865 results about "Awning" patented technology

The present invention relates to self-cleaning surfaces having improved mechanical stability and a process for the production thereof. The present invention is achieved by producing self-cleaning, hydrophobic, structured surfaces having mixtures of particles, which are fixed on their surface and which comprise structure-producing particles selected from semimetal or metal oxides, silicas and metal powders, and wax particles. Structured surfaces that are structured by such mixtures of particles are distinguished by substantially higher mechanical stability of the structure and are therefore especially suitable for the production of self-cleaning surfaces, which are exposed to relatively high mechanical loads, such as, for example, the surfaces of tarpaulins, awnings, greenhouse elements, conservatories or truck tarpaulins.

An awning, equipped with pluralities of solar cell plates, is provided. The solar cell plates mounted awning can manually be positioned to follow the movement of the sun. The awning is comprised of a square metal frame that has multiple square sectional divisions. Solar cell plates are put on each division. Two wheels that rotate-ably attached on each corner of the upper end of the awning, two rails that are fixed to a part of wall above a window and two telescopic supporting arms connected both sides of the awing and the wall enables the awning to change the position according to movement of the sun. The owner of the house, who installed the awning, can enjoy the sunset outside the window while the awning absorbs the last of the sunlight to provide electricity for the appliances inside the room.

An adjustable watercraft awning includes a first base, a second base, a first frame member, a second frame member, an actuator, and a flexible cover. The first base is adapted to mount on a first side of a watercraft, and the second base is adapted to mount on a second side of the watercraft. The first frame member is pivotally coupled to a rear region of each of the first and second bases, and is movable between a lowered position and a raised position. The second frame member is pivotally coupled to a front region of each of the first and second bases, and is continuously movable between a lowered position and a first raised position and also between the first raised position and a second raised position. The actuator is coupled to transmit mechanical power to the second frame member only.

An awning roll attachment that mounts directly to the awning roll and includes an internal illumination system and misting system. The awning roll attachment is connected to a roll tube using a press fit connection. The illumination system includes a light strip that is seated or embedded within a longitudinal channel formed in the attachment body. The misting system includes a plurality of misting nozzles that are tapped into bores in the attachment body and are in open communication with an internal fluid passage formed in the attachment body that runs its entire length. A connection fitting is connected to the fluid passage at one end of the attachment body and an end plug closes the fluid passage at the opposite end of the attachment body.

A portable awning producing shade adjacent to ball field fences and dugouts and similar situations comprised of a retractable awning wound around a roller tube, a housing for the awning and roller tube, telescoping legs, guy lines for lateral stability and a handle attached to the housing. The free end of the awning protrudes through an elongated slot in the housing and is attached by snap hooks to a fence. The other end of the awning is attached to the roller tube which is mounted inside of the housing. The housing is vertically supported by the telescoping legs and stabilized by the guy lines attached to the ground. The telescoping legs are attached to the housing by hinges so that the legs may fold adjacent to the housing for stowing. The housing has a handle and restraining straps attached to it for portability and includes storage areas at the ends of the housing provided for the guy lines and stakes. The restraining straps hold the legs parallel to the housing while stowed.

A textured and printed membrane has an embossed top layer with a protective coating, a fabric layer, a printed bottom layer with a protective coating, where the layers are adhered with a PVC plastisol. The printing pattern matches the embossing, such that the membrane has the appearance of cloth on both sides. The textured vinyl membrane composite has a thickness of from 10 to 35 mils. The membrane can be fitted on an awning to display illuminated (white/opaque) graphics (lettering or design). The top layer is preferably compounded PVC formulated with a colorant. The bottom layer is also PVC, typically formulated with a flame retardant package, such as antimony trioxide or brominated compounds, aluminum trihydrate, magnesium hydroxide, and the like to suppress the spread of an ignited flame. Both top and bottom layers can have heat stabilizers and lubricants to improve processing of the PVC.

A rigid retractable patio or window awning includes a number of rigid panels disposed in a tiered relationship with each other. Each lower panel is slidably connected with its respective upper panel via a set of slides. The top panel remains stationary. An awning operating mechanism includes arms connected via swivel joints with the bottom panel. Each arm also is connected via a threaded nut with a drive screw. The awning is extended by rotating the drive screw, which causes the nuts to travel along the drive screw causing the arms to push the bottom panel outwardly and the bottom panel to pull along any intermediate panels. The awning is retracted by rotating the drive screw in the opposite direction.

A retractable self rolling blind, awning or cover apparatus (11), comprising two or more sheets of fabric or other suitable material (17) affixed and wound conjointly about a keyway tube (12), the tube (12) being fitted with a conventional spring mechanism for use with blinds, awnings and the like, the spring mechanism being pretensioned so as to cause the sheets of fabric (17) to be rewound about the keyway tube (12) when one or more of the sheets of fabric (17) is released from its extended or unwound position, and wherein the keyway tube (12) and spring are allowed to travel unwinding and winding up of the fabric (17).

An outdoor umbrella includes a supporting frame, an awning frame and a ventilation arrangement. The awning frame includes a functional umbrella hub suspendedly supported by the supporting frame, a plurality of awning frames radially and outwardly extended from the functional umbrella hub, and an awning supported by the awning arms to define a shading area under the awning. The ventilation arrangement includes a ventilation power unit, a driving rotor, and a plurality of fan blades. The fan blades are spacedly mounted to the driving rotor such that when the driving rotor is driven to rotate, the fan blades are swinging for creating an airflow under the awning arms within the shading area, so as to provide a ventilating effect as an additional function for the outdoor umbrella.

A retractable awning cover for a slide out unit on a recreational vehicle, mobile home, travel trailer or the like includes a scissors arm support system that elevates a support bar running longitudinally of the vehicle to establish a gable shape for the awning cover when extended. The support bar is automatically lowered during retraction so as to be alignable with the scissors arms that support the support bar.

An outdoor umbrella includes an awning, an umbrella frame, an illumination system, and a solar energy collection system. The solar energy collection system includes a supporting adjustor and a solar energy collector. The supporting adjustor has an upper pivot portion, and a lower retention portion detachably mounted on the top portion of the supporting post. The solar energy collector, which is electrically connected with the illumination system, is pivotally mounted on the pivot portion of the supporting adjustor at a position above the awning, wherein the solar energy collector is adapted to selectively adjust a tilt angle with respect to the supporting post for directly facing towards sunlight to maximize solar energy collection so as to supply electrical power to the illumination system.

Transparent egg cartons suitable for being made from a variety of transparent polymeric materials and particularly from polylactic acid or other biodegradable polymers are described. The egg cartons use a “W” shaped hinge or box hinge element for hingedly connecting the lid to the tray or a flap to the tray. The flap is made with lattice struts to increase the lateral strength thereof, and contains at least three button tabs for interlocking the flap with the lid. The lateral most button tabs are located about ⅛^th the length of the flap from the ends of the flap. The egg cartons have an awning portion that extends from the front surface of the lid to cover the “W” shaped hinge or box hinge when the lid is closed. A space is provided between the edge of the awning and the hinge for a consumer to place a finger for disengaging the lid from the flap.

The invention relates to a circular awning with a cable dome and a spatial steel truss being combined and a construction method of the circular awning. The circular awning comprises an awning roof and a main body; the circular awning is an approximately spherical segment surface; the awning roof is of a cable dome structure; the main body is of a spatial steel truss structure; the bottom end of the cable dome is fixedly connected with the top end of the spatial steel truss structure. The spatial steel truss structure comprises at least one layer of weft curved beam which is a polygonal spatial steel truss. The spatial steel truss structure comprises at least two layers of weft curved beams and radial curved pillars; the radial curved pillars are connected with each layer of weft curved beams, and every two adjacent radial curved pillars are connected through weft pull rods which are arranged at intervals according to fixed latitudes. The circular awning disclosed by the invention combines tensile and rigid structures, integrates inward tension of the tensile structure and outward thrust of the spatial steel truss structure, and realizes self-balance of inside and outside stresses; the stress of an arched steel structure is reduced, the integral structural stability is better, and meanwhile, the horizontal thrust of the lower part of the steel truss structure and a support is reduced, the maintenance cost of late-stage anticorrosion is reduced, and the construction efficiency is high.

An outdoor umbrella for electrical appliances includes a supporting frame, an awning frame, and an electro-control panel. The awning frame includes a functional umbrella hub suspendedly supported by the supporting frame for supporting the electrical appliances in position, a plurality of awning frames radially and outwardly extended from the functional umbrella hub, and an awning supported by the awning arms to define a shading area under the awning. The electro-control panel includes a control circuitry and a control device. The control circuitry has an input terminal adapted for electrically connecting to a power source, and a plurality of control terminals for selectively connecting to the electrical appliances respectively. The control device is electrically connected to the control circuitry for selectively controlling each of the electrical appliances in an on-and-off manner.

The present invention discloses a vehicle self-collapsible cover including generally a protective awning, an extension-structure, and a storage-case. The protective awning comprises two or four rolls of thin and tough material able to substantially cover the vehicles body. The extension-structure is driven by a central-lead-screw having two kinds of thread including right-handed thread and left-handed thread so as to be able to extend said rolls of awning. In one embodiment of the invention, the device is divided into two symmetrical halves joined together by a hinge and therefore foldable. Each half of the storage-case is supported by its own supporting structures and respectively capable to store two rolls of awning and one extension-structure. In another embodiment of the invention, the device is one unit which is assembled either fixedly by clamping or actively by screws on the top of vehicle. The self-collapsible cover may be operated manually or by motors. It also can be controlled by a remote.

A canopy, particularly a pavilion, a pergola, a tent or an awning, having a roof, a support structure for the roof and an illumination device associated with the support structure, is characterized, with regard to the object of achieving reliable operation of the apparatus, a particularly appealing visual impression and the greatest possible protection for the illumination device, in that the illumination device is associated with the support structure essentially integrally.

A retractable motor-driven awning can be extended or retracted by energizing the motor in one direction or another. A manually operable system, however, is also employed for rotating the awning by hand in a direction to retract the awning in the event the motor drive becomes inoperable. The ability to hand rotate the roll bar to retract the awning is achieved by connecting the roll bar to the drive shaft of the motor with a manual override system. Implementations of a manual override mechanism include one-way bearings and various ratchet designs.

The present invention relates to a three-dimensional curtain sheet fabric having front and rear bands in the integrated-weaving type, and the invention provides three-dimensional curtain sheets 2 and 200 in the integrated triple-woven type on which front and rear bands 114 and 110 isolated at certain intervals right and left are arranged on the front and the back of a plurality of awning sheets 112 which are arranged up and down, wherein rear connecting portions 116 for connecting the central awning sheets 112 and the rear bands 110 in the warp and weft integrated-weaving type are formed on upper side edges of the central awning sheets 112 while front connecting portions 118 for connecting the front bands 114 and the central awning sheets 112 in the warp and weft integrated-weaving type are formed on lower side edges of the central awning sheets 112, thereby configuring the three-dimensional curtain sheet fabric 200. As another example, it is possible to configure the three-dimensional curtain sheet fabric 2 by replacing the rear bands 110 with mesh sheets 10. Therefore, the invention can easily control the awning and floodlighting without a glimmering phonemonon by the three-dimensional curtain sheet having front connection bands or front and rear connection bands, and have good ventilation and transparency since floodlighting portions are opened to the front or opened back and forth when the floodlighting portions are formed. Furthermore, the invention can be manufactured easily in the integrated-weaving type and show superior durability.

A retractable awning having one edge of an awning canopy fixed and a movable opposite edge with the opposite edge being secured to a rotatable roll bar includes a floating mounting for the roll bar so that a bias on the roll bar urging the roll bar to rotate toward a retracted position of the awning permits the wrapped fabric on the roll bar to remain in engagement with an engagement wall of a mounting chassis so that the roll bar is prevented from sagging along its length regardless of the number of wraps of fabric about the roll bar.