Bus-stop shelter

Abstract

A shelter is adapted to protect any prospective passengers of a bus from weather-related elements while he or she awaits arrival of the bus at a bus stop. The bus-stop shelter includes an upstanding post defining a first end thereof adapted to be installed below a surface of ground by which the shelter is supported and a second end of the post adapted to be disposed above the ground surface. A canopy defines a substantially central portion thereof and is adapted to be supported at a portion of the canopy off the central portion by the second end of the post and substantially over the prospective passenger such that the canopy protects the prospective passenger from the weather-related elements.

1 . A shelter adapted to protect any prospective passengers of a bus from weather-related elements while the prospective passenger awaits arrival of the bus at a bus stop, said bus-stop shelter comprising:
 an upstanding post defining a first end thereof adapted to be installed below a surface of ground by which said shelter is supported and a second end of said post adapted to be disposed above the ground surface; and   a canopy defining a substantially central portion thereof and adapted to be supported at a portion of said canopy off said central portion by said second end of said post and substantially over the prospective passenger such that said canopy protects the prospective passenger from the weather-related elements.   
   
   
       2 . A bus-stop shelter as set forth in  claim 1 , wherein said shelter comprises further a footing that is disposed in the ground and receives said first end of said post such that said footing supports said post. 
   
   
       3 . A bus-stop shelter as set forth in  claim 2 , wherein said footing includes a concrete sleeve that receives said first end of said post such that said footing supports said post. 
   
   
       4 . A bus-stop shelter as set forth in  claim 3 , wherein said sleeve is adapted to matingly receive said first end of said post such that said footing supports said post. 
   
   
       5 . A bus-stop shelter as set forth in  claim 2 , wherein said footing includes a base plate and a sleeve that is secured to said base plate and receives said first end of said post such that said footing supports said post. 
   
   
       6 . A bus-stop shelter as set forth in  claim 5 , wherein said sleeve is adapted to matingly receive said first end of said post such that said footing supports said post. 
   
   
       7 . A bus-stop shelter as set forth in  claim 6 , wherein said sleeve defines a hole extending through said sleeve and adapted to receive a fastener to fasten said first end of said post within said sleeve. 
   
   
       8 . A bus-stop shelter as set forth in  claim 7 , wherein said sleeve is concreted into the ground above said base plate and below said hole, said first end of said post is matingly received within said sleeve such that said hole lies beneath the ground surface, and said hole receives said fastener to fasten said first end of said post within said sleeve. 
   
   
       9 . A bus-stop shelter as set forth in  claim 1 , wherein said canopy defines a perimeter thereof and said second end of said post supports said canopy above the ground surface proximate said perimeter. 
   
   
       10 . A bus-stop shelter as set forth in  claim 1 , wherein said canopy includes at least one solar panel. 
   
   
       11 . A bus-stop shelter as set forth in  claim 1 , wherein said canopy is tapered from adjacent a perimeter of said canopy to said perimeter. 
   
   
       12 . A bus-stop shelter as set forth in  claim 1 , wherein said bus-stop shelter comprises further a pair of cross-members extending substantially outward from and secured to said second end of said post, contacting an underside of and assisting in supporting said canopy above the ground surface, and adapted to provide structural integrity to said bus-stop shelter.