Awning connector assembly
AssigneeLippert Components, Inc.
InventorsMark Boessler, Catherine Kline
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Abstract
An awning connector assembly includes a mounting bracket having first and second elongated and parallel beads, and an extension bracket defining first and second elongated and parallel grooves configured to slidingly receive the first and second beads in laterally locked engagement. The mounting bracket can be secured to a slide-out room by the vehicle manufacturer to facilitate after-purchase installation of an awning assembly if desired by the vehicle owner.
Claims17
An awning connector assembly for securing an awning assembly above a slide-out room, the awning connector assembly comprising:
- a mounting bracket securable to an outer wall of the slide-out room, the mounting bracket including a first elongated bead and a second elongated bead, parallel to and spaced from the first elongated bead;
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- an extension bracket selectively attachable to the mounting bracket, the extension bracket including a first elongated groove configured to receive the first elongated bead in lateral sliding engagement and a second elongated groove configured to receive the second elongated bead in lateral sliding engagement, the extension bracket further including a bar receiving extension that is configured to receive a bar of the awning assembly.
An awning connector assembly for securing an awning assembly above a slide-out room, the awning connector assembly comprising:
- a mounting bracket securable to an outer wall of the slide-out room, the mounting bracket including a mounting base, a first arm extending from the mounting base and terminating in a first elongated bead, and a second arm extending from the mounting base terminating in a second elongated bead, parallel to and spaced from the first elongated bead;
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- an extension bracket selectively attachable to the mounting bracket, the extension bracket including a first elongated groove and a third elongated groove configured to receive the first elongated bead in lateral sliding engagement and a second elongated groove and a fourth elongated groove configured to receive the second elongated bead in lateral sliding engagement, the third and fourth elongated grooves defining an alternative engaging position for the extension bracket relative to the mounting bracket, wherein the extension bracket further includes a bar receiving extension that is configured to receive a bar of the awning assembly.
A connector assembly comprising:
- an elongated mounting bracket comprising:
- an elongated, generally planar mounting base,
- an elongated first arm extending from a first side of the mounting base, the first arm terminating in a first elongated bead, and
- an elongated second arm extending from the first side of the mounting base, the second arm terminating in a second elongated bead spaced from and parallel to the first bead;
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- an extension bracket comprising:
- a bead receiving portion defining a first groove and a second groove, the first groove configured to slidingly receive the first bead in laterally locked engagement, and the second groove configured to slidingly receive the second bead in laterally locked engagement, and
- a bar receiving portion configured to receive a bar in keyed engagement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.