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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7210492 | Retractable rain cover for a golf cart A retractable rain cover is attachable to a golf cart has a rigid frame extending aft from the rear roofline of a golf cart and over a golf bag carried at the rear of the cart. A flexible canopy is movable along the frame from a stowed position to a deployed positio... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7188889 | Retractable cleanable cover for slide-out unit A retractable cover for a slide-out unit on a recreational vehicle, mobile home, travel trailer, or the like, includes a roll bar that is movable with the slide-out unit away from the side of the vehicle with the roll bar mounted in a housing having a closure plate ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7185920 | Retractable wheel and track covers The invention provides a retractable cover apparatus, which when extended to cover the wheel or track area of a variety of vehicles minimizes the amount of spray and debris flying from the tires or tracks of the vehicle. The cover system is mounted to the frame of a... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7178536 | Awning construction and camping accommodation provided with an awning construction An awning construction for a camping accommodation or the like, including a roof and at least one side wall, as well as a container which is mountable on a wall of a camping accommodation, which is arranged to include, in a closed position of the rest, at least the ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7163257 | Slide out awning mechanism An awning mechanism for a recreational vehicle having a slider includes a box awning having a frame and a roller disposed therein with an awning rolled about the roller and extendable therefrom. The awning includes a leading edge and a bracket is provided for mounti... | 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 |
| 7100625 | Screen room enclosure and method of attachment A fastening assembly and method to releasably secure a panel of a novel screen room enclosure to a structure. The fastening assembly includes a clip having a channel portion fastened to a flat portion, the channel portion having an opening adapted to receive an edge... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7014400 | Cargo area rail system for tonneau cover and/or another accessory Rail for a tonneau cover and/or another accessory includes an elongate member having an upwardly facing channel and a sidewardly facing channel. The upwardly facing channel can be defined by an inside wall, a bottom, and an outside wall; and the sidewardly facing ch... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6981509 | Protective cover for a vehicle A protective cover for a vehicle comprising a sheet or a web of a flexible material that possesses a property of buckling or curving in the upward direction from the vehicle with the formation of a canopy-type shield for protecting the vehicle from direct sun rays, ... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6840568 | Enclosed roll awning assembly for a slide-out room of a recreational vehicle A slide-out room and awning assembly for a recreational vehicle. The assembly includes a roll enclosure for attachment to an exterior side wall of the vehicle, a roll rotationally journalled within the roll enclosure, a slide-out room for extension from the exterior... | 01/11/2005 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6378591 | Arched support assembly for fabric awning systems An arched support assembly provides bracing of a fabric awning system and arching of the fabric awning to prevent water collection and increase headroom beneath the awning. The assembly includes an elongated arch member and a brace member that also includ... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6332473 | Apparatus for horse trailer A roof mounted container which has a plurality of compartments, one of which stores a retractable cover and the other stores supports for a roof rack and/or awning support. The container can rotate so it can stretch toward the back of the vehicle or to th... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6260909 | Awning and rug assembly for a trailer Disclosed is an awning assembly for a recreational vehicle. The awning assembly includes an awning that is configured to be extended from a sidewall of the recreational vehicle to provide shade. A rug is removably mounted to one edge of the awning. In use... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6257260 | Retractable canvas for a truck bed A retractable truck canvas is provided for use with a truck having a cab and a bed defined by a bottom with a peripheral side wall coupled to a periphery of the bottom and extending upwardly therefrom for forming an interior space and an upper peripheral ... | 07/10/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6131990 | Trailer awning assembly with detachable rug Disclosed is an awning assembly for a recreational vehicle. The awning assembly includes an awning that is configured to be extended from a sidewall of the recreational vehicle to provide shade. A rug is removably mounted to one edge of the awning. In use... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6123136 | Retractable top cover and awning for recreational vehicle A retractable top cover and awning for recreational vehicles, modular homes, and the like, includes a mechanism for deploying and retracting a flexible top cover and awning panel over the roof of the vehicle and along a side wall of the vehicle to shade b... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6068008 | Self-standing shelter with reel-mounted deployable and retractable canopy A storable shelter deployable to a dihedral configuration. It includes a central pole with an upright axis, a pair of flexible rectangular panels and a control for them which includes at least one rotatably biased reel, an edge former for each panel, a st... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6056350 | Vehicle with a rollable built-in sun-blind A vehicle with a rollable, built-in sun-blind, provided in a recess. The vehicle has a roof portion, a side wall portion and a transition portion which extends between the roof and side wall portions. The recess for the rollable sun-blind is provided in t... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6044856 | Rain shield canopy for use with an automobile A rain shielding canopy for use with an automobile comprising a housing assembly securely mounted to the roof and windshield pillar of the automobile. The housing assembly accommodates a roll rotatably mounted within the housing, a waterproof cover wound ... | 04/04/2000 |
| 5622214 | Awning assembly with stowable support arms An improved awning assembly for a recreational vehicle has the awning rolled around a roller tube. A lead rail is attached to an edge of the awning. Support arms are stowed and latched in the lead rail and pivot downwardly therefrom. A sliding and pivotin... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5595204 | Multi-use collapsible sun-shade tent A multi-use collapsible sun-shade tent consists of a pair of lateral beams and two pairs of lengthwise beams, and four vertical posts and a sun-shade cloth, collapsibly combined together by means of connecters at four corners where the lateral beams and t... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5333663 | Cassette-type awning A cassette-type awning comprises an awning housing (2) containing, a winding shaft (8) rotatably mounted therein and, at the wall side the joints of articulated arms (85, 86). The cassette housing (2) is substantially open on its side remote from the wall... | 08/02/1994 |
| 5174073 | Shielding system and method A portable shielding system for shielding (i.e., covering) an object to camouflage it, screen it from sunlight, or to provide temporary shelter in the field. The system includes an elongated container and a length of flexible sheet material stored in the ... | 12/29/1992 |
| 5170811 | Annexe An annexe assembly is shown which has a support assembly attachable to the side of a caravan or the like and which supports the annexe cover as well as the folded annexe frame. The cover is tapered whereby it may roll upon a spool within the support assem... | 12/15/1992 |
| 5133397 | Awning with central fixing section A stationary roll type awning has a central fixing section including a housing. An inner space of approximately circular cross-section within the housing accommodates a cloth shaft. A central supporting element forms at least one part of the housing. At l... | 07/28/1992 |
| 4997021 | Collapsible awning A collapsible awning is assembled from various elements. An awning case has supporting brackets. A roll-up shaft has one end of the awning fabric fixed thereon. On the other end of the fabric a front lead rail is fixed. The front rail closes the awning ca... | 03/05/1991 |
| 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 |
| 4171013 | Retractable awning assembly An awning assembly including an elongated storage case mounted on the side of a recreational vehicle, and having an extended position for providing shade and a retracted position for storage. A lead bar is connected to the outer edge of the awning, and th... | 10/16/1979 |
| 4020888 | Retractable awning A retractable awning adapted to be mounted on a supporting surface and being movable between an extended position away from the supporting surface and a retracted position adjacent to the supporting surface includes a roll bar about which an awning sheet ... | 05/03/1977 |
