US 11,851,903 B2
Folding canopy with an automatic opening and closing center small-roof structure
Yuanru Sun, Zhejiang (CN); Jian He, Zhejiang (CN); and Weijun Xu, Zhejiang (CN)
Assigned to ZHEJIANG JIANSHENG LEISURE PRODUCTS CO., LTD, Zhejiang (CN)
Appl. No. 17/413,956
Filed by ZHEJIANG JIANSHENG LEISURE PRODUCTS CO., LTD, Zhejiang (CN)
PCT Filed Apr. 14, 2021, PCT No. PCT/CN2021/087112
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 15, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/213408, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 13, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 202120719614.0 (CN), filed on Apr. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0058332 A1, Feb. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. E04H 15/50 (2006.01)
CPC E04H 15/50 (2013.01) 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A folding canopy with an automatic opening and closing center small-roof structure, comprising a plurality of canopy leg tubes and a folding canopy frame located above the canopy leg tubes, wherein the folding canopy frame comprises a plurality of canopy struts, one end of each of the canopy struts is hingedly coupled to a center roof disk, a small-roof upper disk member is provided above the center roof disk, a small-roof lower disk member is provided below the center roof disk, an elevating rod is provided between the small-roof lower disk member and the small-roof upper disk member, and the small-roof lower disk member is movable vertically along with the opening and closing of the folding canopy, such that the small-roof upper disk member is movable vertically by driving of the elevating rod, the folding canopy further comprising:
a plurality of linkage rods, wherein one end of each of the linkage rods is hingedly coupled to the small-roof lower disk member, and the other end of each of the linkage rods is hingedly coupled to a respective one of the canopy struts, wherein the elevating rod has a single rod structure, and is mounted to cooperate with a center of the small-roof lower disk member, a center of the center roof disk is provided with an elevating hole, and the elevating rod penetrates the elevating hole and is fixedly installed at a center of the small-roof upper disk member; and
a center lower disk member, wherein the center lower disk is located below the small-roof lower disk member, and the elevating rod penetrates a first through hole at the center of the small-roof lower disk member and extends downwards, and a bottom end of the elevating rod is capable of being locked with the center lower disk.