Patent ID: 7353855
Filing Date: 2008-04-08
Classification: E04F

Abstract:
1. An awning system mountable to a roof having a gutter, the system comprising: an elongated head rod molding member having an upper edge and an opposite lower edge along its length; a guideway on the front side of the elongated molding member between the upper and lower edges; a forwardly disposed overhanging lip along the upper edge; a channel running along the lower edge, the channel have having a slot along the length of the channel; a plurality of awning rafters for mounting an awning thereon; a means for slidably and pivotally mounting the awning rafters in the guideway; an awning attached to the rafters, the awning having a hem at its upper edge; a first head rod in the hem; mounting means slidable in the guideway for clamping the head rod beneath the overhanging lip; a flexible sheet material having a hem at its upper edge; a second head rod in the hem, the second head rod and surrounding hem matable into the channel, the sheet material hanging through the slot; a means for mounting the head rod molding along an edge of the roof above the gutter for mounting the awning thereto; wherein the sheet material hangs into gutter guiding rain water into the gutter.