Patent ID: 8347559

Claim:
A structure for outdoor marquees, pergolas and other structures for protection of users against atmospheric agents, that comprises at least one supporting post constituted by at least one quadrangular profile with a substantially vertical arrangement, which is associated with at least one beam, said beam having a slightly inclined arrangement, wherein said beam comprises a first and a second mutually opposite profiles having each a substantially U-shaped cross-section and a front, said front being stably interlocking mated with respective end covers to ensure the closure of each one of said profiles, each one of said end covers comprising receptacles in which fixing means for fixing the end covers to a surface of said quadrangular profile are insertable and a port, the first profile being an upper profile which is superimposed on the second profile that is a lower profile, said first, upper profile facing said second, lower profile, said first, upper profile further accommodating elements for moving a marquee associated with said structure, the second, lower profile constituting a path for collecting rainwater that drains off said marquee in order to convey said drainwater to a drainage path, and wherein said at least one quadrangular profile is at least partially hollow and has an internal cavity that forms said drainage path and comprises at least one opening provided at a side region thereof that is aligned with a portion of said second, lower profile and with said port of a said end cover for mating the second, lower profile with said quadrangular profile, said opening having a lower base arranged at a same height as an internal surface of said second, lower profile, in order to collect rainwater conveyed by said second, lower profile, through said port of the end cover, convey the water through the internal cavity of the quadrangular profile that forms said drainage path and discharge the water into respective external systems.