Canopy structure for play yard

Abstract

A canopy structure for a play yard includes a pair of base docks to couple with a canvas bracket, which is adjustable angularly. Each base dock has a pair of claws to clamp the upper frame of the play yard to facilitate installation and storage. The turnable canvas bracket may be adjusted angularly to respond to alterations of sunlight direction to achieve an improved shading effect.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A canopy structure for a playyard being detachably coupled with a frame of the playyard, comprising at least: 
 a pair of base docks each having a claw to couple with the frame of the playyard for anchoring;    a pair of canvas brackets mountable onto the base docks; and    a canopy fabric coupling with the canvas brackets and being foldable or extendable to form a canopy.    
     
     
         2 . The canopy structure for a playyard of  claim 1 , wherein the playyard includes an upper frame, a lower frame, corner posts and a fabric, the upper frame including a plurality of upper bars and joints coupling with each other, the lower frame including a plurality of lower bars, the upper frame and the lower frame being bridged by the corner posts, the fabric being coupled with the upper frame and the lower frame to form a housing compartment for accommodating infants.  
     
     
         3 . The canopy structure for a playyard of  claim 1 , wherein the base dock has an upper surface connecting to an anchor dock.  
     
     
         4 . The canopy structure for a playyard of  claim 3 , wherein the anchor dock has two sides each forming an anchor trough.  
     
     
         5 . The canopy structure for a playyard of  claim 1 , wherein the canvas bracket includes a bracket seat, pivotal hubs, a canopy fabric and a plurality of supporting rods, the pivotal hubs being coupled with the supporting rods and pivotally engaged with the bracket seat, the bracket seat being detachably mounted onto the base dock.  
     
     
         6 . The canopy structure for a playyard of  claim 5 , wherein the canopy fabric is supported by the supporting rods for extension, the supporting rods being turnable about the pivotal axis to adjust the extension angle of the canopy fabric.  
     
     
         7 . The canopy structure for a playyard of  claim 5 , wherein the bracket seat has two bottom sides to form a pair of opposing latch flanges to couple with the anchor trough of the base dock.