Patent ID: 7302988

Claim:
A breakaway window awning: an awning movable between an open position, exposing a window, and a closed position, covering said window; a lead rail attached to a leading edge of said awning; a pair of tracks, each of the pair of tracks mountable on opposite sides of said window, each track having a longitudinal slot therein; a pair of track guides, each of the pair of track guides slidably disposed in a corresponding slot; a pair of awning guides, each awning guide fixed to opposite ends of said lead rail; and track guide fittings and awning guide fittings engagable with one another and enabling both longitudinal movement of said lead rail along the tracks and transverse separation of said lead rail and awning guides from the track guides and track, each track guide fitting including at least one protruding lug and said awning guide fittings each include at least one groove receiving a corresponding protruding lug, each of the protruding lugs including a leaf type spring centering berm releasably engaging a corresponding centering notch disposed in a corresponding groove.