Patent ID: 7108005

Claim:
A canopy adapted to be suspended above an opening in a vehicle, the vehicle having a roof rack, a first side, a second side, a longitudinal axis, a first rear door, and a second rear door, each door having a hinge assembly and a top edge, each door being pivotable outwardly and rearwardly about their respective hinge assemblies to an open position to create an opening in the vehicle, the top edge of said doors when open each terminating in distal corners spaced from each other, the canopy when assembled comprising: a flexible cover having a top panel adapted to extend between the top edges of the first and second door and the roof to form an enclosure bounded by the top panel and the first and second doors, said top panel having two forward outer corners and two rearward outer corners, said flexible cover having a rear opening permitting walk-in access to the enclosure, said flexible cover further comprising a first side panel attached to said top panel and extending downwardly for being placed on the outer side of at least a portion of the first door and a second side panel attached to the flexible cover extending downwardly for being placed along the outer side of at least a portion of the second door; an attachment assembly for coupling the flexible cover to the vehicle, the attachment assembly including first and second adjustable fasteners attached to the flexible cover adjacent the forward outer corners of the top panel, said adjustable fasteners adapted to attach to the roof rack of the vehicle, said attachment assembly further comprising first and second adjustable side fasteners for fastening the lower portions of the first and second side panels, respectively, to portions of the vehicle, said attachment assembly further comprising first and second pocket members positioned adjacent the rearward corners of said top panel and adapted to be adjacent the distal corners of said doors, said pocket members adapted to fit over respective distal corners of said first and second doors, and a support frame coupled to the flexible cover to suspend the flexible cover above the ground between the distal corners of the first and second doors, said support frame including a first elongate flexible support member being fastened to said top panel and extending between said rearward corners, said first elongate flexible support member biasing said top panel in a sideward direction to maintain said doors in an open relationship, said first and second adjustable fasteners and said first and second adjustable side lower fasteners being tightened to tension the top panel and the side panels in position over the doors.