Abstract: An improved awning for a trailer or vehicle has at least two solid panels attached to each other by elastic cords, mesh or other connectors. When the awning is hit by a gust of wind, the panels separate from each other and form a gap through which wind can pass, thereby dissipating some of the force of the gust. The size of the gap is limited by the connectors. The technology allows the awning to withstand significantly higher wind speed that does a traditional awning where there is no outlet for the wind.

Abstract: An improved awning for a trailer or vehicle has at least two solid panels attached to each other by elastic cords, mesh or other connectors. When the awning is hit by a gust of wind, the panels separate from each other and form a gap through which wind can pass, thereby dissipating some of the force of the gust. The size of the gap is limited by the connectors. The technology allows the awning to withstand significantly higher wind speed that does a traditional awning where there is no outlet for the wind.

Abstract: An anti-rattle device has a receiver tube with one or more receiver tube prong holes and two receiver tube hitch pin holes that line up with the hitch pin holes on a vehicle hitch receiver, through which a threaded pin is inserted. Inside the receiver tube, a top plate with prongs and a bottom plate are inserted. The wedge has a threaded hole and is then inserted and attached through a protrusion to a bottom plate with a slot and bottom plate pilot. As the pin is turned, the pin threaded section pulls the wedge, gradually pushing up the top plate, where the prongs slide through the receiver tube prong holes and engage the inner surface of the vehicle hitch receiver, which forces the bottom plate pilot into a bottom plate securing hole on the receiver tube, effectively securing the receiver tube to the vehicle hitch receiver on three sides.