Colleen Bristow

Title: Colleen Bristow and Her Deployable Canopy System

Introduction

Colleen Bristow is an inventor associated with Shadow Hills, California, and Disney Enterprises, Inc. Her patent work includes a deployable canopy system designed to provide covered protection through a coordinated mechanism for extending and retracting a canopy.

Latest Patents

Bristow is named on 1 patent: “Deployable Canopy System.” The invention includes a canopy, cables connected to it, and multiple spaced columns, including a canopy column and at least two cable columns. Each column has a drive assembly that can wind in or out its cables or hold them in place. Coordinated operation of the assemblies moves the canopy among multiple positions, including a deployed position that provides cover and a retracted position in which at least part of the canopy is stored within an inner chamber in the canopy column.

Career Highlights

Bristow’s listed patent reflects work on a practical, mechanically coordinated approach to canopy deployment and storage. Her professional association with Disney Enterprises, Inc. connects her inventive work with a company active in entertainment and related technologies.

Collaborations

Joel Peavy and Dexter Dickinson are identified as Bristow’s coworkers. The available information does not specify their roles in the patent or whether they collaborated directly on the invention.

Conclusion

Colleen Bristow’s patent documents a coordinated canopy system that can extend to provide protection and retract into a column for storage.