US 11,667,353 B2
Bimini arch
Thomas Ward, Downingtown, PA (US); Jeffrey Albrecht, Goshen, IN (US); Josh Black, Mishawaka, IN (US); Nick Plummer, Elkhart, IN (US); John Shotwell, Edwardsburg, MI (US); and Christine Trowbridge, Bristol, IN (US)
Assigned to LIPPERT COMPONENTS, INC., Elkhart, IN (US)
Filed by Lippert Components, Inc., Elkhart, IN (US)
Filed on Apr. 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/234,124.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/011,638, filed on Apr. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0323639 A1, Oct. 21, 2021
Int. Cl. B63B 17/02 (2006.01)
CPC B63B 17/02 (2013.01) [B63B 2017/026 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A radar arch comprising:
at least one radar arch leg securable on a cabin;
a radar arch top extending from an end of the at least one radar arch leg;
a bimini top base secured to an opposite end of the at least one radar arch leg;
a bimini arm pivotally connected to the bimini top base, the bimini arm being pivotable between a retracted position and an extended position; and
a spring-loaded roller assembly secured to the radar arch top and including a canopy connected between the radar arch top and the bimini arm,
wherein the bimini top base comprises a drive mechanism coupled with the bimini arm that is configured to pivotably displace the bimini arm between the retracted position and the extended position.