Awning flash strip

A flexible, water-impervious sealing strip for forming a seal between a frame member of an awning assembly and a building structure to which the awning assembly is attached, the sealing strip comprising:

• an elongated central body including a top, a bottom, a rear end, and a front end opposite from said rear end;
• a first protrusion extending upwardly and rearwardly from said rear end for engaging the building structure to which the awning assembly is attached,
• wherein said first protrusion is a lip defining a lip lower surface and a lip upper surface that extend from said central body in a converging manner to define a tip positioned distal from said central body,
• wherein said lip upper surface slopes generally downward in the direction from said tip toward said rear end of said central body,
• wherein said top of said central body defines a body top surface that is an extension of said lip upper surface,
• wherein said front end of said central body defines a body front surface that is an extension of said body top surface, and
• wherein said sealing strip is so constructed and arranged that said lip upper surface, said body top surface, and said body front surface cooperate to define a continuous, generally downward sloping surface capable of diverting water from said tip across said central body;
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• a second protrusion depending from said bottom of said central body for being retained by the awning assembly.

A flexible, water-impervious sealing strip for forming a seal between a frame member of an awning assembly and a building structure to which the awning assembly is attached, the sealing strip comprising:

• an elongated central body including a top, a bottom, a rear end, and a front end opposite from said rear end;
• a first protrusion extending upwardly and rearwardly from said rear end for engaging the building structure to which the awning assembly is attached;
• a second protrusion depending from said bottom of said central body for being retained by the awning assembly;
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• a third protrusion, wherein said third protrusion depends from said rear end of said central body, and wherein said first protrusion and said third protrusion extend from said central body in a divergent manner.

An awning sub-structure for attachment to a building structure, the awning sub-structure comprising:

• an elongated framing tube constructed and arranged for attachment to the building structure, said framing tube defining an elongated top side, an elongated rear side, and an elongated channel accessible along the length of said elongated top side of said framing tube;
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• an elongated, flexible, water-impervious sealing strip for forming a seal between said framing tube and the building structure, said sealing strip including, at least,
• an elongated central body including, at least, a top, a bottom engaging said top side of said framing tube, a rear end, and a front end opposite from said rear end,
• a first protrusion extending upwardly and rearwardly from said rear end, wherein said first protrusion is constructed and arranged to engage the building structure and divert water away from the building structure, and
• a second protrusion depending from said bottom of said central body and retained within said channel, wherein said second protrusion and said channel are constructed and arranged to cooperate so as secure said sealing strip to said framing tube.

A structure for providing shelter from weather, the structure comprising:

• a building including a wall;
• an awning attached to said wall and including, at least,
• a plurality of framing tubes,
• wherein each flaming tube of said plurality of framing tubes defines a top side and a channel accessible along the length of said top side, and
• wherein a framing tube of said plurality of flaming tubes is an anchor tube that is connected to said wall and further defines a rear side facing said wall, and
• a fabric cover extending between and connected into said channels;
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• a flexible, water-impervious sealing strip interconnected with and providing a seal between said wall and said anchor tube,
• wherein said sealing strip includes, at least,
• an elongated central body including, at least, a top, a bottom, a rear end facing said wall, and a from end opposite from said rear end and said wall, wherein said bottom engages said top side of said anchor tube and covers said channel of said anchor tube,
• a lip extending upwardly and rearwardly from said rear end and engaging said wall, wherein said lip defines a lip lower surface and a lip upper surface that extend from said central body, and
• a protrusion depending from said bottom of said central body and extending into, and restrained within, said channel of said anchor tube to secure said sealing strip to said anchor tube,
• wherein said lip upper surface slopes generally downward,
• wherein said top of said central body defines a body top surface,
• wherein said front end of said central body defines a body front surface,
• wherein said sealing strip is constructed and arranged so that said lip upper surface, said body top surface, and said body from surface cooperate to define a continuous, generally downward sloping surface for diverting water from said wall, across said central body, and onto said fabric cover.