includes an upper surface 302 although canopy section 300 includes two edges only edge 304 is visible in fig3 edge 304 includes anchor tape 306 an overlapping edge 310 and loops 308 1 308 2 308 3 308 n 2 308 n 1 and 308 n collectively u201c loops 308 u201d the edge of canopy section 300 that is not visible in fig3 includes a flap edge loops and anchor tape the edge that is not shown is adapted to mate with edges constructed similarly to edge 304 the number of canopy sections 300 used to construct a canopy depends upon the size of the canopy sections 300 and the size of the canopy for example fig4 provides an exemplary canopy that includes 4 sections the depiction of a canopy that includes four sections is for illustrative purposes and not intended in any way to limit the scope of the invention it is appreciated that in various embodiments of the invention more than four canopy sections are used and in other embodiments of the invention less than four canopy sections are used returning to fig4 there is shown a view of the top of the parachute canopy 400 having 4 canopy sections 300 i e canopy sections 300 1 300 2 300 3 and 300 4 the canopy 400 includes a canopy skirt 404 and a vent periphery 406 a vent opening 408 is.