Patent ID: 8347935

Claim:
A rigid retractable awning, said awning comprising: a plurality of rigid panels comprising at least one bottom panel and at least one top panel, said panels being disposed in a tiered relationship with each other, each lower panel being slidably connected with its respective upper panel via a set of slides; an awning operating mechanism comprising an upper arm and a lower arm, an upper drive screw and a lower drive screw, one end of said upper arm being connected via a first swivel joint with said bottom panel and the other end being connected via a second swivel joint with a first threaded nut engaged with said upper drive screw, one end of said lower arm being connected via a third swivel joint with said bottom panel and the other end being connected via a fourth swivel joint with a second threaded nut engaged with said lower drive screw, said nuts being slidably connected with a mounting bar, whereby said awning is extended by rotating said drive screws, which causes said nuts to travel along said drive screws causing said arms to push said bottom panel outwardly, and said awning is retracted by rotating said drive screws in the opposite direction.