Patent ID: 7984686

Claim:
On a watercraft to be occupied by an individual, a canopy comprising: a generally planar rigid frame, a rigid forward leg assembly, a rigid aft leg assembly, a cover, and a plurality of brackets; said frame including a perimeter member; said frame being generally horizontally oriented, overhead of said individual; said forward leg assembly being attached, by attaching means, to said perimeter member and projecting downward from said perimeter member; said forward leg assembly having at least one forward lower extremity; each of said at least one forward lower extremity having first connecting means; a first number of said brackets corresponding to the number of said at least one forward lower extremity being mounted on said watercraft and connected to said first connecting means; said first connecting means being releasable; said aft leg assembly projecting perpendicularly downward from said perimeter member and having at least one aft lower extremity; each of said at least one aft lower extremity having second connecting means; a second number of said brackets corresponding to the number of said at least one aft lower extremity being mounted on said water craft, aft of said first number of brackets and being connected to said second connecting means; said second connecting means being designed for pivoting about an axis generally perpendicular to the centerline of said watercraft; said cover being formed of material designed to impede the passage of sunlight and being attached to said frame, for protecting said individual from direct sunlight; said attaching means being designed for pivoting about an axis generally perpendicular to the centerline of said watercraft; whereby said forward leg assembly may be released from said watercraft, said frame may pivot aft about said second connecting means, said forward leg assembly may pivot to a position generally parallel to said frame, and said cover may act as a sail.