Patent ID: 7628194

Claim:
A retractable awning for attachment to a support surface comprising in combination: a base structure; a system for securing the base structure to the support surface; a roller rotatably supported on said base structure with a flexible awning canopy sheet secured thereto along an inner edge of the canopy sheet; at least two inner sets of inner support arms having an inner arm and an outer arm with the inner and outer arms of each inner set being connected together with an inner elbow joint, said inner arm of each inner set being operatively pivotally connected at an inner end thereof to said base structure, and said outer arm of each said inner set having a pivot bracket at its outer end distinct from the pivot bracket of any other inner set, at least two outer sets of outer support arms having an inner arm and an outer arm with the inner and outer arms of each outer set being connected together with an outer elbow joint, said inner arm of each said outer set having an inner end operatively pivotally connected only to an associated pivot bracket at said outer end of said outer arm of an associated inner set, an outer end of said outer arm of each outer set being operatively secured to an outer edge of said canopy sheet, there being a separate pivot bracket for each associated inner and outer sets of supports arms, and a system for extending and retracting said inner and outer sets of support arms to extend and retract said awning.