US 11,717,091 B2
Canopy assembly for a chair and a chair with a canopy assembly
Robert John Silinski, Bethel Park, PA (US)
Assigned to ShelterLogic Corp., Watertown, CT (US)
Filed by Rio Brands, LLC, Watertown, CT (US)
Filed on Apr. 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/230,488.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/010,304, filed on Apr. 15, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0321781 A1, Oct. 21, 2021
Int. Cl. A47C 7/66 (2006.01); A47C 4/28 (2006.01)
CPC A47C 7/66 (2013.01) [A47C 4/286 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A combination canopy assembly and a chair, wherein the canopy assembly comprises:
a first mounting fixture and a second mounting fixture each coupled to the chair;
a first arm and a second arm, each arm having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of each arm is pivotably coupled to a respective mounting fixture;
a first canopy support and a second canopy support, wherein the second end of each arm is coupled to a respective canopy support;
a first brace and a second brace, each brace coupled between a respective arm and canopy support, with a first end of each brace being coupled to the respective arm with a slidable coupler so as to permit the rotation of the first and second canopy supports relative to the first and second arms, and wherein each slidable coupler together with the first end of the respective brace coupled thereto will slide along it associated arm when the first and second canopy supports are rotated towards the respective first and second arms;
a cross-member coupled intermediate the first and second canopy supports, for maintaining the first and second canopy supports at a predetermined spaced distance from each other, wherein the cross-member is a one piece member and unable to be collapsed between the first and second canopy supports to which the cross-member is coupled; and
a canopy that is supported by at least the first canopy support and the second canopy support; wherein:
when the canopy assembly is in a deployed position, the cross-member maintains the first and second canopy supports at the predetermined spaced distance from each other; and
when both the canopy assembly and the chair are in their respective stowed positions, the cross-member maintains the first and second canopy supports at the predetermined spaced distance from each other.