Awning hook for recreational vehicle
AssigneeDometic Corporation
InventorsRalph W. Pelletier, Ila Pelletier
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Abstract
A recreational vehicle includes an annular roller for supporting an awning fabric. The roller has a plurality of C-shaped retainer channels internally disposed at spaced positions on its annular periphery. A pair of these C-shaped channels are shaped to receive the awning fabric and to receive rods which extend through the awning fabric to hold the awning fabric in fixed position relative to the roller. A coupling member has a bead which is retained within another of the C-shaped retainer channels. The article also has a body portion which extends from the bead. A hole may be provided in the body portion to receive a member such as a hook. Different articles such as potted plants, clothes hangers and messages may be attached to the hook.
Claims5
For use in a recreational vehicle having an awning assembly that includes an awning fabric attached to an enlongated cylindrical roll bar having a plurality of C-shaped peripheral retainer channels, a coupling member comprising:
- a substantially planar body portion having first and second end portions thereof and having at least two faces, said first end portion of said body portion having a bead, said body and said bead being of one-piece, integral construction, said second end portion of said body portion having a hole therein, said bead having a substantially circular cross-section and a longitudinal axis and having a length along its axis greater than the diameter of its cross-section being sized to be disposed in one of the C-shaped peripheral channels in sliding relationship thereto, wherein, when in use, said bead of said coupling member is slid into the C-shaped peripheral retainer channel so that said coupling member extends substantially vertically in a downward direction, and means for suspending an article from said coupling member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.