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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7281560 | Awning assembly An awning assembly includes an awning and support arms and rafters that are adapted to support the awning from a backing structure both when the awning is in an extended position and when it is in a retracted position. The support arms and rafters are mounted to the... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7242162 | Apparatus and method for retracting awning An apparatus and method for retracting an awning. A sensor detects an awning acceleration caused by wind impacting the awning, and generates a signal having an amplitude corresponding thereto. When the signal exceeds a certain threshold, the awning is retracted. The... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7228884 | Rear window car curtain A rear window car curtain comprises a base, fixed on a car body; a winding device, having a main shaft, mounted on the base, a curtain and a leading rod; a driving device with an output shaft; a threaded shaft, linked to the output shaft; left and right driving rods... | 06/12/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7188659 | Injection-molded plastic guide rail A window shade arrangement for motor vehicles that includes plastic injection molded guide rails designed such that they may be formed with injection tools that do not require moveable cores for forming guide grooves therein. In one embodiment, the guide rail includ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 6971433 | Automatic retractable awning An automatically extendible and retractable awning includes an awning sheet mounted along one edge to a support structure and at an opposite edge to a roll bar about which it can be selectively wrapped. Each end of the roll bar is supported by a scissors type suppor... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6860544 | Recreational vehicle slide-out awning with intermediate support An intermediate support for a retractable roll awning. The support is positioned between two end brackets and provides additional support. The support includes a two support surfaces for supporting the roll awning in two directions. Alternatively, the support may co... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6684928 | Awning, in particular sun room awning In an awning, in particular a sun room awning, comprising a fabric-roll shaft for retracting and extending an awning fabric; wherein the inward end of the awning fabric is joined to the fabric-roll shaft and the outward end of the awning fabric to a drop-... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6598612 | Method and apparatus for imparting a mansard shape to an awning An easily deployed ridge pole is used, in combination with standard awning deployment hardware, to change the shape of the canopy fabric of an extended retractable awning. The ridge pole engages the underside of the awning fabric to impart a Mansard shape... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6382293 | Awning tension assembly and method An awning tension assembly and method allows the awning of a recreational vehicle to be secured during storms and gusty winds. The assembly is affixed to the ends of fluted awning roll bars and includes a clip which fits within a roll bar flute for secure... | 05/07/2002 |
| 5381814 | Canopy for mounting on a vehicle luggage rack A canopy may be mounted on the luggage rack of the vehicle by a pair of brackets. The canopy may be fitted on nearly any luggage rack by adjusting the placement of the brackets. The canopy is enclosed by an enclosure, and rolls up onto a carriage in the e... | 01/17/1995 |
| 5291934 | Motor-driven blind for a curved rear window of a motor vehicle A motor-driven blind for a curved back window of a motor vehicle. A winder roller has an end of a cloth fixed thereto and the other end fixed to a pull-bar. Two arms are hinged at ends to the pull-bar and hinged at the other ends to carriages slidable in ... | 03/08/1994 |
| 5033527 | Motorized roller blind A motorized roller blind comprises a housing in which at least one roller member is rotatably mounted, and a strip of material forming the blind member which is fixed to the roller member at one end and to a pull bar at the other end. Actuating means comp... | 07/23/1991 |
| 4836263 | Window shade or screen apparatus, particularly for vehicle windows A window screen or shade, in particular for motor vehicles, includes a wind-up roller biassed in the wind-up direction that is rotatably journalled in a base and on which shade or screen web is secured with one end. The other edge of the web is mounted in... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4733683 | Automatic retractable box awning for recreational vehicles and the like A retractable, roller-mounted fabric awning enclosed in a box-type assembly, which together with a releasable front bar, to which a front end of the awning is attached, thus forming a fully-enclosed housing for the awning, is provided for mounting on recr... | 03/29/1988 |
| 4573512 | Locks for articulated rolling grilles An automatic lock for a rolling grille or the like is enclosed in guide means on each side of the opening to be closed and is actuated by an effort to open the grille by applying external forces opposite the direction of closure but released by lift tensi... | 03/04/1986 |
| 4262373 | Swimming pool cover assembly An assembly for covering a swimming pool when it is not in use. A roll member is rotatably mounted at one end of the pool for rolling up and unrolling a sheet of material of dimensions for covering the pool. A scissor type extension device moves the outer... | 04/21/1981 |
| 4225175 | Arrangement for covering a chip transport box Arrangement for covering a chip transport box including a cover which is adapted to be rolled up on and unrolled from a shaft and a swinging arm provided at each of two opposite walls of the chip transport box whereby one end of the swinging arm is pivota... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4214621 | Awning mechanism Awning mechanism for store-front awnings and the like to provide protection against sunlight, rain, etc. The awning mechanism includes a primary awning roller on which the awning cloth is wound and which is provided with means for imparting rotation there... | 07/29/1980 |
| 4164972 | Boxed awning assembly An awning assembly including an awning, a pair of main support arms, and a pair of rafter arms is collapsible from an extended position to a stored position. In the stored position the awning assembly is enclosed in a box which is mounted to a wall. In th... | 08/21/1979 |
| 4077419 | Awning apparatus for travel trailers, mobile homes, and the like Awning apparatus for travel trailers, mobile homes, and the like for canopy awnings of the type having a canopy attached at a fixed rail on the vehicle and at a wind-up roller bar. The roller bar includes springs for asserting wind-up tension on the canop... | 03/07/1978 |
| 3991805 | Retractable awning of adjustable angle of inclination The shaft on which the awning web may be rolled up is mounted in a housing with a substantially cylindrical inner cavity having a slot along its length for passage of the web. C-shaped brackets, open in the region of the slot, can be slid onto the housing... | 11/16/1976 |
