Awning assembly

An awning assembly for a recreational vehicle, comprising:

• a main body, a flexible awning material, a roller tube, a lead rail, at least one support leg hinged to the lead rail, and at least one tension rafter being mountable between the main body and the lead rail, wherein the roller tube is rotatably supported at the main body, and a first end of the flexible awning material is attached to the roller tube and a second end of the flexible awning material is attached to the lead rail so that moving the lead rail relative to the main body selectively rolls the flexible awning material onto or from the roller tube, wherein the lead rail comprises a lead rail frame, wherein the at least one support leg has a first hinged connection to a carriage and the carriage has a second hinged connection to the lead rail so that the at least one support leg can be hingewise moved into a rearward first storage section of the lead rail frame in which a longitudinal axis of the at least one support leg is substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the lead rail, said first hinged connection having a first pivot axis and said second hinged connection having a second pivot axis perpendicular to said first pivot axis;
• wherein said carriage is slidably positionable in said rearward first storage section, and said at least one support leg is configured to be stored in said rearward first storage section;
• wherein the lead rail frame comprises a forward second storage section configured to store the at least one tension rafter therein, said forward second storage section positioned closer to a leading edge of the lead rail than the rearward second storage, such that the forward second storage section is positioned further from said roller tube than said rearward first storage section when the awning assembly is in an extended position;
• and
• wherein the carriage is slidably movable along the longitudinal axis of the lead rail between a first position adjacent to a first axial end of the lead rail frame and a second position in an area between a middle of the lead rail frame and a second axial end of the lead rail frame,
• wherein the at least one support leg is movable into the first storage section when the carriage is in the second position, such that a bottom of the at least one support leg is positioned adjacent to the first axial end of the lead rail frame when the at least one support leg is stored in said rearward first storage section.