Patent attributes
A retractable roof system includes a support structure, having a first vertical leg, a second vertical leg, a third vertical leg, and a fourth vertical leg extending upward from a ground surface; a first guide track extending from the first vertical leg to the second vertical leg; a second guide track extending from the third leg to the fourth leg; a first support beam connecting the first vertical leg and the third vertical leg; and a second support beam connecting the second vertical leg and the fourth vertical leg; a roof retractably secured on the support structure, the roof having: a frame having a first edge aligned with the first track and a second edge aligned with the second track; rollers connected to the first edge and the second edge to slidingly engage with the first track and the second track; and a flexible roofing material secured on the roof frame; a pulley attached to the first end of the frame; force exerted on the pulley pulls a set of the rollers towards a center of the roof, causing a first end of the frame to retract.