Abstract: A lift handle assembly is mounted on a support arm of a awning of the type used on recreational vehicles. The lift handle assembly is used to facilitate extension of the support arm to achieve the desired length for the support arm and then locks the support arm segments together in a manner which can be released only by performing three separate steps.

Abstract: A support for an awning of a recreational vehicle, the awning being operable to unroll to a usable position and to be compactly retracted adjacent a side of the recreational vehicle in a storage position. The support comprises a bracket adapted to be secured to the recreational vehicle. The bracket comprises at least one retention member which extends angularly upward away from the side of the recreational vehicle. The support further comprises an awning-receiving apparatus which is movably mounted to the bracket between a supporting position in which the receiving apparatus engages the retention member, thereby supporting and maintaining the retracted awning in the storage position, and an inoperative position in which the awning is unrolled and the receiving apparatus does not engage the retention member.