Canopy pole system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10676117-B2
Application number	US-201916398804-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 30, 2019
Priority date	Oct 31, 2016
Publication date	Jun 9, 2020
Grant date	Jun 9, 2020

Abstract

A canopy assembly is provided for a ride-on vehicle including a canopy and a canopy frame assembly. The canopy frame assembly has a housing, a release member connected to the housing, a canopy support extending through the housing, and a connector connected to the canopy support. The canopy support has a first stop adjacent a first end of the canopy support and a second stop adjacent a second end of the canopy support. The release member engages the canopy support at the first stop to maintain the canopy support in the first position, wherein the canopy support is retracted, and at the second stop to maintain the canopy support in the second position, wherein the canopy support is in the extended position.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A canopy assembly for a ride-on vehicle, comprising:
a canopy having a receiver; and,
a canopy frame assembly comprising:
a housing connectable to a frame of the ride-on vehicle, the housing having a bore therethrough, the frame of the ride-on vehicle having a cavity, wherein the housing is connected to the frame of the ride-on vehicle;
a canopy support extending through the bore in the housing, the canopy support having a first stop adjacent a first end of the canopy support and a second stop adjacent a second end of the canopy support;
a release member extending transversely into the bore of the housing, the release member biased, by a bias member positioned within the bore, toward a first position to separately engage the first stop and the second stop of the canopy support, the release member capable of being transitioned to a second position to disengage the first stop and the second stop;
a connector secured to the first end of the canopy support to releasably engage the receiver of the canopy; and,
a bushing connected to the second end of the canopy support, the bushing engaging an interior wall of the cavity of the frame to provide additional stability to the canopy support, wherein the canopy support is positionable in a first position with respect to the housing, the first stop being engaged by the release member in the first position, and wherein the canopy support is positionable in a second position with respect to the housing, the second stop being engaged by the release member in the second position.

2. The canopy assembly of claim 1 , wherein the canopy has four receivers, and wherein the canopy frame assembly has four housings and four associated canopy supports, each of the four associated canopy supports having a separate connector to engage a separate one of the four receivers.

3. The canopy assembly of claim 1 , wherein a portion of the release member extends out of an opening in the housing.

4. The canopy assembly of claim 1 , wherein the release member is a push button.

5. The canopy assembly of claim 1 , wherein the release member has a protuberance to separately engage the first stop and the second stop.

6. The canopy assembly of claim 1 , wherein the canopy has a planar portion, a skirt portion extending from the planar portion, and a spring steel element extending about the periphery of the planar portion adjacent a joint between the planar portion and the skirt portion.

7. The canopy assembly of claim 1 , wherein the canopy support comprises an elongated pole member.

8. The canopy assembly of claim 1 , wherein the connector has a supporting flange extending radially outwardly to support a portion of the canopy.

9. A canopy assembly for a ride-on vehicle, comprising:
a ride-on vehicle frame comprising a plurality of support tubes, each support tube having an opening to a longitudinal cavity in an interior of the support tube; and,
a canopy frame assembly for connection to the ride-on vehicle frame, comprising:
a plurality of housings, one of the plurality of housings for each of the plurality of support tubes of the ride-on vehicle frame, each housing having a release member;

a plurality of canopy supports, one of the plurality of canopy supports for each of the plurality of housings, wherein each of the canopy supports extends through a separate bore in a separate one of the plurality of housings, each of the plurality of canopy supports further having a first stop adjacent a first end of the canopy support and a second stop adjacent a second end of the canopy support; and,
wherein the release member for each of the plurality of housings is biased toward a first position to separately engage the first stop and the second stop of the canopy support in the housing, each of the release members being biased towards a first position by a bias member disposed within a central bore of the housing, wherein the release member for each of the plurality of housings can be transitioned to a second position to disengage from the first stop and the second stop of the canopy support, wherein the plurality of canopy supports are separately positionable in a first position with respect to the housing, the first stop being engaged by the release member in the first position, and wherein the plurality of canopy supports are separately positionable in a second position with respect to the housing, the second stop being engaged by the release member in the second position.

10. The canopy assembly of claim 9 , further comprising a canopy that is releasably connected to the plurality of canopy supports.

11. The canopy assembly of claim 10 , further comprising a plurality of receivers connected to the canopy, and a plurality of connectors, wherein one of the plurality of connectors is secured to the first end of each canopy support, and wherein each of the plurality of connectors secured to the plurality of canopy supports are releasably connectable to a different one of the plurality of receivers connected to the canopy.

12. The canopy assembly of claim 10 , wherein the canopy has a planar portion, a skirt portion extending from the planar portion, and a spring steel element extending about the periphery of the planar portion adjacent a joint between the planar portion and the skirt portion.

13. The canopy assembly of claim 9 , further comprising a bushing connected to the second end of the canopy support, the bushing engaging an interior wall of the cavity of the frame to provide additional stability to the canopy support.

14. The canopy assembly of claim 9 , wherein a portion of the release member for each housing extends out of an opening in the housing.

15. The canopy assembly of claim 9 , wherein the release member is a push button.

16. A canopy assembly for a ride-on vehicle, comprising:
a canopy frame assembly comprising a housing, a release member connected to the housing, and a canopy support extending through the housing, wherein the housing has a first end and a second end, and a longitudinal bore extending through the housing from the first end to the second end, wherein the housing has an opening in a sidewall of the housing, the release member extending through the opening in the sidewall of the housing and into the longitudinal bore of the housing, wherein the canopy support extends through the longitudinal bore in the housing, the canopy support having a first stop adjacent a first end of the canopy support and a second stop adjacent a second end of the canopy support, wherein the canopy support is positionable in a first position with respect to the housing, the first stop being engaged by the release member in the first position, and wherein the canopy support is positionable in a second position with respect to the housing, the second stop being engaged by the release member in the second position, the release member including a central aperture through which the canopy support extends.

17. The canopy assembly of claim 16 , wherein the release member has a protuberance to separately engage the first stop and the second stop of the canopy support.

18. The canopy assembly of claim 17 , further comprising a bias member between the housing and the release member to bias the protuberance of the release member toward the canopy support.

19. The canopy assembly of claim 16 , wherein the housing is connected to the ride-on vehicle adjacent a cavity in a frame of the ride-on vehicle, and further comprising a bushing connected to the second end of the canopy support, the bushing engaging an interior

Assignees

• Radio Flyer Inc

Inventors

• Fitzwater Jason
• Ostergaard Collin

Classifications

• B62B9/142 Primary

  by flexible canopies, covers or nets · CPC title

• E04H15/54

  Covers of tents or canopies · CPC title

• B62B5/082

  Children's seats · CPC title

• E04H15/06

  Tents at least partially supported by vehicles · CPC title

• E04H15/60

  Poles · CPC title