Patent ID: 7059660

Claim:
A collapsible canopy apparatus for mounting on the side of a truck bed, the truck bed having a floor, a sub frame, and a side wall with an upper inside rail and an eyelet feature the apparatus comprising: forward and aft adapter fittings each attached to the side wall at respective corners of said truck bed on the same side of said truck bed; forward and aft pole assemblies attached to respective said adapter fittings such that distal ends of said forward and aft pole assemblies extend outboard from the side of said truck bed; a rectangular flexible sheet member attached to said forward and aft pole assemblies such that said flexible sheet member provides a covered canopy region underneath; forward and aft diagonal cords attached to said flexible sheet member near the corners of said flexible sheet member distal to said adapter fittings with opposite ends of said forward and aft diagonal cords attached to the sub frame of the truck and below said adapter fittings such that said forward and aft pole assemblies and said flexible sheet member are bent into an arcuate shape; two diagonal pole assemblies longer than and attached to the underside of said flexible sheet member such that each end of each said diagonal pole assemblies reaches to different corners of said flexible sheet member causing said diagonal pole assemblies to induce forward, aft, inboard, outboard and upward forces into said flexible sheet member holding it taunt and in an arcuate shape; forward and aft tie down cords attached to the said flexible sheet member near the forward and aft corners adjacent said forward and aft adapter fittings with opposing ends of said forward and aft tie down cords attached to the inside of said truck bed.