Patent ID: 8375969
Filing Date: 2013-02-19
Classification: E04H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A canopy comprising: a plurality of first rails, each of said first rails having first male and female ends, wherein the first female end sized to receive the first male end, wherein two first rails are operable to interconnect in end-to-end fashion to form a lower frame rail; a set of lower corner brackets, each of said set of lower corner brackets having a lower corner rail with a second male end sized for insertion into the first female end, a second female end sized for receiving the first male end, a first coupling extending generally perpendicular from the lower corner rail, and an extension extending from the lower corner rail at an acute angle relative to the lower corner rail, wherein the set of lower corner brackets are operable to interconnect a set of lower frame rails to form a lower support frame; a plurality of second rails, each of said second rails having a third male end and a third female end; a set of upper corner brackets, each of said set of upper corner brackets having an upper corner rail with a fourth male end sized for insertion into the third female end and a fourth female end sized for receiving the third male end, and a second coupling extending from the upper corner rail at an angle complementary to the obtuse angle of the lower corner bracket, wherein the set of upper corner brackets are operable to interconnect a set of second rails to form an upper support frame; a plurality of third rails, each of said third rails having fifth male and female ends, the fifth female end sized for receiving the fifth male end, wherein two third rails are operable to interconnect in end-to-end fashion to form a truss rail and sized for receiving the extension on the lower corner bracket, wherein the fifth male end sized for insertion into the second coupling on the upper corner bracket, and wherein a set of truss rails are operable to interconnect the lower support frame to the upper support frame to form a canopy frame; a set of legs, each leg having a sixth male end sized for insertion into the first coupling of the lower corner bracket; and a cover member sized to extend over the canopy frame, wherein the cover member and the upper support frame define a central opening through the canopy.