Patent ID: 8418711

Claim:
A collapsible canopy support assembly comprising: a plurality of legs having upper and lower ends; a side support positioned between each adjacent leg, where each of the plurality of legs is associated with a first side support and a second side support; a plurality of beams having first and second ends and adapted for supporting a canopy, each beam having a plurality of elongated beam segments coupled together to form the beam, a segment coupler pivotally coupling an end of a first beam segment to an intermediate portion of a second beam segment in a substantially linear plane defined by the first beam segment and the second beam segment with the first beam having an overlapping portion with the second beam segment and being in a lateral side by side position thereto, and a segment locking assembly adapted for selectively securing the first beam segment relative to the second beam segment in a fixed position in the substantially linear plane when in an assembled position, the segment locking assembly attached to an end of the second beam segment and selectively securing an intermediate portion of the first beam segment in the fixed substantially planar position and laterally securing the end of the second beam segment to the intermediate portion of the first beam segment adjacent to the overlapped portion of the first beam segment, wherein the segment coupler is configured for positioning at multiple intermediate positions along the intermediate portions of the second beam segment at multiple distances from an end of the second beam segment for varying a length of the first overlapping portion, and the length of each beam, and wherein the segment coupler is slidable along the intermediate portion of the second beam segment and the intermediate portion of the second beam segment includes a plurality of lateral holes defining the multiple distances and the segment coupler includes a removable pivoting fastener aligned for engagement one at a time each of the lateral holes; a hub adapted for attaching to the first end of each beam and securing the first ends of the beams relative to each other; and a bracket mounted to the upper end of each leg, the bracket having a base adapted for attaching to the leg and a coupler for attaching to the second end of a beam.