Canopy assemblies

Claim 1

A CANOPY ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF ELONGATED ROOF SECTIONS POSITIONED SIDE BY SIDE AND LOCKED TOGETHER AT THEIR ADJACENTS EDGES BY COOPERATING CONNECTING MEANS CARRIED THEREBY TO FORM A ROOF; A FRAME SURROUNDING AND SUPPORTING SAID ROOF; SAID FRAME COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF ELONGATED CHANNELED MEMBERS AND A PLURALITY OF CHANNEL-TYPE CORNER MEMBERS RECEIVING SAID CHANNELED MEMBERS AND COUPLING SAID CHANNELED MEMBERS TOGETHER TO FORM SAID FRAME WITH SAID CORNER MEMBERS FORMING THE OUTER CORNER PORTIONS THEREOF; EACH OF SAID CHANNELED MEMBERS HAVING A SIDE WALL, SPACED APART END WALLS PROJECTING INWARDLY FROM SAID SIDE WALL, AND UPSTANDING WALL EXTENDING IN SPACED PARALLEL RELATION TO SAID SIDE WALL AND PROJECTING FROM THE EDGE OF ONE OF SAID END WALLS REMOTE FROM SIDE WALL, SAID UPSTANDING WALL TERMINATING INTERMEDIATE SAID END WALLS OF SAID CHANNELED MEMBER AND CARRYING AT THE TERMINAL END THEREOF A FIRST FLANGE EXTENDING INWARDLY TOWARD SAID SIDE WALL, AND A SECOND FLANGE EXTENDING FROM SAID SIDE WALL TOWARD SAID UPSTANDING WALL IN SPACED PARALLEL RELATION TO SAID FIRST FLANGE; SAID FIRST AND SECOND FLANGES FORMING MEANS FOR SUPPORTING RESPECTIVELY THE BOTTOM AND TOP SURFACE OF THE PERIPHERY OF SAID ROOF INTERMEDIATE THE LONGITUDINAL EDGES OF SAID SIDE WALL, WHEREBY THE SIDE WALLS OF SAID CHANNELED MEMBERS AND SAID CORNER MEMBERS EXTEND ALONG AND BELOW SAID ROOF AND FORM A FACIA THEREAROUND, AT LEAST TWO OF SAID CHANNELED MEMBERS EXTENDING IN SPACED PARALLEL RELATION TO EACH OTHER; AND WHEREIN SAID ASSEMBLY FURTHER INCLUDES OPPOSED SUPPORTING LEG MEMBERS, EACH LEG MEMBER COMPRISING A TRIANGULAR PYRAMIDAL ASSEMBLY WITH THE APEX THEREOF DISPOSED AT THE BOTTOM OF SAID LEG MEMBER, AND CARRYING BETWEEN TWO CORNERS OF THE BASE OF THE PYRAMIDAL ASSEMBLY AN ANGLE BRACKET, SAID ANGLE BRACKET HAVING A BASE WALL, AN UPSTANDING WALL EXTENDING FROM ONE SIDE OF SAID BASE WALL AND A FLANGE PROJECTING FROM SAID UPSTANDING WALL IN OVERLYING PARALLEL RELATION TO SAID BASE WALL, SAID BASE WALL, UPSTANDING WALL AND FLANGE OF SAID BRACKET ENGAGING RESPECTIVELY SAID ONE OF SAID END WALLS, SAID UPSTANDING WALL AND SAID FIRST FLANGE OF SAID CHANNEL MEMBER, SAID ANGLE BRACKET HAVING A COUPLING COLLAR PROJECTING FROM THE UPSTANDING WALL THEREOF TOWARD THE OTHER CORNER OF THE BASE OF THE PYRAMIDAL ASSEMBLY, AND A BEAM EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID OPPOSED LEG MEMBERS, SAID BEAM BEING CUPLED AT EITHER END TO SAID COUPLING COLLARS, SAID BEAM CARRYING FURTHER COUPLING COLLARS DEPENDING THEREFROM AND COUPLING SAID OTHER CORNER OF THE BASE OF EACH OF SAID PYRAMIDAL ASSEMBLIES TO SAID BEAM.