Means for deploying pullolut shade system onboard boat
An improved mounting device and assembled configuration for deploying a manually operated pullout shade system of the type having a tensioned roller member carrying a flexible canvas sheet and parallel tubular actuators therefor. In one embodiment of the present invention, a mounting device is disclosed for securing the manual pullout shade system onto an arching tubular overhead structure onboard a boat so that the pullout shade may be adjusted in its working attitude and maintained in proper position for deployment. The mounting device includes a set of clamp members each constructed in the form of a figure “8” with associated circular sections on each clamp member being rotatably coupled together. The circular sections of the clamp members are further adapted to engage about sections of the tubular actuators and nearby portions of the overhead structure thereby providing an adjustable joint coupling between them that allows the pullout shade and its tubular actuators to be placed in various positions for deployment.
1 . A device for mounting a retractable pullout shade having a telescopic framework for deployment from a tubular overhead structure onboard a boat, comprising:
one or more clamp members each constructed having a pair of apertured sections rotatably connected together so that each apertured section may be turned 360° relative to the other.
2 . A mounting device according to claim 1 , wherein each of the apertured sections are formed having a circular aperture therein, with each of the circular apertures on a respective one of said clamp members being respectively sized to fit upon and engage about the telescopic framework of the pullout shade and the tubular overhead structure.
3 . A device for mounting a retractable pullout shade having a telescopic framework for deployment from a tubular overhead structure onboard a boat, consisting of:
one or more clamp members each constructed having a pair of clamp sections rotatably interconnected so as to turn 360° relative to the other, with each of the clamp sections being formed having a circular aperture therein sized to fit upon and engage about the telescopic framework of the pullout shade and the tubular overhead structure.