Overhead rod installation assembly for canopies or marquees

Claim 1

AN OVERHEAD ROD INSTALLATION ASSEMBLY FOR USE WITH A MARQUEE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TYPE HAVING A FIRST END ATTACHED TO A WALL AND A SECOND END SUSPENDED IN SPACE AND TERMINATING IN A FACIA, COMPRISING: (A) A WALL BRACKET ATTACHED TO SAID WALL AT AN ELEVATION ABOVE SAID MARQUEE; (B) FACIA BRACKET MEANS GENERALLY COMPLEMENTARY IN CONFIGURATION WITH RESPECT TO SAID FACIA AND SLIDABLY MOUNTED THEREIN; (C) AN OVERHEAD ROD TUBING HAVING AN UPPER END AND A LOWER END; (D) WALL BRACKET ATTACHMENT ASSEMBLY MEANS CONNECTING SAID WALL BRACKET AND SAID OVERHEAD ROD TUBING, INCLUDING: (I) A FIRST SUPPORT MOUNTED WITHIN SAID UPPER END OF SAID OVERHEAD ROD TUBING, (II) FIRST FASTENING MEANS SECURING SAID FIRST SUPPORT TO SAID WALL BRACKET PERMITING SAID FIRST SUPPORT TO ROTATE FREELY WITH RSPECT TO SAID WALL BRACKET, AND (III) SECOND FASTENING MEANS SECURING SAID UPPER END OF SAID OVERHEAD ROD TUBING TO SAID FIRST SUPPORT PERMITTING SAID TUBING TO ROTATE WITH SAID FIRST SUPPORT IN RELATION TO SAID WALL BRACKET; AND (E) FACIA BRACKET ATTACHMENT ASSEMBLY MEANS CONNECTING SAID OVERHEAD ROD TUBING AND SAID FACIA BRACKET MEANS, INCLUDING: (I) A SECOND SUPPORT MOUNTED WITHIN SAID LOWER END OF SAID OVERHEAD ROD TUBING, (II) THIRD FASTENING MEANS SECURING SAID LOWER END OF SAID TUBING TO SAID SECOND SUPPORT, AND (III) FOURTH FASTENING MEANS SECURING SAID SECOND SUPPORT TO SAID FACIA BRACKET MEANS PERMITTING SAID OVERHEAD ROD TUBING TO ROTATE WITH SAID SECOND SUPPORT IN RELATION TO SAID FACIA BRACKET MEANS WHILE ALSO PERMITTING THE DISTANCE BETWEEN SAID SECOND SUPPORT AND SAID FACIA BRACKET MEANS TO BE VARIED AS SAID OVERHEAD ROD TUBING IS TWISTED.