Mar C Ricketts

Title: Mar C. Ricketts and the Deployable Canopy System.

Introduction

Mar C. Ricketts is an inventor associated with Portland, Oregon, and Disney Enterprises, Inc. Her patent work includes a deployable canopy system designed to provide adjustable covered protection.

Latest Patents

Ricketts is credited with 1 patent: “Deployable Canopy System.” The invention uses a canopy, cables, and spaced columns equipped with drive assemblies. These assemblies coordinate to wind in, wind out, or hold the cables, allowing the canopy to move among different positions. In its deployed position, the canopy provides covered protection. In its retracted position, at least part of the canopy is drawn into an inner chamber within the canopy column.

Career Highlights

Ricketts’s patent describes a coordinated mechanical approach to deploying and retracting a canopy. The system’s adjustable positions and retractable design are central features of the invention. She is associated with Disney Enterprises, Inc.

Collaborations

Ricketts’s listed coworkers include Joel Peavy and Dexter Dickinson. Their inclusion indicates professional connections, though the provided information does not specify their roles in developing or patenting the canopy system.

Conclusion

Mar C. Ricketts’s patent presents a coordinated, adjustable canopy system that combines cable-driven movement with a design that retracts into a column.