Patent ID: 6938389

Claim:
A staple-in awning frame member for receiving cloth material and staples, said frame member comprising: a generally rectangular body member having a floor, a pair of spaced apart sides extending upwardly from said floor to upper edge portions, and a pair of tabs extending inwardly toward each other from said upper edge portions of said sides, said tabs defining between them a slot that extends along one side of said rectangular body member, said slot for receiving cloth material to be attached to said awning frame member; a separate staple deck member positioned within said body member and forming a staple deck recessed within said slot for receiving staples, said staple deck member having a deck and a pair of spaced apart side walls extending upwardly from said deck, said side walls being positioned against said sides of said body member for recessing said deck within said slot; said staple deck member being secured to said body member; a portion of said body member being crimped around a portion of said staple deck member to secure said staple deck member to said body member; and said staple deck member including a pair of inwardly extending edges crimped beneath said tabs of said body member.