Patent ID: 6883456

Claim:
A collapsible roof assembly adapted to be mounted to a base structure which has two oppositely positioned side portions, each of which has a first forward base connecting location, and a second base connecting location located rearwardly of said first base locations, said assembly comprising: a) a roof structure having a longitudinal axis, a front end, a rear end and oppositely positioned side portions, with each side portion comprising a first front roof connecting location, a second roof connecting location located rearwardly of the first front roof connecting locations, and a third rear roof connecting location spaced rearwardly from said second roof connecting location; b) a collapsible support frame comprising oppositely positioned frame side portions, each of which comprises: i) a first front strut section having a lower front strut connection at said first forward base location, and an upper front strut connection at said first front roof connecting location; ii) a second strut section having a lower second strut pivot connection at said second base location, and upper second strut pivot connection at said second roof connecting location and a second strut brace connecting location spaced from said upper second strut pivot location; iii) a brace section having first and second brace connecting end portions which in a bracing position are connected, respectively, to said third roof connecting location and to said second strut section brace connecting location; c) said assembly having a deployed upper position where each of the first and second strut sections are connected respectively to the base structure and the roof structure and are more vertically aligned to support the roof structure in the upper deployed position; d) said assembly being arranged so that each of the first front strut sections is able to be disconnected from a connecting position between said roof structure and said base structure to permit said roof structure to be rotated to a bracing position where the rear end of the roof structure is lowered and each brace section is connected between the roof structure and the related second strut section to restrict relative rotational movement of the two second strut sections relative to the roof structure; e) said assembly being arranged so that with the roof structure, each of the second strut sections and the brace section can, in the bracing position be rotated about said lower second strut pivot connections to a collapsed position.