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US 11,891,810 B2Granted
Awning apparatus
OwnerZhun-An Mainventor
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Abstract
An awning is provided that includes an extendable arm, a shelter member, and a joint. The extendable arm has an inner end coupled with a support and an outer end extendable away from the inner end. The shelter member has an outer portion coupled with the extendable arm support and disposed along the extendable arm. The joint has a mechanism responsive to an awning retraction force to raise outer portions of the extendable arms and an outer portion of the shelter member toward a horizontal orientation relative to a shade enhancing orientation.
Claims12
An awning joint, comprising:
- an arm coupler;
- a supporting seat configured to mount to a wall support;
- a first mechanism comprising an adjustment member coupled with the supporting seat and comprising a lower periphery from which a projection extends, the first mechanism further comprising a threaded actuator for adjusting an orientation of the adjustment member to adjust the orientation of the projection from a first position corresponding to a first extended orientation of the arm coupler to a second position corresponding to a second extended orientation of the arm coupler, the second extended orientation being at a higher angle from horizontal than the first extended orientation, the threaded actuator coupled with the adjustment member at a location spaced apart from the projection;
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- a second mechanism comprising a U-shaped flange disposed around the adjustment member, the U-shaped flange comprises a downward facing bight configured to engage the projection when the arm coupler is in the second extended orientation, the downward facing bight sized to fit over an upward facing surface of the projection, wherein the downward facing bight is pivotable relative to the projection such that in a first configuration a gap is provided between the downward facing bight and the upward facing surface of the projection, the U-shaped flange pivotably coupled with an axle and responsive to a vertical force that raises the arm coupler toward an angle corresponding to the first extended orientation without actuating the threaded actuator of the first mechanism.
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An awning joint, comprising:
- a supporting seat, an adjustment member, a retraction joint, and an arm coupler;
- wherein the arm coupler is attached with the retraction joint and movable between an extended configuration and a retracted configuration, the retraction joint is pivotably coupled with the adjustment member at a horizontal rotation axis, and the adjustment member is coupled with the supporting seat by a supporting shaft oriented in a horizontal direction;
- wherein a threaded actuator coupled with a slider shaft that is disposed in a slot of the adjustment member is configured to raise and lower the slider shaft relative to the supporting seat between two vertically spaced apart elevations to move the slider shaft within the slot to provide movement of the adjustment member to adjust an angle of the adjustment member about the supporting shaft, the angle of the adjustment member determining an angle of extension of the arm coupler in the extended configuration of the arm coupler, the retraction joint being pivotabe due to a vertical force to raise the arm coupler toward a horizontal position independently of the threaded actuator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.