Patents by Inventor Erwin J. Gaudyn

Erwin J. Gaudyn has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Dual angled canopy retractable awning
    Patent number: 7628194
    Abstract: A retractable awning includes a roller reversibly driven and mounted within a housing for support on a support structure and both inner and outer sets of pivotally interconnected support arms for supporting an awning canopy when extended. The inner set of support arms support the canopy beneath an inner segment of the canopy adjacent the support surface and are designed to deploy before the outer set of support arms with the outer set of support arms supporting the canopy beneath an outer segment of the canopy further away from the support surface than the inner segment. Both the inner and outer sets of support arms can be partially or fully deployed to regulate the extent to which the awning is extendible away from the support surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Assignee: Carefree/Scott Fetzer Company
    Inventors: Robert Wagner, Jeffrey B. Rutherford, Scott P. Thompson, Erwin J. Gaudyn, Todd Hoffman
  • DUAL ANGLED CANOPY RETRACTABLE AWNING
    Publication number: 20080029225
    Abstract: A retractable awning includes a roller reversibly driven and mounted within a housing for support on a support structure and both inner and outer sets of pivotally interconnected support arms for supporting an awning canopy when extended. The inner set of support arms support the canopy beneath an inner segment of the canopy adjacent the support surface and are designed to deploy before the outer set of support arms with the outer set of support arms supporting the canopy beneath an outer segment of the canopy further away from the support surface than the inner segment. Both the inner and outer sets of support arms can be partially or fully deployed to regulate the extent to which the awning is extendible away from the support surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2007
    Publication date: February 7, 2008
    Applicant: Carefree/Scott Fetzer Company
    Inventors: Robert Wagner, Jeffrey B. Rutherford, Scott W. Thompson, Erwin J. Gaudyn, Todd Hoffman