Cabana bar shed with folding bar surface

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025092666-A1
Application number	US-202418885415-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 13, 2024
Priority date	Sep 20, 2023
Publication date	Mar 20, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

The invention involves a cabana shed having a folding bar surface. The cabana shed is constructed from lightweight blow molded panels that can be shipped in a knocked down state and assembled on site with minimal tools and strength. The cabana shed includes four walls, a floor, and a roof, all secured together into a robust structure capable of withstanding winds, rain, snow loads, and the like, while maintaining a dry interior. An upward lifting panel is provided in a front wall of the structure. The upward lifting panel provides shade for the bar surface while in a lifted position, and allows patrons to sit at the bar even in the rain. The panel is closable when the bar is in a folded state to allow the shed to be completely enclosed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A cabana shed comprising:
at least one floor panel for providing a base surface for supporting a plurality of wall panels in a vertical orientation, the side edges of the panels overlapping adjacently positioned wall panels and secured together, a plurality of roof panels connected to a top edge surface of the wall panels, at least one wall of the cabana shed includes a cabana opening wherein the wall panels are shorter to provide the cabana opening between a top portion of the shorter wall panels and the roof panel, at least one upwardly opening cover panel is provided to cover the cabana opening when in a closed position, the cover panel opening in an upward manner to provide access through the cabana opening, a bar surface positioned at a lowermost portion of the cabana opening, the bar surface being positioned perpendicular with respect to the wall panels, the cover panel being hollow having an outer wall, the outer wall having an outer surface visible from the outside of the cabana shed and an inner surface having integrally formed reinforcements thereon, the integral reinforcements providing structural rigidity to the cover panel such that the panel may be lifted from a bottom surface thereof to a position above the bar surface providing access to the cabana opening.

2 . The cabana shed of claim 1 wherein the bar surface is constructed and arranged to tilt between a use position wherein the bar surface is oriented horizontally to a vertical position that is inside of the cabana opening so that the cover panel can be lowered to a position that covers the cabana opening.

3 . The cabana shed of claim 2 wherein the bar surface includes a bar surface support assembly, the bar surface and bar surface support assembly cooperate to allow the bar surface 12 to be tilted upward and inward to be stored behind the cover panel while the cover panel is in a closed position.

4 . The cabana shed of claim 2 wherein the support assembly includes a fixed position hinge pin and a gusset rod, the gusset rod includes a second fixed hinge pin at a first end thereof and a sliding hinge pin at a second end thereof.

5 . The cabana shed of claim 4 wherein the sliding hinge pin is positioned to slide in an elongated slot which limits the travel of the sliding hinge pin such that a first end of the elongated slot determines the angle through which a support arm is allowed to travel when the support arm is rotated to a stored position, while a second end of the elongated slot determines the resting angle of the support arm with respect to a torque arm of the support assembly.

6 . The cabana shed of claim 5 wherein the torque arm is generally an elongated arm that is constructed and arranged for securement to the wall panels on an inner surface thereof for accepting loads applied to the bar surface and transferring them to the wall panels.

7 . The cabana shed of claim 5 wherein the torque arm rests on the floor panels to distribute the weight load applied to the bar surface over an expanded surface area.

8 . The cabana shed of claim 5 wherein a bar surface lock is provided to latch the bar surface in the horizontal position.

9 . The cabana shed of claim 8 wherein the bar surface lock includes a lever which mechanically engages the sliding hinge pin in a manner that prevents the sliding hinge pin from sliding along the elongated slot for securing the bar surface in the horizontal position.

10 . The cabana shed of claim 1 wherein the cover panel is secured to a front portion of the cabana shed to rotate upwards about a top edge of the cover panel so that the cover panel extends outwardly over the bar surface.

11 . The cabana shed of claim 1 wherein the cover panel is formed from resin to be a single layer hollow structure having integrally formed strengthening ribs to provide rigidity to the cover panel.

12 . The cabana shed of claim 11 wherein the cover panel is manufactured by the process of blow molding to include two panels integrally connected around the perimeter thereof, the walls having a plurality of areas where one wall extends to and is connected to the other wall to form a tack off to connect the two panels in a central portion of the panels, while they remain spaced apart.

13 . The cabana shed of claim 12 wherein at least one of the two panels includes ribs formed along the length of the panel, the ribs extending toward the other panel, the tack offs positioned in a bottom portion of the rib.

14 . The cabana shed of claim 11 wherein the cover panel is formed by the process of injection molding to include integrally formed ribs and gussets for providing structural rigidity to the cover panel.

15 . The cabana shed of claim 11 wherein the resin is plastic.

Assignees

• Suncast Technologies Llc

Inventors

• Whitehead Stephen
• Saeed Aadal
• Phillips William J
• Anderson Torrence

Classifications

• E04H1/1222

  Sales kiosks · CPC title

• E04B1/3444 Primary

  with only lateral unfolding · CPC title