Bryan T Polk

US Patent:

56137575, Mar 25, 1997

Filed:

Sep 26, 1994

Appl. No.:

8/311929

Inventors:

Bryan T. Polk - Memphis TN

International Classification:

A47B 2306

US Classification:

362130

Abstract:

Canopy apparatus for use with a bed, for creating the visual impression of a star-lit sky. In a preferred embodiment, the canopy comprises a frame suspendable above a bed, at least one light fixture disposed within the frame for generating light, and a screen having a plurality of openings formed therein suspended by the frame beneath the light fixture. Light passing from the fixture through the openings creates the appearance of a plurality of stars and a moon for the user reclining on a bed beneath the canopy.