US 12,404,696 B2
Portable and collapsible canopy structure
Daniel R. Grace, Old Saybrook, CT (US); Bruce Agli, East Hampton, CT (US); and Paul T. Crotty, Waterford, CT (US)
Assigned to GCI Outdoor LLC, Higganum, CT (US)
Filed by GCI Outdoor LLC, Higganum, CT (US)
Filed on Jun. 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/208,552.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/351,011, filed on Jun. 10, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0399869 A1, Dec. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. E04H 15/50 (2006.01)
CPC E04H 15/50 (2013.01) 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A portable and collapsible canopy structure comprising:
a frame assembly being movable between a set-up condition and a collapsed condition, said frame assembly comprising:
a plurality of vertical supports defining a perimeter for the frame assembly in the set-up condition;
a plurality of scissoring horizontal supports each pivotally connected to and extending between an adjacent pair of vertical supports around the perimeter of the frame assembly and adapted for movement between an extended condition corresponding to the set-up condition of the frame assembly and a retracted condition corresponding to the collapsed condition of the frame assembly;
a plurality of rib linkages, each pivotally connected to a respective vertical support and extending from said vertical support towards a central hub where the plurality of rib linkages meet, each said rib linkage being adapted for movement between an extended condition corresponding to the set-up condition of the frame assembly and a retracted condition corresponding to the collapsed condition of the frame assembly; and
a lever member pivotally connected to one of the plurality of rib linkages for facilitating movement of said rib linkage between the extended and retracted conditions, wherein the lever member also locks the frame once in its set-up condition; and
a fabric cover, configured to cover at least a portion of the frame assembly.