US1089214A - Canopy. - Google Patents

Description

E. HANIGAN.

GANOPY.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 4, 1912.

Patented Mar. 3, 1914.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar.. 3, this.

Application filed October 4, 1912. Serial No. 723,964.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that l, EDWARD HANIGAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Schenectady, in the county ot' Schenectady and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Canopies, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to canopies, and it has particular reference to a canopy adapted to be used in connection with supports for bed hammocks, embodying a ridge pole and terminal supports of inverted 'll-shape which may consist of legs suitably connected with said ridge pole.

The invention has for its object to produce a canopy of simple and inexpensive construction comprising leaves or members adapted to be hingedly and adjustably con nected with the ridge pole.

A further object ot the invention is to produce a canopy of the character stated and having means whereby the leaves or mem` bers may be conveniently adjusted and supported at various adjustments.

further object ot the invention is to produce a hammock canopy of the character described embodying a construction whereby a person reclining in the hammock may convcniently adjust the leaves of the canopy to provide the desired shade without necessity ior rising.

lWith these and other ends in view which will readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the improved construction and novel arrangement and combination of parts which will be hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

ln the accompanying drawings has been illustrated a simple and preferred iiorm of the invention, it being, however, understood that no limitation is necessarily made to the precise structural details therein exhibited, but that changes, alterations and modiiications within the scope oi the claims may be resorted to when desired.

ln the drawings,-Figure l is a top plan view of the frame structure of the invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is an end view showing various adjustments of the canopy in full and in dotted lines. Fig. t is a sectional detail view, enlarged, taken on the line M4 in F ig. l. Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the parts shown in Fig. 1i. Fig. 6 is a sectional detail view,

enlarged, taken on the line 6 6 in Fig. 3.

Fig. 7 is a sectional detail view taken on the line 7-7 in Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is a diagrammatic view illustrating the arrangement of the hoisting element.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are denoted by like characters of reference.

i conventional hammock support is shown comprising a ridge pole n. and legs or uprights B, B, suit-ably connected therewith, said hammock support being made, as shown, or' metallic tubing, such as ordinary gas pipe of suitable dimensions. lt is obvious, however, that other material may be employed and that the construction ol this device may be varied within certain limits.

rifhe improved cano-py is composed of two leaves or frames each comprising a side bar l and a plurality of arms 2, 2 and 3, 23 connected therewith, said arms being provided with terminal eyes 4t, 4f pivotally engaging the ridge pole A. rlfhe arms 2, as well as the side bars l, have been shown as being constructed ot metallic angle bars, while the intermediate arms 3 have been shown being made of round iron rods or wires. The eyes t at the ends of the arms E2 are formed on metallic straps 5, bolted or otherwise suitably secured on the angle bars 2, as clearly seen in Figs. 4, 5; the eyes d on the arms 3 may be formed by terminally bending said arms around the ridge pole. rthe trames formed by the members l, 2, 3 are to be covered with canvas or other suitable fabric, a portion of which appears at G.

Connected with one leg B at each end of the support is a slide consisting of a plate 7 having clips or clamps 8 surrounding the B and engaging the same loosely so as to permit the slide to move freely. The plate 7 is also equipped intermediate the ends thereof with a hook t), and the upper end of the slide connected by pivoted arms or link ars l0, l0 with the end bars 2 ot the leaves or frames. it is evident that by moving the slides upwardly or downwardly, the leaves of the canopy may be raised or lowered, the downward movement being caused by gravity. lt will be further evident that by checking such downward movement the leaves of the canopy, as well as the slide, may be held in position at varions adjustments.

Supported beneath the ridge pole A adjacent to thc ends thereof are double pnl-- ley blocks ll, l2. Attached to one of the pulleys of the block 11 is a flexible element 13 embodying in its construction a plurality of links or rings 14. A iiexible element or adjusting rope 15 has one of its ends connected with the hook 9 of one of the slides 7 5 said rope is guided over the other pulley of the block 11, thence beneath and adjacent to the ridge pole and over one pulley of the block 12, thence through a guide member, such as a ring 16 having a snap hook 17 connected therewith, and thence over the other Vpulley of the block 12 and to the hook 9 ot' the other slide T, where the other end of said adjusting rope is made fast. rEhe snap hook 17 ot the guide member 16 may be connected with any one of the rings or links 11i ol the element 13, thereby enabling the slides, and, consequently also the leaves of the canopy, to be supported in any position to which they may be ad justed. 1n order to change the adjustment, the snap hook 17 is disengaged from the link of the element 123 with which it is connected; to raise the canopy, the snap hook is connected with a link 14: nearer the block 11, while to lower the canopy connection with the snap hook is made with a link 1li nearer the Yfree end ot' the element 13.

F rom the foregoing description, taken in connection with the drawings hereto annexed, the operation and advantages of this invention will be readily understood by those skilled in the art to which it appertains.

It will be seen that have produced a simple and elicient canopy and adjusting means for the same which may be readily installed on a hammock support of simple conventional construction.

lt is, oiE course, to be understood that any suitable material may be employed in place of that herein indicated, and that slight structural modifications that may be necessitated by such substitution are permissible.

l-laving thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is:

1. In a canopy, the combination with a suitable support, of hingedly supported leaves, vertically movable slides, link bars connecting the slides with the leaves, a suitably guided i'lexible hoisting element terminally connected with the slides, a guide member loosely engaging the hoisting element and having a hook member connected therewith, and a bitching element having a plurality of spaced links for engagement with said hooks to place he hoisting element under varying degrees of tension, thereby eiecting adjustment of the slides and related parts.

Q. A canopy comprising two hingedly supported leaves, vertically movaole slides, one adjacent to each end of the canopy, link bars connecting the slides with the leaves of the canopy, guide members including several pulleys and a ring having a hook, a hoisting element terminally connected vith the slides, said hoisting element being guided over a pulley near one slide, then over a pulley near the second slide, then through the ring, and then over a secon-:l pulley near the second slide to said second slide; and a hitching element having a plurality of links adapted to engage the hook member of the ring.

3. ln a device of the class described, a suitably supported ridge pole, canopy trames each comprising a side bar having arms pivotally engaging the ridge pole, slides supported for vertical movement adjacent to either end of the canopy, guide members including several pulleys and a ring having a hook, a hoisting elementterminally connected with the slides, said hoisting element being guided ov r a pulley near one side, then beneath and adjacent to the ridge pole and over a pulley near the seco-nd slide, then through the ring and then over a sec- 0nd pulley near the second slide to said second slide; and a hitching element having a plurality of links adapted to engage the hook member of the ring.

En testimony whereof l my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDV/TARD HANGAN.

`Witnesses DANIEL NAYLON, r., 731. C. MAYNARD.

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