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Canopy for watercraft

  • US 9,714,068 B1
  • Filed: 09/29/2015
  • Issued: 07/25/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A canopy mounted on a separate structure, comprising:

  • a) an upright support post having upper and lower ends, said lower end mounted fixed in place on said structure, and said upper end being rotatable with respect to said lower end;

    b) first and second flexible rods, each flexible rod having first and second ends;

    c) said first end of each said flexible rod extending through and held firmly in apertures in said upper end of said upright support post, wherein said flexible rods are substantially horizontally disposed and extend outwardly from said upright support post at an angle to each other in the range of 60 to 120 degrees and terminating at said seconds ends;

    d) a sheet of material having a first edge disposed on and attached to said first flexible rod and a second edge disposed on and attached to said second flexible rod so that said sheet of material forms a canopy extending between said first and second flexible rods and substantially from said first end of each said flexible rod to said second end of each said flexible rod;

    e) said flexible rods being constructed so as to bias the rods away from each other providing an effective amount of tension for maintaining the sheet of material in a stretched out disposition; and

    f) means to rotate said upper end of said upright support post along with said flexible rods about said lower end of said support post to reposition said sheet of material.

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