Patent ID: 8752606

Claim:
In a retractable awning for mounting to a wall, the awning including a roller, a flexible canopy having one end secured to the roller and rollable onto the roller, and a motor operable to rotate the roller to roll the flexible canopy onto or off the roller, the improvement comprising a. a pair of support arms supporting opposite ends of the roller, each support arm being operable to move from a retracted position proximate the wall where said arm is substantially vertical to an extended position where said arm is substantially horizontal and displaced from said retracted position, b. a pair of top and bottom mounting arms pivotally connected to and extending from each support arm, each top mounting arm being connected to an upper location on the wall and each bottom mounting arm being connected to a lower location on the wall, at least one of the bottom mounting arms including first and second arm elements, each first arm element pivotally articulated with its corresponding second arm element, and c. an extensible strut pivotally connected to and extending between each top arm and bottom mounting arm at connection locations spaced from and displaceable from the wall.