Abstract: An awning assembly for a travel trailer or a mobile home which includes a flexible awning covering wound on a roller which is rotatable on a fixed shaft carried by a supporting frame, includes a latch apparatus comprising a cylindrical end plate rotatable with the roller and closing one end thereof, and a cap disposed adjacent to the end plate and fixed to the frame and the shaft. The end plate has a cylindrical portion coaxial with the shaft which projects toward the cap and defines a cavity having a plurality of equiangularly spaced-apart keeper recesses around the perimeter thereof. A latch handle pivots on the cap about an axis parallel to the shaft and carries a latch pin which extends parallel to the shaft for movement with the handle between a latching position disposed in one of the keeper recesses to latch the roller against rotation and an unlatching position disposed in the cavity but out of the recesses to accommodate free rotation of the roller.

Abstract: A ratchet assembly includes telescoping inner and outer tubes, the inner tube having a row of ratchet teeth thereon. A snap lock assembly includes a tubular mounting body threadedly engaged with the outer member. A latch member is disposed within the mounting body and reciprocates between a latching position for ratcheting engagement with the ratchet teeth and an unlatching position disengaged from the ratchet teeth. A spring urges the latch member to its latching position. The latch member has an enlarged head carrying a pin which lies closely along the hexagonal outer surface of the mounting body when the latching member is in its latch position to prevent rotational movement of the latch member with respect to the mounting body. When the latch member is in its unlatching position, the pin clears the mounting body to permit rotational movement of the latch member.

Abstract: An awning assembly for a travel trailer or mobile home including a pair of spaced apart support arms each pivotally secured to the side of the trailer with a roller supported at the upper ends of the support arms carrying a flexible covering having one end secured to the roller. A flexible metal cover in the form of a number of strips is secured to the opposite end of the flexible covering and to the side of the trailer to cover the flexible covering when same is rolled around the roller to form a casing therefor. Latching mechanisms is carried by the flexible strip near each end thereof and cooperates with a pair of brace members each pivotally mounted at one end to a respective one of the support arms and has a latch on the other end thereof for latching connection to one of the latching mechanisms.