Wagon with folding canopy for carrying children
A wagon for carrying children or other articles comprising a canopy. The wagon has a canopy to provide shade and protection to the occupants and/or other contents of the wagon and the canopy may be folded from an in-use configuration to a storage configuration. If the wagon is a foldable wagon, the canopy may remain on the wagon during and after the folding of the wagon.
1 . A wagon for transporting children, comprising:
a wagon assembly; and;
a canopy assembly, wherein the canopy assembly comprises:
a first canopy support frame connected to the wagon assembly;
a second canopy support frame connected to the wagon assembly, wherein at least a portion of the first canopy support frame and at least a portion of the second canopy support frame is rotatable relative to the wagon assembly from an in-use configuration to a storage configuration; and
a canopy slidably connected to the first canopy support frame and the second canopy support frame, wherein the first canopy support frame is configured to rotate from the in-use configuration above the wagon assembly to the storage configuration outside a cargo area of the wagon assembly.
2 . The wagon for transporting children of claim 1 , comprising the first canopy support frame comprises a U-shaped portion.
3 . The wagon for transporting children of claim 2 , wherein the canopy support frame comprises a width extending portion.
4 . The wagon for transporting children of claim 1 , wherein the canopy assembly comprises a plurality of pivot joints, wherein the pivot joints are configured to allow rotation of a portion of the first canopy support frame and a portion of the second canopy support frame relative to the wagon assembly.
5 . The wagon for transporting children of claim 1 , wherein the wagon assembly comprises a plurality of pivot joints, wherein the pivot joints are configured to allow rotation of the first canopy support frame and the second canopy support frame relative to the wagon assembly.
6 . The wagon for transporting children of claim 1 , wherein the canopy comprises a first sleeve and a second sleeve and the first canopy support frame is received within the first sleeve and the second canopy support frame is received within the second sleeve.
7 . The wagon for transporting children of claim 1 , comprising a first rotating mechanism connected to first canopy support frame and a second rotating mechanism connected to second canopy support frame.
8 . The wagon for transporting children of claim 7 , wherein the first rotating mechanism is connected to the wagon assembly.
9 . The wagon for transporting children of claim 7 , wherein the first rotating mechanism is connected to the canopy assembly.
10 . A method of folding a canopy on a wagon, comprising
sliding the canopy on a from a top in-use configuration to a side rotation configuration on a first canopy support frame;
sliding the canopy from the top in-use configuration to the side rotation configuration on a second canopy support frame;
rotating the first canopy support frame from a first in-use configuration to a first storage configuration; and
rotating the second canopy support frame from a second in-use configuration to a second storage configuration, wherein the canopy flips over as rotated from the side rotational configuration to the side storage position.
11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the first canopy support frame is rotatably connected to a wagon and the second canopy support frame is rotatably connected to the wagon frame.
12 . The method of claim 10 , wherein rotating the first canopy support frame and rotating the second canopy support frame causes the canopy to move from the side rotation configuration to a storage configuration.
13 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the canopy stretches during the rotating of the first canopy support frame and/or during the rotating of the second canopy support frame.