Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8042595 | Awning case assembly The invention relates to an awning case assembly including a housing for a winding tube for winding the canvas, a load bar fixed to a front edge of the canvas, and foldable arms hingedly connected to the housing and to the load bar. The load bar including a second l... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7628194 | Dual angled canopy retractable awning A retractable awning includes a roller reversibly driven and mounted within a housing for support on a support structure and both inner and outer sets of pivotally interconnected support arms for supporting an awning canopy when extended. The inner set of support ar... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7604036 | System for connecting awning canopy to support surface A connection system for a retractable awning for connecting the canopy of the awning to a support surface includes a rigid or semi-rigid cover and may or may not include a flexible strip of material secured thereto such that when the awning is fully retracted, the r... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7513289 | Slide-lateral arm box awning for motor home and recreational vehicle use A slide-lateral arm box awning system for motor homes and recreational vehicles having an extendable coach slider includes a encasement, a slider awning and a lateral arm awning. First and second roll bars are disposed within the encasement and attached respectively... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7328935 | Trailer canopy system A trailer canopy system for providing an area adjacent a trailer that is protected from inclement weather includes a canopy that is extendable from a side of a trailer. The canopy protects an area under the canopy from inclement weather when the canopy is extended f... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7311290 | Component awning and light support system A kit of components for constructing and installing an awning and light support system to provide sun and weather protection to a window or door of a structure. Included therein are a pair of uniquely constructed bracket members having an L-shaped configuration with... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7261115 | Combo slide-window awning A combo slide-window awning system for motor homes and recreational vehicles having an extendable coach slider includes an encasement, a slider awning and a window awning. First and second roll bars are disposed within the encasement and attached respectively to the... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7213869 | Hold down A hold down may include a weight associated with a coupling mechanism that is configured to removably couple to a foot of an awning support arm assembly. An RV awning and hold down system may include: an awning assembly having at least one support arm assembly disco... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7207369 | Window awning mounting system A window awning mounting system suitable for a non-planar surface includes a housing containing a roll of awning. A forearm is provided and includes a header at one end thereof attached to a leading edge of the roll up awning. A bracket mounted on the non-planar sur... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7163042 | Adjustable dustproof sunshade arrangement An adjustable dustproof sunshade arrangement includes a wall base, a supporting arm and an adjustable joint including a supporting seat mounted at the wall base and an adjustment member pivotally connected with an inner end of the supporting arm in a longitudinal di... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7156451 | Housing unit with slide-out, provided with an awning and awning for such a housing unit The invention relates to a housing unit (1), such as a caravan or a motor home with an extensible room (3) or slide-out and an awning (7) with a rollable awning canvas (8) attached above this room (3), so that, when sliding out the... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7152652 | Load detection system for motorized lateral and vertical arm awnings A load detection system for lateral and vertical arm awnings generally includes a motorized roller with a fabric wound thereabout in a retracted position and extendable therefrom. Arms are provided for supporting the fabric in an extended position and at least one s... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7134473 | Anti-bow roller tube arrangement A roller tube support mechanism includes a roller tube including a roller tube body. The roller tube is configured to support a sheet material wound around the roller tube body along a length of the roller tube body between a first end and a second end of the roller... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7121314 | Patio awning lock mechanism An awning assembly is provided with a lock mechanism for maintaining the awning assembly in a desired position relative to a wall, or other suitable structure. The awning assembly includes support arms, a fabric roller tube that holds the awning fabric and a lock me... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7117565 | Support for fixing an accessory to a flexible arm Support for fixing an accessory (3) to a flexible arm (1), characterized in that this support (2) comprises at least one leg (11) fixed with one far end (13) to one of the far ends (6–7) of adjoining hinge-mounted parts ( | 10/10/2006 |
| 7114543 | Top feed roller awning system A roller awning system is provided for a recreational vehicle having a slider. The system includes a housing for mounting on an outside wall of a recreational vehicle above the slider and a roll of awning is rotatably disposed within the housing and deployable from ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7111658 | Locking mechanism A locking mechanism (20) for locking a roller-tube (30) in its assembly (22), such as found in awning contraptions mounted on RV and other motor vehicles (34). A shaft (42) slides to-and-fro in its bore (44) extending betwee... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7086684 | Extendable protective awning and motor vehicle having a protective awning In an extendable protective awning and motor vehicle having a protective awning, the protective awning includes a base frame which may be fastened to the vehicle and a protective surface which may be moved between at least one retracted basic position and an extende... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7077458 | Awning assembly and intermediate supports An awning assembly having two ends is adapted to be mounted on a first structure that is extendable from a second structure for rotation about a longitudinal axis of rotation extending between the two ends, the awning assembly having a generally horizontal orientati... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7073556 | Awning system with tilt out tray An awning slide system for a recessed cavity is provided which includes a tray for supporting an awning mechanism with the tray being sized for containment within the cavity which includes an open side for enabling an awning to be retractably extended therefrom. Har... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7073555 | Awning slide system with tray An awning slide system for a recessed cavity is provided which includes a tray for supporting an awning mechanism with the tray being sized for containment within the cavity which includes an open side for enabling an awning to be retractably extended therefrom. A s... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7051782 | System for coupling roller shade tubes A coupling assembly for a multiple-tube roller shade includes a support assembly for rotatably supporting and connecting adjacently located tube-end portions and a clutch mechanism providing relative rotation therebetween. The support assembly includes a tube-end fi... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6957679 | Retractable awning A retractable awning includes a frame structure, roll bar, and a lead bar supported in cantilever fashion by a series of extendable arms that extend from the frame structure. An awning sheet is connected between the roll bar and the lead bar. When the lead bar is ex... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6904826 | Arm bearing for an articulated-arm awning An arm bearing for an articulated-arm awning having a pillow block hinged on a bracket. The pillow block is provided on one end with at least one bearing eye for receiving one awning arm in rotary fashion. A threaded rod limits the tilting angle between the bracket ... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6874558 | Awning with inclination adjustment An awning including a canvas shaft, a canvas wounded onto the canvas shaft, and a sleeve enclosing the canvas shaft. A stationary support means carries the sleeve. An arrangement for adjusting an inclination of the sleeve by rotation contains one lateral sleeve carr... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6874559 | Enclosed roll awning A roll awning having a cover member journalled within an enclosure. An aperture is provided in the enclosure and an awning fabric extends from the cover member through the aperture. The aperture is movable so that it follows the portion of the awning fabric extendin... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6798158 | Wind sensing awning control A awning control circuit and assembly including an ambient thermistor and a heated thermistor for sensing wind speed. A microprocessor determines the present wind speed by referencing values of the thermistors to a stored lookup table. When the wind speed meets or e... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6782936 | Awning system for a recreational vehicle An automatic lateral arm awning system for a recreational vehicle includes awning material having a first and a second end, a roller secured to the material first end for wrapping said awning material thereabout and a header secured to the material second end. A fra... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6782904 | Extendible rain shield for vehicle A rain shield device includes a housing for attaching onto various vehicles, and a shield extendible out of the housing for shielding the upper portions of the doors of the vehicles and for allowing the drivers and the passengers to easily open or receive the umbrel... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6739371 | Awning installation device An awning installing device includes a main body having first and second opposing major surfaces, and has a given width and appropriate thickness and length. The first major surface is adapted to be brought into contact with a façade wall onto which an awning is to... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6508291 | Joint arm awning with cover, in particular box-mounted awning In a joint arm awning with a cover, in particular a box-mounted awning, comprising a fabric roll shaft for the among fabric to be rolled up and a drop-out section which is joined to free ends of extendible joint arms and inside of which the free outer edg... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6484785 | Awning In an awning having a substantially triangular awning fabric that can be wound onto a roller tube, provision is made for the roller tube to be actuated in the winding direction by a torsion spring that is disposed in a housing together with the roller tub... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6363664 | Collapsible canopy with an automatic extending flounce A collapsible awning having an automatic extending flounce is divided into a first portion spanning an awning casing and a primary front section, and a second portion spanning a flounce area between the primary front section and a secondary front section.... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6315025 | Removable awning cover A removable awning cover in combination with a rolled fabric awning. The awning cover includes a number of overlapping resilient tubular sections with sidewall openings movable between a relaxed width and an expanded width. The awning roll is received thr... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6250321 | Awning apparatus for automobiles An apparatus includes a housing which is mounted on the lower portion of the inside of a rear window of a vehicle. The housing extends across the width of the rear window. A pair of support arms are pivotally mounted, one each, on the sides of the housing... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6230582 | Crank for adjusting awning roller spring force An awning is attached to and wound on a spring loaded roller. The roller rotates on shafts secured to shaft mounts at each end. The shaft mount is secured on the end of a support arm. A crank has a two prong engagement member that fits in a slot of the sh... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6202363 | Shielding canopy A shielding canopy includes a fixture base mounted to a wall. A plurality of swiveling devices mounted to and equally-spaced along the fixture base. Each swiveling device rotatably supports a rotating shaft to which a panel of a predetermined width is fix... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6142209 | Closed box motorized window awning The window awning assembly includes an awning and an elongate roller tube for receiving the awning with the awning being rotatably disposed around the roller tube. An elongate awning case is provided which encloses the roller tube and awning, with the rol... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6024152 | Awning An awning has a sleeve rail acting as a multi-purpose component for a particular degree of integratability. The awning displays good horizontal and vertical rigidity and so reduces the number of components required. The awning in particular enables the nu... | 02/15/2000 |
| 5924466 | Joint-arm awning In a joint-arm awning comprising two joint arms disposed on a support pipe, it being possible by fastening brackets to join the support pipe to the wall of a housing, and devices being provided for adjustment of the angle of inclination of the awning in o... | 07/20/1999 |
