Portable canopy with drainage system

Abstract

A portable canopy having a portable frame, a portable cover, a drainage system and an installed and transport state. The portable cover is made from a flexible, water-resistant fabric. The drainage system comprising conduits for transporting liquids. In the installed state a first volume under roof shelters objects. The portable frame provides a support structure for the first volume. In the installed state the portable frame structurally supports the portable cover. In the installed state the conduits transport rain striking the roof to an outlet positioned at one of the vertical support members. The transport state has a second volume at least five times less than the first volume. The portable canopy is a temporary shelter configured to be repetitively altered between the installation state the transport state.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A portable canopy comprising:
 a portable frame comprising vertical support members and horizontal liquid flow members;   a portable cover made from a flexible, water-resistant fabric;   a drainage system comprising conduits for transporting liquids;   an installed state for the portable frame, the portable cover and the drainage system having a width, a length, and a height, which together establish a first volume, wherein the first volume is a volume under roof that shelters objects within the first volume, wherein the portable frame provides a support structure for the first volume, wherein in the installed state the portable frame structurally supports the portable cover, wherein in the installed state the conduits transport rain striking the roof to an outlet positioned at one of the vertical support members; and   a transport state for the portable frame, the portable cover and the drainage system having a second volume at least five times less than the first volume, wherein the portable canopy is a temporary shelter configured to be repetitively altered between the installation state the transport state, whereby the portable canopy in the installation state shelters the objects in the first volume for events during which the portable canopy is utilized, whereby the portable canopy in the transport state facilitates transport of the portable canopy between locations and diminishes a storage footprint of the portable canopy while not in use for the events.   
     
     
         2 . The portable canopy of  claim 1 , wherein the width is at least four feet, the length is at least four feet, and the height is at least six feet. 
     
     
         3 . The portable canopy of  claim 1 , wherein a longest linear dimension of the second volume is at most five feet. 
     
     
         4 . The portable canopy of  claim 1 , wherein at least a portion of the conduits are an interior volume of at least a portion of the vertical support structures. 
     
     
         5 . The portable canopy of  claim 1 , wherein at least a portion of the conduits are an interior volume of at least a portion of the horizontal liquid flow members are horizontal support structures. 
     
     
         6 . The portable canopy of  claim 1 , wherein each of the vertical support structures is hollow, wherein the liquids are conveyed through the vertical support structures. 
     
     
         7 . The portable canopy of  claim 1 , wherein each of the horizontal liquid flow members are horizontal support structures, which are hollow, wherein the liquids are conveyed through the horizontal support structures. 
     
     
         8 . The portal canopy of  claim 1 , wherein the outlet is designed to be attachable to an end of a hose for directing the liquids away from the portable canopy. 
     
     
         9 . The portable canopy of  claim 1 , wherein the outlet is a quick connect fitting configured to be paired to a quick connect adaptor of a garden hose, the garden hose when connected to the outlet via the quick connect fitting and quick connect adaptor is configured to direct the liquids away from the portable canopy. 
     
     
         10 . The portable canopy of  claim 1 , wherein in the installation state the roof comprises an exposed drain connected to the conduits, wherein the roof and the conduits are configured so that gravity directs the liquids from the roof through the conduits to the outlet. 
     
     
         11 . The portable canopy of  claim 1 , wherein at least a portion of the vertical support structures are hollow, wherein in the installation state at least a portion of the liquid is configured to be retained within the vertical support structures as a ballast adding stability and weight to the portable canopy. 
     
     
         12 . The portable canopy of  claim 1 , wherein in the installation state each of the the horizontal liquid flow members are horizontal support structures, which are downwardly sloping to permit conduits adjacent to or contained within the horizontal support structures to direct the liquids to the outlet using a force of gravity. 
     
     
         13 . The portable canopy of  claim 1 , wherein in the installation state at least two sides of the portable canopy are covered by the portable cover. 
     
     
         14 . The portable canopy of  claim 1 , wherein in the installation state at least one side, referred to as an open-able side, of the portable canopy has an open state and a closed state, wherein in the open state the open-able side is not covered by a portion of the canopy, wherein in the closed state the open-able side is covered by the portion of the canopy, wherein material of the portion of the canopy of the open-able side is rolled up in a stable position near a portion of the roof when in the open state. 
     
     
         15 . The portable canopy of  claim 14 , wherein one of the conduits, referred to as a side conduit, linearly extends through the open-able side such that the side conduit does not direct the liquids to the outlet when the open-able side is in the open state, wherein the side conduit attaches to other ones of the conduits when the open-able side is in the closed state such that the side conduit directs the liquids to the outlet when the open-able side is in the closed state. 
     
     
         16 . The portable canopy of  claim 1 , wherein at least a portion of the portable cover is hollow and configured to contain pressurized air, wherein the portable cover comprises an air plug, wherein in the installation state the portable cover is configured to be inflated via an air pump to contain the pressurized air, wherein inflation of the portable cover to contain the pressurized air helps direct a flow of the liquids. 
     
     
         17 . The portable canopy of  claim 1 , wherein substantially all rain striking the roof is directed to the outlet. 
     
     
         18 . The portable canopy of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a water pump configured to direct a flow of the liquid through the conduits and out the outlet.   
     
     
         19 . A portable canopy comprising:
 a portable frame comprising vertical support members and the horizontal liquid flow members;   a portable cover made from a flexible, water-resistant fabric;   a drainage system comprising conduits for transporting liquids;   an installed state having a width, a length, and a height, which together establish a first volume, wherein the width is at least four feet, the length is at least four feet, and the height is at least six feet, wherein the first volume is a volume under roof that shelters objects within the first volume, wherein in the installed state the conduits transport rain striking the roof to an outlet positioned at one of the vertical support members; and   a transport state for the portable frame, the portable cover and the drainage system having a second volume at least five times less than the first volume, wherein a longest linear dimension of the second volume is at most five feet.   
     
     
         20 . A portable canopy comprising:
 a portable frame comprising vertical support members and the horizontal liquid flow members;   a portable cover made from a flexible, water-resistant fabric; and   a drainage system comprising conduits for transporting liquids, wherein each of the vertical support members is a leg supporting a roof covered by the portable cover, wherein each of the vertical support structures is hollow, wherein the liquids are conveyed through the vertical support structures, wherein the portable canopy has an installed state and a transport state, wherein in the installed state a first volume under roof shelters objects, wherein the portable frame provides a support structure for the first volume, wherein in the installed state the portable frame structurally supports the portable cover, wherein in the installed state the conduits transport rain striking the roof to an outlet positioned at one of the vertical support members, wherein the transport state has a second volume at least five times less than the first volume, wherein the portable canopy is a temporary shelter configured to be repetitively altered between the installation state the transport state.