Vari-angle tubular support and drainage assembly for canopies

Claim 1

IN A CANOPY TO BE SUPPORTED AT A PRE-DETERMINED DISTANCE ABOVE A FLOOR AND OF THE TYPE HAVING INTERLOCKING PANELS TERMINATING ON EACH END THEREOF IN A FACIA ASSEMBLY HAVING A TROUGH-LIKE BOTTOM PORTION FOR THE COLLECTION OF WATER AND DRAINAGE OPENINGS THEREIN, THE COMBINATION WITH SAID FACIA ASSEMBLY OF: (A) A BRACKET ATTACHED TO SAID BOTTOM PORTION OF SAID FACIA ASSEMBLY ADJACENT ONE OF SAID DRAINAGE OPENINGS, SAID BRACKET INCLUDING PORTIONS THAT ARE CIRCULAR IN CROSS-SECTION AND OF VARYING DIAMETER SO AS TO DEFINE FIRST AND THIRD SUPPORTING SHOULDERS AND A FIRST BALL JOINT AT THE BOTTOM OF SAID BRACKET ADJACENT SAID THIRD SHOULDER, SAID BRACKET FURTHER CONTAINING A FIRST VERTICAL PASSAGEWAY EXTENDING THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE LENGTH THEREOF AND IN REGISTERING RELATIONSHIP WITH SAID ONE OF SAID OPENINGS, MEANS FOR SECURING SAID BRACKET TO SAID FACIA ASSEMBLY; (B) A FLANGE FOR ATTACHMENT FOR SAID FLOOR, SAID FLANGE INCLUDING PORTIONS THAT ARE CIRCULAR IN CROSS-SECTION AND OF VARYING DIAMETER SO AS TO DEFINE SECOND AND FOURTH SUPPORTING SHOULDERS AND A SECOND BALL JOINT AT THE TOP OF SAID FLANGE ADJACENT SAID FOURTH SHOULDER, SAID FLANGE FURTHER CONTAINING A SECOND VERTICAL PASSAGEWAY EXTENDING THERETHROUGH AND A HORIZONTAL PASSAGEWAY INTERSECTING SAID SECOND VERTICAL PASSAGEWAY AND TERMINATING AT ONE SIDE OF SAID FLANGE AT THE BOTTOM THEREOF; (C) A HOLLOW TUBULAR CONDUIT HAVING END PORTIONS RESTING IN ABUTTING RELATIONSHIP AGAINST SAID BRACKET AND FLANGE.