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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2024
Disney Enterprises, Inc., Burbank, CA (US);
Joel Peavy, Poway, CA (US);
Dexter Dickinson, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Robert J. Bristow, Shadow Hills, CA (US);
Maeis Heshmati, Tujunga, CA (US);
Bryan S. Tye, Santa Clarita, CA (US);
Colleen Bristow, Shadow Hills, CA (US);
Mar C. Ricketts, Portland, OR (US);
Trevor S. Blackann, Portland, OR (US);
Disney Enterprises, Inc., Burbank, CA (US);
Abstract
A canopy system includes a canopy, cables respectively connected to the canopy, and a plurality of columns spaced from one another. The columns include a canopy column and at least two cable columns. Each column has a drive assembly arranged to wind-in, wind-out, or hold in place respective ones of the cables. The drive assemblies are controllable in a coordinated manner to wind-in, wind-out, or hold in place their respective ones of the cables to deploy or retract the canopy to one of a plurality of positions, including a deployed position in which the canopy provides covered protection and a retracted position in which the canopy is, at least in part, retracted within an inner chamber defined by the canopy column.