Patent ID: 7708046
Filing Date: 2010-05-04
Classification: E04F

Abstract:
1. An awning wind deflector adapted for deflecting wind around and away from a rolled up awning structure having a windward end and a leeward end attached to a recreation vehicle, comprising: a body having a disk-shaped flange at one end and an elongated tubular stem at the other end, a circular opening through the body from one end to the other therethrough; the disk-shaped flange comprises a wider portion sloping to a more narrow portion to form a deflecting surface; and a major portion of a perimeter of the wider portion comprising an annular surface and the remaining portion of the perimeter of the wider portion defining a flat side planar surface; and the circular portion body having a radial slit extending from outside the body to the circular opening from one end to the other end, the walls of the slit being parallel to the flat side planar surface portion; and a hose clamp for fixedly clamping the wind deflector stem mounted over said rolled up awning structure; wherein mounting of the flanged end of the wind deflector at the windward end of said rolled up awning structure attached to a recreational vehicle by flexed opening the radial slit and clamping around the elongated tubular stem, the wind deflector thereby deflecting wind around and away from the awning roller tube when the recreational vehicle is moving in a forward direction.