Floor Or Ground Engaging Outrigger Patents (Class 160/46)
  • Patent number: 11982094
    Abstract: The embodiments disclose a method including securing a trailer visor to a camping trailer forming a water proof and fire retardant awning for providing cover from sun and rain in proximity of a camping trailer door, connecting the trailer visor to the camping trailer using a trailer visor main body coupled PVC cord and camping trailer structure coupled PVC rail, supporting the trailer visor using a fiberglass pole coupled to the trailer visor and at least one main structure support pole coupled to the camping trailer structure using at least one pole pocket/insertion points and the trailer visor, stabilizing the trailer visor using at least one guyline coupled to the camping trailer structure and the trailer visor main body, and integrating at least one electronic component to the trailer visor for providing exterior lighting and exterior camera viewing using a digital trailer visor application installed on a user digital device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Inventor: Jeffrey Basford
  • Patent number: 9120290
    Abstract: A device is disclosed that includes one or more ribs that allow a flexible device, such as an OLED display, to flex in a first direction but resist flexing in a second direction. The ribs may have stiffening elements attached to them that may lessen flexing in the first direction. Sensors may also be incorporated that signal the stiffening elements. The ribs and stiffening elements have application to a variety of display types such as cell phones, TVs, and movie screens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Emory Krall, Ruiqing Ma, Michael Hack
  • Patent number: 8356652
    Abstract: A retractable sun shade, comprising at least one fabric section affixed to a boom, the boom supported and slideably engaged to a track at an intermediate portion of the boom, the track supported by a frame, and at least one flexible drawing element affixed to the boom at the intermediate portion, for drawing the boom in a first direction along the track to extend the sun shade and for drawing the boom in an opposite direction along the track to retract the sun shade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: ShadeFX Canopies Inc.
    Inventor: Peter Westgarth
  • Patent number: 8316910
    Abstract: Awning assemblies include at least one arm assembly. In accordance with example aspects, the arm assembly can include a first segment, a second segment pivotally connected to the first segment and a biasing member extending between portions of the segments with the biasing member being substantially hidden within an area defined by the first and second segments in a closed orientation. In accordance with further example aspects, a biasing member can be provided to resist rotation of a link member with respect to a mounting bracket with an adjustment device configured to adjust the compression of the biasing member. In accordance with yet further examples, the awning assembly can include a support leg and a pivot assembly connecting the support leg to a lead rail. The pivot assembly can include a stop member to limit a pivoting movement of the pivot assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Dometic LLC
    Inventors: Gheorghe Popa, Eduardo Ornelas
  • Patent number: 7748429
    Abstract: An adjustable patio cover and storm protection device capable of remote operation which acts as a security screen that prevents access through a doorway or window to which it is coupled, reduces the amount of light able to pass through the doorway or window, and also acts as a storm barricade when in its closed or down/vertical position, and which acts as an awning or sun shade that provides shade for the area in front of the door or window to which it is coupled when it is in its open or up/horizontal position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Inventors: Marie France Caire, Serge Venezia
  • Publication number: 20100139872
    Abstract: An adjustable patio cover and storm protection device capable of remote operation which acts as a security screen that prevents access through a doorway or window to which it is coupled, reduces the amount of light able to pass through the doorway or window, and also acts as a storm barricade when in its closed or down/vertical position, and which acts as an awning or sun shade that provides shade for the area in front of the door or window to which it is coupled when it is in its open or up/horizontal position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventors: MARIE FRANCE CAIRE, SERGE VENEZIA
  • Patent number: 7435378
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for treating goods, such as, for example, fumigating and re-cooling perishable goods, such as fruit, using a tarp and floor seal. The apparatus encloses goods on a surface and includes a canopy that is substantially impermeable to flowable materials, such as gas, liquid, or a combination thereof; an upper perimeter for supporting an upper portion of the canopy; a lower perimeter for supporting a lower portion of the canopy, the lower perimeter to be placed in proximity to the surface; a support structure for supporting the upper perimeter and lower perimeters; and a gasket in communication with the lower perimeter, wherein the gasket is deformable to substantially seal the chamber by compressing the gasket against the surface. The apparatus may also include an intermediate support structure for providing support to the canopy and a conduit in communication with the chamber to supply cool air to the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: Royal Fumigation Inc.
    Inventors: Roy Richardson, John Achzet, Robert Dickinson, James Rushing
  • Patent number: 6796359
    Abstract: A portable fence supported awning includes a flexible sheet mounted on a frame that has a rear frame cross member and two sets of lateral frame members. The two sets of lateral frame members are attached to the fence and can support the awning in various positions to provide the desired cover. The lateral frame members can be pivoted into and the flexible sheet can be folded into a compact state for carrying and storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Inventor: Kraig R. Knutson
  • Patent number: 6591556
    Abstract: A canopy assembly for sheltering a drive-up ordering station of a fast food restaurant can pivot out of the way when impacted by a vehicle and return automatically to a centered position. A centering feature mounted to a column supporting a roof structure engages a pivotal coupler to bias the roof to a center position. This feature includes a pivot post assembly extending across the cavity and through a pair of helical slots in the coupler. When a leading end of the roof assembly is struck by a vehicle, the coupler is rotated and the pivot post engages the slots so that the coupler translates upward. The coupler is biased by gravity to a centered position in which the top ends of the slots rest on the pivot post.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Assignee: The Howard Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul R. Bertheaume, Kenneth R. Bergmann, Maurice Michaud, Matt Dewey
  • Patent number: 6585220
    Abstract: A support apparatus for rollout awnings is provided for stabilizing the support legs of an awning for recreational vehicles, mobile homes and campers. A pair of post stabilizing members includes an inner member telescoping inside an outer member for varying the length of each post stabilizing member. The inner member and the outer member are of a linearly elongated cylindrical configuration. An L-shaped stake is positioned transversely and perpendicularly along the centerline of each post stabilizing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Inventor: Daniel T. Shemuga
  • Patent number: 6510658
    Abstract: A system for fixing sun protection cloths to produce shade on projecting balconies of houses wherein two guiding elements extending parallel to each other and set at different heights are used, the lower guiding element being borne by stretching or retaining devices fixed to the balcony guard-rail or to the said guard-rail hand rail. The stretching or retaining devices consist of a supporting base, a retaining arm so that it can move on the support base, the guiding element being pulled by the movement of said retaining arm. In another embodiment or as a complement, the supporting base can be made to pivot about the hand rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2003
    Inventor: Reiner Müller-Peddinghaus
  • Publication number: 20020096265
    Abstract: A canopy assembly for sheltering a drive-up ordering station of a fast food restaurant can pivot out of the way when impacted by a vehicle and return automatically to a centered position. A centering feature mounted to a column supporting a roof structure engages a pivotal coupler to bias the roof to a center position. This feature includes a pivot post assembly extending across the cavity and through a pair of helical slots in the coupler. When a leading end of the roof assembly is struck by a vehicle, the coupler is rotated and the pivot post engages the slots so that the coupler translates upward. The coupler is biased by gravity to a centered position in which the top ends of the slots rest on the pivot post.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2001
    Publication date: July 25, 2002
    Inventors: Paul R. Bertheaume, Kenneth R. Bergmann, Maurice Michaud, Matt Dewey
  • Patent number: 6382293
    Abstract: An awning tension assembly and method allows the awning of a recreational vehicle to be secured during storms and gusty winds. The assembly is affixed to the ends of fluted awning roll bars and includes a clip which fits within a roll bar flute for securement. The assembly can be installed and adjusted to provide the requisite tension required and can be easily removed when no longer needed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Assignee: Camco Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: William T. Brockington, Gary L. Carnes
  • Patent number: 6378591
    Abstract: An arched support assembly provides bracing of a fabric awning system and arching of the fabric awning to prevent water collection and increase headroom beneath the awning. The assembly includes an elongated arch member and a brace member that also includes a compressive element, such as a gas spring, to place the assembly under compression. To install the assembly, the arch member is seated at the wall beneath the awning and the brace member is mounted to a support structure of the awning system. The arch member and brace member are engaged at a pivotable point and are raised upwardly until the brace member and the arch member are under compression in a collinear disposition at the pivotable point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Assignee: Sunsetter Products Limited Partnership
    Inventor: Timothy A. McCoy
  • Patent number: 6224125
    Abstract: A top rail assembly (20) utilizes a support brace (22) and an awning mount groove (26) recessed in a rail body (24) to provide a strong top rail assembly (20) without using undue space or degrading aesthetics. The brace (22) extends between a side wall brace tab (72) and a roof brace tab (64) to reinforce the top rail body (24) and define a wire chase opening (76) between the brace (22) and a transition section (74) of the body (24). The groove (26) is recessed into the rail body (24) and is defined by two opposed legs (80, 82) and a bottom segment (84) which are integral to the rail body (24).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2001
    Assignee: Sooner Trailer Manufacturing Co.
    Inventor: Robert B. McCormack
  • Patent number: 6006809
    Abstract: A shade canopy structure has several substantially parallel, but laterally spaced rafter members, each rafter member having longitudinally extending tracks on its laterally opposite sides. The rafters define a plurality of laterally spaced openings. A plurality of cross beams extend laterally between adjacent rafter members and have their ends engaged in the track for sliding along the track. This forms a plurality of laterally spaced tiers of cross beams for each of the laterally spaced openings. A plurality of flexible, laterally spaced opaque sheets, each are extendible along one of the laterally spaced openings and each is attached to a tier of cross beams at spaced locations along the sheet so that each sheet may be independently drawn to an extended position and releasably latched in an extended position, or manually withdrawn to a retracted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1999
    Assignee: CertainTeed Shade Systems, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Marvin E. Williams, Joseph R. Tartaron
  • Patent number: 5873400
    Abstract: A tie-down system for a retractable awning is positioned within the interior of the roll bar of the awning and includes a tie-down cord that is extendable from the awning for connection to a ground anchoring system. The flexible cord is biased into a retracted position substantially within the roll bar by a spiral spring that is secured at one end to the interior of the roll bar and at another end to a roller that is adapted to be rolled along the length of the roll bar. The roller also has secured thereto, and adapted to be simultaneously wrapped therearound with the spiral spring, a flexible strap, the free end of which is connected to the cord so that the spiral spring and strap cause the anchoring cord to be biased toward a retracted position while allowing the cord to be extended against the bias of the spiral spring to an operative tie-down position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 23, 1999
    Assignee: Carefree/Scott Fetzer Company
    Inventor: Kenneth M. Faller
  • Patent number: 5819830
    Abstract: A manually unrolling awning assembly includes a supporting frame (1) and an awning (2) which can be rolled up and unrolled, wherein the supporting frame (1) has a fixed rear part (3) in which the cloth (2) can be rolled up on a roller (4), and a front part (5) which can be moved relative to this fixed rear part (3), and to which the foremost edge of the cloth (2) is fixed. The fixed part includes a locking element (16) on at least one end which is mounted in a displaceable manner on the fixed end (3) of the supporting frame (1) and which can cooperate with a catch (17), when the cloth (2) is entirely rolled up and in locking position, and which is fixed to the movable front part (5), in order to lock this catch (17), so that the front part (5) of the supporting frame (1) cannot move forward and, consequently, so that the cloth (2) cannot unroll. The locking element (16) can be moved manually from the above-mentioned locking position until the locked catch (17) is free.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1998
    Assignee: Brutsaert Accessories N.V.
    Inventor: Jan Robert Marcel Verelst
  • Patent number: 5794679
    Abstract: A shade canopy structure has several substantially parallel, but laterally spaced rafter members, each rafter member having longitudinally extending tracks on its laterally opposite sides. The rafters define a plurality of laterally spaced openings. A plurality of cross beams extend laterally between adjacent rafter members and have their ends engaged in the track for sliding along the track. This forms a plurality of laterally spaced tiers of cross beams for each of the laterally spaced openings. A plurality of flexible, laterally spaced opaque sheets, each are extendible along one of the laterally spaced openings and each is attached to a tier of cross beams at spaced locations along the sheet so that each sheet may be independently drawn to an extended position and releasably latched in an extended position, or manually withdrawn to a retracted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1998
    Assignee: MarvinGardens, Ltd.
    Inventors: Marvin E. Williams, Joseph R. Tartaron
  • Patent number: 5671791
    Abstract: There is provided a tensioning arrangement for an awning structure which includes a plurality of vertical support posts and at least one horizontal member extending between a pair of the posts and having an awning of a flexible sheet material secured at one end and having a free marginal edge at an opposed end thereof, the tensioning member being mounted in a moveable relationship to the horizontal member, the tensioning member having means for receiving the free marginal edge and means for removing the tensioning member with respect to the horizontal member to thereby apply tension to the flexible sheet material. Operation of the system permits one to quickly achieve a uniform tension and maintain the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 30, 1997
    Inventor: Serge Lapointe
  • Patent number: 5615725
    Abstract: The present invention consists of a screen-rolling device, two fixing frames for mounting the screen-rolling device on the roof of a car and two support frames for mounting the screen-rolling device on the ground, wherein the screen-rolling device is designed to adjust and control stretching or rolling a canvas screen through a twisting spring set which can generate a twisting force along with the rotation of a movable tube, the fixing frames are designed to mount the screen-rolling device on the roof of a car, and the support frames are designed to mount the canvas screen of the screen-rolling device on the ground so as to form an outdoor sun shade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 1, 1997
    Assignee: Formosa Saint Jose Corp.
    Inventor: Yang Ming-Shun
  • Patent number: 5437298
    Abstract: A sunshade arrangement includes first and second pairs of telescopically retractable spaced posts, first and second tubes respectively mounted to upper ends of the first and second pairs of posts, a reel assembly, and a screen. Each post includes a device for controlling telescopical movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 1, 1995
    Inventor: Chen Y. Lin
  • Patent number: 5390719
    Abstract: A canopy assembly for use at fast food restaurants or the like and beneath which vehicles normally drive. An over-height impact bar is carried by a frame of the canopy assembly and when struck, first energizes an alarm and then travels over a first lost motion distance enabling a driver to react to the alarm and stop the vehicle before it strikes the canopy. Should the driver not stop, the impact bar travels a second lost motion distance to cause a latch to be unlatched and permit the assembly to be swung by the oncoming vehicle clear of its path of movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 21, 1995
    Inventor: Michael S. Barnes
  • Patent number: 5381844
    Abstract: The present invention is a portable two-way awning for use with recreational type trailer vehicles. The awning is comprised of a number of roof panels made with two sheets of aluminum surrounding a polystyrene core. A hanger mechanism is bonded to each of the panels, and suspends them on an adapter rail that slidingly engages with a standard awning attachment rail. The roof panels mate together via a number of interlocking members disposed on their mating sides. The outer periphery of the roof assembly is surrounded with a number of extrusion members. Once the roof assembly is pivoted to a nearly horizontal position, it is supported at its front end by a number of adjustable height poles, two of which swing freely into a vertical position when the roof is initially erected. The awning requires no tools or caulking to set-up, and takes less than thirty minutes to either erect or dismantle. The awning is relatively light in weight, yet strong enough to withstand the harshest of weather conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 17, 1995
    Inventor: Francis L. Struben
  • Patent number: 5269359
    Abstract: An awning retractable by being wound onto a roller and associated with legs permitting it to be maintained in position above the area to be sheltered when unrolled. The roller (1) is hollow, and the legs (2, 3) of the awning, which are foldable so that in the folded state their length is about one-half that of the roller, are adapted to fit into the roller when the awning is rolled up. Instead of being permanently attached to a mounting wall for the awning, the roller is preferably fastened to the free edge of the awning so that it accompanies the unrolling thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1993
    Assignee: Fiamma S.p.A.
    Inventor: Carlo M. Pozzi
  • Patent number: 5259432
    Abstract: A support frame for a moveable awning having horizontally spaced, cantilevered, extruded tubular frames having curved sections connected to the outer ends thereof and to the upper ends of horizontally spaced vertically extending, extruded tubular uprights. The extruded cantilevered frames, curved sections and extruded uprights all have an elliptical configuration in cross-section which are contiguous. The leading edge of the awning is connected to a trolley assembly having rollers engaging the exterior surfaces of the cantilevered frames, curved sections and uprights. By this construction and arrangement a continuous, smooth track is provided between the roof portion and wall portion to facilitate the extension of the awning and the retraction thereof to the stored position. Each curved section is of one-piece construction made of plastic and bendable when heated to obtain the proper curvature between the sloped cantilevered frames and the uprights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1993
    Assignees: Remo C. Danieli, Olof Martensson, Jose Santini
    Inventor: Remo C. Danieli
  • Patent number: 5246052
    Abstract: A generally arcuate shaped device having a unitary construction, including an arcuate main section, which contains a hook element at the distal end and a generally straight proximal end section with an aperture formed therein. The device, which is placed over roller tube in a circumferential fashion and wraps around the tube to a distance of approximately 50% of the tube's circumference in the limited area at each end of the tube where it connects, engages a groove having a distinct downward facing orientation at a point approximately 180.degree. from the place where the proximal end of the device would naturally come to rest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1993
    Assignee: Valterra Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas H. Homan
  • Patent number: 5207255
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an awning support brace for a retractable awning of the type having a remote edge supported by a plurality of retractable arms extending outwardly from a base; the stabilizer including a frame member having a pair of ends with a first pivot arrangement on one end and a second pivot arrangement on the other end, the first pivot arrangement being attachable to the remote edge and the second pivot arrangement being attachable to a secure location beneath the remote edge, the brace being arranged to minimize deflections caused by wind that would otherwise damage the base while permitting the arms to deflect in a manner to absorb forces caused by the wind.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1993
    Inventor: John R. Shannon
  • Patent number: 5094285
    Abstract: A tension rafter arrangement adapted to apply tension to an awning extending between a wall and an awning support comprises an extensible rafter having one end adapted to be pivoted at a wall. The rafter has a fitting for releasably holding it to the support. The pivoting arrangement enables pivoting of the rafter to a position so that the fitting is adjacent the wall. The fitting can be releasably held to the wall. The rafter has a tensioning arrangement with a mechanical advantage, and a link pivoting the rafter to the wall serves as a support to lift a stored awning. A roller support for the awning can rotate without affecting the tension of the awning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1992
    Assignee: The Dometic Corporation
    Inventor: Brent Murray
  • Patent number: 4724882
    Abstract: An adjustable awning structure which can be assembled for use or disassembled for shipping and storage has two sides. The size of one or both sides of the canvas can be adjusted. The supporting angle of one or both sides of the canavas can also be adjusted. After being disassembled, the whole structure can be reduced to a small bundle for shipping and storage. The awning finds particular use for a user who travels quite often. Moreover, since the structure has a considerable supporting strength, the size of the canvas can be suitably varied, if necessary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1986
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1988
    Inventor: Jeng-Horng Wang
  • Patent number: 4658877
    Abstract: An improved upper bracket is provided for a retractable awning of the type which includes a flexible cover sheet anchored along one edge to a vertical support surface with the opposite edge of the cover sheet being secured to a roll bar adapted to be moved toward and away from the supporting surface so that the awning can be retracted or extended respectively. The roll bar has a pair of support arms connected at opposite ends thereof which are adapted to support the roll bar at a pre-selected elevation from the horizontal surface and a pair of brace members extendable from an upper bracket to an associated end of the roll bar to hold the roll bar in an extended position spaced from the vertical support surface. A lower bracket is also mounted on the vertical support surface beneath the upper bracket and is adapted to retain the distal end of an associated brace member as well as a lower end of an associated support arm when the awning is in its retracted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1985
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1987
    Assignee: The Scott & Fetzer Company
    Inventor: Antony W. Quinn
  • Patent number: 4640332
    Abstract: An awning support assembly for an awning apparatus (20) mounted on a vehicle (24) includes a clamp assembly (60) attachable at any point along a support tube (30) of the awning apparatus. Clamp assembly (60) has two clamp members (62,64), each having hook-shaped ends (66,68) engageable within grooves or openings in support tube (30). The opposite adjacent ends of clamp members (62,64) when drawn together pull clamp assembly (60) against support tube (24). A telescoping compression member (34) is rotatably attached to clamp (60) to push outwardly on support tube (30). A lever (90) is manually operated to extend compression member (36) to impart a desired load on support tube (30). A telescoping leg support (38) is rotatably connected to clamp assembly (60) and is locked in desired extended position by movable rack (136) engaging fixed rack (134).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1985
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1987
    Inventor: Joe D. Turner
  • Patent number: 4530389
    Abstract: A roll control mechanism of a retractable awning assembly includes spring clutches to operatively control the rotation of the roll bar in each of the two opposite rotational directions. Selective locking to prevent unrolling or extension of the canopy in one situation or to prevent the rolling or winding up of the canopy in another situation is achieved. A selector device for controlling the operation of the spring clutches is located on the support arm intermediate the top end connected to the roll bar and the bottom end adapted for contacting a support surface. Control of the roll control mechanism during set-up of the awning assembly is conveniently achieved. A support locking mechanism is also included within the selector device for fixing the length of two telescope support members of the support arm. Fixing the operative length occurs simultaneously as the roll control mechanism is controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1983
    Date of Patent: July 23, 1985
    Assignee: The Scott & Fetzer Company
    Inventors: Anthony W. Quinn, Donald S. McKee, Richard B. Rader
  • Patent number: 4301851
    Abstract: A combined movable shutter and awning associated with a door assembly, doorway, or the like, in which the shutter is a roller shutter capable of extension and retraction movable between positions providing a security closure for the door assembly, doorway, or the like, when the guiding trackway assemblies are moved to a position alongside the doorway and providing an awning when the guiding trackway assemblies at each side of the shutter are moved to an outwardly extending relationship to the door assembly, doorway, or the like, and supported in a manner to provide an awning supported in a manner which enables access to the door assembly, doorway, or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1979
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1981
    Assignee: Gitkin International
    Inventor: Merrill J. Gitkin
  • Patent number: 4192112
    Abstract: A pliable awning system consisting of a head bar means adapted to be mounted on a building and the like for support and a front bar means adapted to be mounted on posts and the like with a pliable awning extending between the building and the posts; the awning having securing means fastened to both ends for securing said awning to said head bar means and said front bar means with adjustable means mounted on the front bar means for rendering the pliable awning taut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1978
    Date of Patent: March 11, 1980
    Inventor: Robert M. Reilly, Sr.