Awning canopy cover and connection system
AssigneeCarefree/Scott Fetzer Company
InventorsScott Patrick Thompson, Eugene Pennington Smith
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Abstract
An awning assembly having an awning connection system for coupling an awning canopy to a support structure and providing a cover to the awning canopy when the awning assembly is in a closed position. The awning connection system comprises a unitary film segment having a distal end connected to the awning canopy and a proximal end for securing to the support structure. The unitary film segment further comprises an attached region for coupling the unitary film segment to the awning canopy.
Claims20
An awning assembly comprising an aesthetic awning cover that achieves a desired aesthetic appearance, the awning assembly comprising:
- an awning screen having a prescribed length and width to form a screened area and to provide shelter in an extended position, the awning screen being attached to a roll bar and support hardware allowing the awning screen to transition by coiling onto said roll bar as the awning screen moves from said extended position to a closed position;
- the awning screen constructed of a first portion formed by a unitary film and a second portion formed by an awning canopy, the first portion attached to said second portion, the first portion enveloping the second portion when the awning screen is in the closed position wherein the unitary flexible film segment is attached directly to the awning canopy via a single connection location on a first film side of the unitary flexible film segment and a first awning side of the awning canopy;
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- the unitary film comprising a coating material that is bonded to a second strengthening material, the first polished material spaced from the awning canopy.
An awning assembly comprising an aesthetic awning cover that achieves a desired aesthetic appearance, the awning assembly comprising:
- an awning screen having a prescribed length and width to form a screened area and to provide shelter in an extended position, the awning screen being attached to a roll bar and support hardware allowing the awning screen to transition by coiling onto said roll bar as the awning screen moves from said extended position to a closed position;
- the awning screen constructed of a first portion formed by a unitary film and a second portion formed by an awning canopy, the first portion directly attached to said second portion via a single connection location, the first portion enveloping the second portion when the awning screen is in the closed position;
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- the unitary film comprising a first polished material that is bonded to a second strengthening material, the first polished material spaced from the awning canopy, wherein the unitary film is incapable of separation without destruction.
An awning assembly comprising:
- an awning connection system for coupling an awning canopy to a support structure and for providing a cover to said awning canopy when the awning assembly is in a closed position;
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- the awning assembly comprising a first portion formed by a unitary flexible film segment and a second portion formed by the awning canopy, the first portion attached to said second portion, the first portion enveloping the second portion when the awning screen is in the closed position, the unitary flexible film segment having a distal end connected directly to said awning canopy via a single connection location, and a proximal end for securing to the support structure, such that in the closed position the unitary flexible film segment comprises the cover.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.