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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7861990 | Combination awning bracket and light support system 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 are disclosed. Included are a pair of uniquely-constructed bracket members having an L-shaped configuration used to... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7748675 | Apparatus for increasing the number of utility slots in an awning tube utility track An apparatus for increasing the number of utility slots in an awning tube utility track is described. The apparatus comprises a track mount and at least two utility tracks coupled with and parallel to the track mount. In a specific example, each utility track compri... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7461823 | Apparatus and method for retaining a recreational vehicle attachment An apparatus and method are disclosed for retaining an attachment, such as an awning, to the wall of a recreational vehicle. The apparatus includes a flexible strap assembled from a plurality of strap segments. Male and female portions of adjacent strap segments are... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7353855 | Awning head rod molding and assembly A head rod molding and awning system adapted to be mounted above or below the roof line. The head rod molding member comprises an elongated member having an upper edge and an opposite lower edge along its length. A guideway is provided on the front side of the elong... | 04/08/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7134469 | Headrail mounting system A system for mounting a covering for an architectural opening in the architectural opening includes a bracket in which an edge of the headrail for the covering can be inserted and a releasable locking system operative with a slide member to securely lock the headrai... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7069700 | System for covering hurricane panel studs A system for covering fasteners that are provided at an exterior building wall for mounting storm panels. The system includes cover plates that are located adjacent to the fasteners. The cover plates are mounted so as to be pivotable about one side of a mounting tra... | 07/04/2006 |
| 6961472 | Method of inverse quantized signal samples of an image during image decompression Briefly, in accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a method of inverse quantizing quantized signal samples of an image during image decompression includes the following. A process to transform the signal samples from a first domain to a second domain is ap... | 11/01/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6525263 | Awning The present invention provides a removably securable blind or awning having solar modules for converting solar energy into another energy form. The awning has an electrolyzer and fuel cells, or a reformer and fuel cells, for additional storage of that sur... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6446917 | Bracket for fastening the support pipe of a joint arm awning A bracket for fastening the support pipe of a joint arm awning on a wall comprises two flanges which are perpendicular to the wall and mounted thereon at a distance from, and parallel to, each other, wherein each flange has a support pipe bearing section ... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6032909 | Bracket awning support In a joint-arm awning comprising an arrangement for the adjustment or setting of the angle of inclination, the joints alms being disposed on a support pipe which can be mounted on the wall by way of fastening brackets, it is provided, with a view to obtai... | 03/07/2000 |
| 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 |
| 5697590 | Coupling member for attaching an object to a roller bar having a peripheral retainer channel Herein disclosed is a coupling member which cooperates with a roller bar having a peripheral retainer channel and is used to attach an object, such as an awning to the roller bar. The member is of one-piece, integral construction and includes a hook-shape... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5423506 | Recreational vehicle awning support A support for an awning of a recreational vehicle, the awning being operable to unroll to a usable position and to be compactly retracted adjacent a side of the recreational vehicle in a storage position. The support comprises a bracket adapted to be secu... | 06/13/1995 |
| 4898111 | Catamaran sailboat user support platforms and packaged elements therefore Catamaran sailboats have their user support platforms improved to prevent the trampoline from disengaging from its support tubes by interposing a plurality of small plastic retainers having a hook-like cross-section spaced apart along the inboard side of ... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4795492 | Corrosion inhibiting coating composition An aqueous based coating composition comprises particulate zinc and inorganic oxide particles having corrosion inhibiting ions chemically bound to their surface by ion exchange. The composition preferably contains an electrolyte to accelerate the curing r... | 01/03/1989 |
| 4673017 | Adjustable mount for roller-type awning An awning has a flexible awning panel having generally parallel upper and lower edges, an elongated winder secured to the upper edge and extending along and rotatable about a longitudinally extending winder axis, and a stabilizer bar secured to the lower ... | 06/16/1987 |
| 4648573 | Collapsible awning support frame A collapsible awning support frame includes an elongated, horizontal thrust bar fastenable by a lower mounting bracket to the vertical wall of a structure and extending outwards therefrom, and an elongated tension bar pivotably fastened to the thrust bar ... | 03/10/1987 |
| 4641805 | Awning support system A lateral arm awning support system includes a mounting bracket assembly comprised of first and second interfitting and interlocking extruded bracket components one of which embraces and supports a main support tube of the lateral arm awning. The other mo... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4235502 | Mounting means for mounting a connector in a panel A molded latching device is disclosed which, along with a similar latching device, is intended for assembly to a rearward corner of a connector housing thereby to provide latching means on the housing for latching the housing to an opening in a panel. The... | 11/25/1980 |
| 4158244 | Pool liner retainer A pool liner retainer is disclosed for holding or retaining the top peripheral edge portion or liner bead of a watertight pool liner, such as is used in swimming pool construction. The liner retainer includes an elongate retaining element defining a holdi... | 06/19/1979 |
| 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 |
| 4075773 | Sheet-supporting device A device for interchangeably supporting sheets in an upright position, particularly for displaying menu cards and the like, comprises interconnected wall portions defining a socket for one or more sheets. The wall portions have mutually inclined sheet-con... | 02/28/1978 |
