Patent ID: 8863766

Claim:
A canopy comprising a bracket, at least one support, and a roof; said bracket comprising at least a pair of bracket end plates attached at each end of at least one bracket vertical member, each said vertical member comprising a vertical member void; each said support comprising a support vertical leg rigidly attached to a support horizontal leg, a lower part of said support vertical leg being shaped and sized to slidably fit into a respective said bracket vertical member void; and said roof comprising at least one roof beam attached to a roof panel, each said roof beam being attached to a respective said support horizontal leg; wherein each said bracket end plate comprises a bracket end plate spine, and a bracket end late arm rigidly attached at each end of said bracket end plate spine, said bracket end plate spine and said bracket end plate arms being substantially coplanar, each said bracket end plate arm being attached to said bracket end plate spine at a bracket end plate arm angle, said bracket end plate spine and said bracket end plate arms for embracing a bracket tree recess and forming bracket end plate arc when viewed in plain view; wherein each end of said bracket vertical member comprises a bracket vertical member tab attached to said bracket vertical member at substantially a right angle, a bracket vertical member tab bore in each said bracket vertical member tab, and a bracket end plate aperture in each said bracket end plate shaped and sized to admit an end of said bracket vertical member, each end of said bracket vertical member being attached to a respective bracket end plate by means of a bracket vertical member tab fastener through said bracket vertical member tab bore and into said bracket end plate and by said bracket vertical member end being disposed within said bracket end plate aperture.