Patent ID: 7895964

Claim:
A retractable canopy device for use in mounted attachment to a radar arch structure on a boat, comprising: a roof section transversely mounted in a substantially level plane within the radar arch structure, said roof section having an arched surface configuration convex in its mounted profile within the radar arch; a length of flexible canopy material having one end thereof operatively connected to said roof section; and retractable canopy means mounted upon the radar arch structure and operatively connected to said roof section for automatically deploying a said length of flexible canopy material relative to said roof section in an arched configuration substantially in the same plane as said roof section, said retractable canopy means comprising arched roller means assembled to carry said length of flexible canopy material in a rolled-up state and driven to move in reversible directions to convey said flexible canopy material relative to said roof section in an arched configuration substantially conforming to said roof section, extension arm means operatively mounted to the radar arch structure and connected to said arched roller means to move said arched roller means back and forth relative to said roof section in substantially the same plane, and drive means operatively connected to said extension arm means for driving the movement thereof in reversible directions.