Lighted retractable awning
AssigneeCarefree/Scott Fetzer Company
InventorThomas G. Faludy
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Abstract
A lighted retractable awning includes a roll bar about which a canopy can be rolled with the roll bar having an elongated recess therein adapted to receive a light source. The light source includes an electrical cord having a plug on one end adapted to be received in an electrical outlet in a support surface on which the awning is mounted.
Claims6
In a retractable awning of the type that is movable between an extended and a retracted condition, said awning having a flexible canopy, a rotatable roll bar secured to an edge of the canopy about which the canopy is rolled when the awning is in its retracted condition, wherein the improvement comprises a light source mounted on said roll bar and adapted to illuminate the area beneath the canopy when the awning is in its extended condition said light source being concealed by said canopy when the awning is in its retracted condition.
In a retractable awning of the type that is movable between an extended and a retracted condition, said awning having a flexible canopy, an elongated rotatable roll bar secured to an edge of the canopy about which the canopy is rolled when the awning is in its retracted condition, said elongated roll bar having a side wall and a recess formed in the side wall along its length, said recess defining an elongated slot along the length of the roll bar opening laterally through said side wall, the width of said slot being smaller than the internal dimension of said recess, and a light source seated in said recess having a larger external dimension than the width of said slot whereby the light source is prevented from falling out of said recess through said slot.
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