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US 4,393,629 AGranted
Extruded snap-fastening for slats and metal awning made therewith
AssigneesAldo Gasparini, Nils Erik Wimnell
InventorsAldo Gasparini, Nils E. Wimnell
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AssigneesAldo Gasparini, Nils Erik Wimnell
InventorsAldo Gasparini, Nils E. Wimnell
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The upper edge of an awning slat that is suspended obliquely in position is bifurcated into a channel-like structure running along the edge, having inwardly projecting beads on the free edges of the channel. For suspension of the slat, at various places along its length, the beaded channel is forced to spread and snap into notches behind twin barbs of a bracket. Each bracket has parallel ridges bending out from a base to meet the bifurcated grasping webs of the awning slat, the ridges of the bracket being barbed, so as to provide an oblique surface to spread the connecting webs of the awning edge apart until their beads snap into grooves between the barbs and the bracket base. The awning slat with its bifurcated edge is integrally made by extrusion of aluminum alloy and the brackets are relatively short pieces of aluminum alloy extrusions.
A metal awning structure having at least one awning slat, directly held in position at spaced locations along the same lateral boundary of said slat, on at least two brackets, said brackets each having a base portion and two parallel ridges outstanding therefrom in the same direction in channel configuration, said ridges being oppositely barbed and providing a substantially rectangular notch groove between each barb and said base portion, said awning slat being bifurcated along one edge into a channel-shaped web obliquely joined to the remainder of the slat at one channel corner of said channel-shaped web, the free edges of said channel-shaped web being oppositely beaded and being spaced apart so as to fit onto said brackets by snap action, said beads being of substantially rectangular profile and fitting into said notches for support of said slat on said brackets.
A metal awning structure having at least one awning slat directly held in position, at spaced locations along the same lateral boundary of said slat, on at least two brackets, said brackets each having a base portion and two parallel ridges outstanding therefrom in the same direction in channel configuration, said ridges each being outwardly barbed and in a configuration providing a narrow inner free edge and an oblique end surface extending to the barb apex, said awning slat being bifurcated along one edge into a channel-shaped web obliquely joined to the remainder of the slat at one channel corner of said channel-shaped web, the free edges of said channel-shaped web respectively having inwardly projecting beads and being spaced apart so as to fit onto said brackets by being spread apart and then snapping on with said beads fitting behind the barb edge, and at least the lowermost bead fitting into a groove between the adjacent channel barb and said base of said bracket.
An extruded aluminum alloy awning slat for suspension horizontally from one lateral edge by snap action connection to two or more spaced brackets, said slat having a main web for shade-producing purposes which is integrally joined along one edge thereof to a channel-shaped web, extending, in profile, obliquely out from a corner of the channel-shaped web, said channel-shaped web having parallel portions, the free edges of which are provided with inward-facing beads.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.