Joseph J Gallo

US Patent:

20140292020, Oct 2, 2014

Filed:

Apr 1, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/231998

Inventors:

Joseph Gallo - Villa Rica GA, US

International Classification:

B60J 7/12

US Classification:

296116

Abstract:

A retractable canopy apparatus for use with a golf cart having forward and rearward passenger sections, a front canopy member, and a support rail on the rearward section includes an adjustment bracket coupled to a support rail. A support arm includes a first end pivotally coupled to the support bracket and an opposed second end. The support arm is movable relative to the adjustment bracket between stowed and deployed configurations. An auxiliary canopy assembly includes a front end coupled to an upper end of the golf cart framework and a rear end coupled to the second end of the support arm. A flexible canopy top member extends between the auxiliary canopy assembly front and rear ends. The top member is movable between an extended configuration when the adjustment member is at the deployed configuration and a collapsed configuration when the adjustment member is at the stowed configuration.