deployed orientation.

2. The collapsible canopy of claim 1, wherein the cover is secured to the overhang frame portion in the collapsed position of the overhang frame portion.

3. The collapsible canopy of claim 2, wherein the cover comprises a pocket which receives an end portion of the main overhang member.

4. The collapsible canopy of claim 1, wherein the frame assembly further comprises a central frame portion, wherein the main overhang member is oriented at an angle that is substantially the same as an angle of the central portion of the cover that is supported by the central frame portion.

5. The collapsible canopy of claim 1, wherein the cover further comprises portions that engage the overhang frame portions.

6. The collapsible canopy of claim 5, further comprising a fastener that couples the portions of the cover and the overhang frame portions.

7. The collapsible canopy of claim 5, wherein the portions comprise pockets that each receives a member of an associated one of the overhang frame portions.

8. The collapsible canopy of claim 7, further comprising a fastener that couples the pocket and the overhang frame portions.

9. A collapsible canopy of claim 1, wherein each of said legs comprises a base, each base comprising:

an outer perimeter portion;

a hollow interior portion at least partially within the outer perimeter portion; and

a logo portion at least partially within the hollow interior portion, the logo portion formed in a reverse orientation;

wherein the base is configured to leave an impression of the logo portion on a ground surface that is in a forward, not reverse, orientation; and

wherein collapsible canopy is configured to simultaneously create a plurality of impressions of the logo portion on a ground surface underneath each base.

10. The collapsible canopy of claim 1, wherein the frame assembly further comprises a central frame portion, wherein each of the sliders is coupled to the central frame portion.

11. A collapsible canopy, comprising:

a frame assembly, comprising;

a plurality of legs;

a perimeter frame portion extending between and connecting the plurality of legs to define a perimeter of the collapsible canopy, wherein each section of the perimeter frame portion between adjacent legs includes a single frame member oriented substantially perpendicular to the legs and extending between adjacent legs, wherein the single frame member is fixedly coupled to a fixed bracket positioned along a top of each adjacent leg, wherein the single frame member is foldable and has a straight orientation when the perimeter frame portion is in a deployed orientation;

two perimeter struts coupled to a sliding bracket, the sliding bracket positioned below the fixed bracket on each leg, wherein each of the perimeter struts extends between the sliding bracket and an adjacent straight frame member;

wherein the sliding bracket is configured to move relative to the fixed bracket along said leg;

a central frame portion extending between and connecting the plurality of legs within the perimeter of the collapsible canopy, the central frame portion comprising a plurality of scissor-frames; and

an overhang frame portion comprising a main overhang frame member and an overhang strut extending outwardly from each of the plurality of legs;

wherein the perimeter frame portion, the central frame portion and the overhang frame portion are coupled to each of the plurality of legs by the fixed bracket and the sliding bracket, wherein movement of the sliding bracket moves the perimeter frame portion, the central frame portion and the overhang frame portion between a collapsed orientation and a deployed orientation; and

a cover secured to the frame assembly, the cover comprising a central portion and an overhang portion, wherein the central portion is supported by the central frame portion and the overhang portion is located at least partially outside of the perimeter frame portion and is supported by the overhang frame portion.

12. The collapsible canopy of claim 11, wherein each of the plurality of legs are adjustable in height.

13. The collapsible canopy of claim 11, wherein the cover is secured to the overhang frame portion in the collapsed position of the overhang frame portion.

14. The collapsible canopy of claim 11, wherein the cover comprises a pocket which receives an end portion of the main overhang member.

15. A collapsible canopy, comprising:

a frame assembly comprising a plurality of legs, a perimeter frame portion, a central frame portion and an overhang frame portion; and

wherein the central frame portion coupled to the plurality of legs;

wherein the overhang frame portion comprises a main overhang member and an overhang strut being coupled to each leg, the main overhang member having a first end coupled to a top of the leg;

a cover secured to the frame assembly, wherein the cover extends and is secured to a second end of each main overhang member;

wherein the perimeter frame portion comprises a single frame member coupled to the tops of adjacent legs and two perimeter struts each coupled to a slider on each of the legs and to each adjacent single frame members respectively, the single frame member being foldable and having a straight orientation extending between the tops of adjacent legs when the perimeter frame portion is in a deployed orientation; and

wherein the overhang strut each coupled to the slider of the leg the main overhang member, and

wherein the second end of each main overhang member is angularly lower than both the single frame members and the top of each leg when the overhang frame portion is in a deployed orientation to create a vertical clearance between a peripheral edge of the cover and the adjacent single frame member along each side of the collapsible canopy.

16. The collapsible canopy of claim 15, wherein the central frame comprises at least one central frame section, wherein the at least one central frame section comprises a plurality of central frame sections, each of the central frame sections extending between each of the plurality of legs and a center support.

17. The collapsible canopy of claim 15, wherein the overhang frame portion is automatically moved between a collapsed position and a deployed position in response to movement of the perimeter frame portion and the center frame portion between a collapsed position and a deployed position.