Flexi-strip connecting awning shield to awning rail
AssigneeLippert Components, Inc.
InventorScott Tibbetts
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Abstract
An awning shield connector connects an awning shield to a structure. The awning shield connector includes an elongated strip of PVC material with a first bead along one side of the elongated strip and shaped to engage an awning rail on the structure, and a second bead along an opposite side of the elongated strip and shaped to engage the awning shield. A third bead for a light strip or the like is positioned between the first and second beads and extends along a length of the elongated strip.
Claims19
An awning shield connector configured to connect an awning shield to a structure, the awning shield connector comprising an elongated strip of PVC material including a first bead along one side of the elongated strip and shaped to engage an awning rail on the structure, a second bead along an opposite side of the elongated strip and shaped to engage the awning shield, and a third bead positioned between the first and second beads and extending along a length of the elongated strip.
An awning shield connector comprising:
- a first bead extending along one side of the connector;
- a second bead extending along an opposite side of the connector, the first and second beads defining outermost sides of the connector;
- a planar extension section extending between the first bead and the second bead;
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- a third bead disposed between the first and second beads and extending along a length of the connector.
A method of connecting an awning shield to a structure with an awning shield connector, the awning shield connector including an elongated strip of PVC material with a first bead along one side of the elongated strip, a second bead along an opposite side of the elongated strip, and a third bead positioned between the first and second beads and extending along a length of the elongated strip, the method comprising:
- (a) sliding the first bead into a channel in an awning rail on the structure;
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- (b) sliding the second bead into a channel in the awning shield.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.