Cantilever Shade Structures
Need shade without the clutter of multiple columns? Cantilever shade structures feature supports on just one side, leaving the opposite side open and unobstructed. They’re perfect for areas like walkways, bus stops, bleachers, drive-thrus, parking spaces, and more.
Square Cantilever Umbrella Shade
Cantilever & Umbrella
Whether you are looking to cover a waiting area, protect poolside chairs and tables, shade guests, or add style to an outdoor lounge, our cantilever umbrellas are a great choice. A cantilever-style umbrella features an off-center post that allows for the placement of site furnishings underneath without the interference of a column. This commercial umbrella is available with a surface mount base plate or an embedded column.
Hexagon Cantilever Umbrella Shade
Cantilever & Umbrella
Whether you are looking to cover a waiting area, protect poolside chairs and tables, shade guests, or add style to an outdoor lounge, our cantilever umbrellas are a great choice. A cantilever-style umbrella features an off-center post that allows for the placement of site furnishings underneath without the interference of a column. This commercial umbrella is available with a surface mount base plate or an embedded column.
Hanging Cantilever Shade
Cantilever
The Hanging Cantilever shade is a solid choice for walkways, parking lots, and bleacher seating. It’s also the preferred choice for restaurant drive-thrus, curbside pickup areas, and carwashes. This shade has a max width of 18 ft. However, you can create a custom shade by adding additional canopy bays to cover a wider distance.
Suspended Cantilever Shade
Cantilever
The Suspended Cantilever shade features braces at the top of the structure to allow this commercial shade to shade larger areas. With its large shade footprint, this design is perfect for carwashes and car dealerships, as well as other automotive needs. What’s more, it’s useful for walkways, bleachers, and grandstands.
T-Cantilever Shade
Cantilever
Keep the interference of posts to a minimum with the T-Cantilever shade. The T-Cantilever style shade is so versatile it can be installed everywhere from parking lots to sports parks — it can keep the cars in your parking lot or the fans at your sports park cool.
T-Cantilever shades can cover a large area. The columns can be spaced up to 27 ft. apart before more canopy bays are required.
Standard Cantilever Shade
Cantilever
The Standard Cantilever is a great solution for shading walkways, bleachers, and bus stop seating. Because the columns are on one side of the shade, the Standard Cantilever is also a good option for shading vehicles. What’s more, this style is one of the most economical ways of shading cars and parking lots. With this shade being so versatile, you can’t go wrong selecting it for your shade needs. Some common sizes include 18’x20′, 18’x27′, and 18’x36′.
Dugout Cantilever
Cantilever
The Dugout Cantilever shade is great for dugouts, walkways, and school carpool lanes. The raised design casts a direct shadow on the area below. This easy-to-install shade shelter can also be customized with fabric panels between the columns to block wind. For design purposes, the maximum width is 14 ft. and the maximum distance between columns is 18 ft.
Arched Cantilever Shade
Cantilever Specialty
The Arched Cantilever shade is an economical way to provide shade. What’s more, its modern, arched frame offers better visual appeal than other cantilever commercial shades. This design is most popular for pool seating at resorts or housing communities, car rider areas at schools, and walkways everywhere.
Camelback Cantilever Shade
Cantilever Specialty
If you have a dugout, walkway, school carpool or bus loading area, a cantilevered walkway shade is a great option. Its raised design helps to cast a direct shadow, keeping players, students, and teachers cool. What’s more, the Camelback Cantilever provides the option of adding fabric panels between each column for wind control.
Wavecrest
Custom & Standard Sizes
The versatile Wavecrest allows this design to be an option for almost every space. It works well at the local park, pool, or golf course. The arched top is a unique look and separates this shade from traditional dome-style shades but still gives comparable shade coverage.
Reasons to Buy a Cantilever Shade Structure
Unobstructed Space Beneath - Cantilever designs have support columns only on one side, providing clear, open space underneath—perfect for seating areas, walkways, or vehicle coverage.
Modern, Streamlined Look - With sleek lines and a minimalist profile, cantilever shades add a clean, architectural touch to any outdoor space—ideal for schools, businesses, parks, and pool areas.
Maximized Usable Area - Because the support posts are off to the side, there's more usable space for people, equipment, or activities without navigating around columns.
Durable and Weather-Resistant - Built with strong steel frames and UV-resistant fabric, cantilever structures offer long-term protection from sun, rain, and wind.
Customizable Designs - Choose from a wide variety of sizes, colors, and configurations to match your space, branding, or landscape.
Enhanced Sun Protection - These shades provide excellent coverage, blocking up to 98% of harmful UV rays, making them great for both comfort and health.
