Abstract: A retractable top cover for covering a roof of a recreational vehicle having opposed side walls and opposed end walls with the roof surmounting the walls. The retractable top cover comprises a flexible top cover stored on a spring-biased roller mounted in an elongated housing mounted on the vehicle roof adjacent to and extending along one of the side walls. A pair of lazy tongs extension mechanisms, one mounted at one end of the housing, extend and retract the flexible top cover. A drive motor is connected to the lazy tongs by a worm screw mechanism.

Abstract: A retractable top cover and awning for recreational vehicles, modular homes, and the like, includes a mechanism for deploying and retracting a flexible top cover and awning panel over the roof of the vehicle and along a side wall of the vehicle to shade both the vehicle roof and any windows or doors in the side wall. A flexible top cover and awning panel is wound and stored on a roller housed in an elongated housing having a removable housing cover. Swinging deployment arms extend the flexible top cover and awning panel from the storage roller. Motors are used to open the housing cover, to turn the roller to assist in rolling or unrolling the flexible top cover and awning panel, and to swing the deployment arms during extension and retraction of the flexible top cover and awning panel.