Canopy for an anchored boat

Abstract

A canopy for a boat that is anchored on a dock. The canopy consists of a main support frame that is fixed with its lower ends on the dock. Both of the lower ends of the main support frame have hinge brackets attached thereto. There is a multiple of support rods hingedly attached to the hinge brackets. The support rods have a similar shape when compared to the main support frame. A weather resistant material is attached to the main support frame and is further draped over the support rods to form a canopy. There is a wind-up mechanism operated by an electric motor to collapse the canopy into a collapsed position when not in use.

1 . A canopy for a boat anchored at a dock including a main support frame located on said dock, said main support frame is substantially in the shape of a U, said main frame having at each of its lower ends hinge brackets mounted thereon, a multiple of support rods being hingedly connected to each of said hinge brackets from one of said hinge brackets to the other, said support rods have substantially the same shape as said main support frame, a flexible material being attached to said main support frame and is being draped over said support rods and being connected to a lower U-shaped frame, said canopy substantially covering said boat when fully deployed.  
   
   
       2 . The canopy of  claim 1  including side panels attached to edges of said flexible material draped over said support rods.  
   
   
       3 . The canopy of  claim 1  including means for collapsing said canopy into said main support frame.  
   
   
       4 . The canopy of  claim 3  wherein said means for collapsing is an electric motor.  
   
   
       5 . The canopy of  claim 4 , wherein said electric motor drives a shaft mounted at a top of said main support frame, said shaft having at each end thereof a wind-up pulley, each of said wind-up pulleys has each a cable attached thereto, each of said cables being attached to said lower U-shaped support frame, whereby, when said electric motor is energized, each of said cables will be wound-up on each of said wind-up pulleys to thereby lift said U-shaped support frame and consequently all of said support rods.  
   
   
       6 . The canopy of  claim 1 . wherein the corners of said U-shaped main support frame and the corners of said support rods are rounded to form part of an elliptical sphere shape of the canopy.  
   
   
       7 . The canopy of  claim 1 , wherein said flexible material is a water-proof fabric.  
   
   
       8 . The canopy of  claim 1 , wherein said flexible material is an insect screening fabric.  
   
   
       9 . The canopy of  claim 1  including a movable closure covering the opening of said U-shaped main frame support.  
   
   
       10 . The canopy of  claim 9 , wherein said movable closure consists of at least three movable panels.  
   
   
       11 . The canopy of  claim 9 , wherein said movable closure consists of a movable curtain.  
   
   
       12 . The canopy of  claim 9 , wherein said movable closure is an Insect screening fabric.