Patent ID: 8118045

Claim:
An outdoor canopy for a vehicle, comprising: a canopy frame having a canopy area for said vehicle parking within said canopy area; a canopy shelter, which is made of waterproof fabric, detachably fastening at said canopy frame and defining a ceiling wall, a front wall, a rear wall, and first and second sidewalls to enclose said canopy area therewithin for sheltering said vehicle, wherein said canopy shelter has a front entrance formed at said front wall for said vehicle entering into said canopy area; a side entrance arrangement provided at one of said first and second sidewalls for a driver accessing said canopy area without having to pass through said front entrance; and a plurality of ventilating skylights formed at said ceiling wall of said canopy shelter for enhancing air circulation within said canopy area, wherein each of said ventilating skylights has a skylight opening forming a roof window at said ceiling wall and comprises: a roof shelter comprising a first roof panel and a second roof panel provided at said ceiling wall, wherein said first roof panel is downwardly extended to partially and overlappedly cover said second roof panel, wherein said skylight opening is formed as an opening between said first and said second roof panels for communicating said canopy area with an exterior thereof via said skylight opening; and a skylight controller for controlling an operation thereof, wherein said skylight controller comprises a pivot supporter mounted at said roof shelter, and an actuating wire, wherein said actuating wire has a pivot guiding portion slidably engage with said pivot supporter, a skylight opening portion downwardly extended from an outer end of said pivot guiding portion to an outer side of said canopy shelter, and a skylight closing portion extended from an inner end of said pivot guiding portion to an inner side of said canopy shelter, in such a manner that when said skylight opening portion is downwardly pulled, said first roof panel is driven to move away from said second roof panel, and when said skylight closing portion is pulled from within said canopy area, said second roof panel is overlapped by said first roof panel so as to close said ventilating skylight.