US2682923A - Awning covering - Google Patents

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S. A. YUHAS AWNING COVERING July 6, 1954 Filed Dec. '5, 1951 g INVENTOR. STEPHEN A. YUHAS A 7' roe/v5 Y5 Patented July 6, 1954 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE AWNING COVERING Stephen A. Yuhas, Perth Amboy, N. J.

Application December 5, 1951, Serial No. 260,025

1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to improvements in the coverings for awnings and to a method for the formation thereof.

It is an object of the instant invention to provide an awning covering of light weight from a sheet of plastic material.

Another object is to provide an awning covering requiring substantially less labor in the formation thereof than known similar devices.

A further object is to provide an awning covering in which the quantity and quality of the transmitted light can be varied by the us of colored transparent and/or translucent plastic sheets.

Other objects of the instant invention will become apparent in the course of the following arms of the awning frame. In lieu of the single sheet, a plurality of separate sections may be fastened together in a similar manner. The free edgesof the uppermost and lowermost sections are secured to cross rods or bars one of which is attached at the top of the side arms of the awning frame and the other at the bottom thereof.

The invention will appear more clearly from the following detailed description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings showing by way of example a preferred embodiment of the inventive concept.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a View in perspective of the improved awning covering constructed in accordance with the principles of this invention;

F gure 2 is an end View of the awning covering shown in Figure 1;

Figure '3 is a fragmentary front or top view of the awning covering shown in Figure l but on an enlarged scale;

Figure 4 is a sectional view along line 44 of Figure 3;

Figure 5 is a plan View of the blank from which the covering may be formed; and

Figure 6 is a fragmentary perspective view of the covering when removed from the frame and folded.

Referring now in greater detail to the drawings where like reference numerals indicate like parts, reference numeral Iil (Fig. 1) indicates a vertical open ng in any building structure, II and I2 the outwardly and downwardly inclined frames on opposite sides of the opening which support the awning covering; and [3 the improved awning covering for the frames.

The vertical opening I0 is the usual type of framed opening made in a building for the admission of light and air. However, the subsequently described awning covering I3 is suitable for closin other openings in the building, for use in the manufacture of tents, beach shelters, and the like.

The frames II and I2 for supporting the awning covering I3 in a downwardly and outwardly inclined position over the opening Ii] are constituted of the similar outwardly and downwardly inclined side arms I4 and I5 and the braces l9 and 26. At the top, the side arms I4 and I5 are provided with openings or other means for attachment to the hooks I5 and II, respectively, which may be threaded in the cross member I8 at the top of the opening II]. The side arms I4 and I 5 are held in theoutwardly and downwardly inclined position by the braces I9 and 23. The inner ends of the braces I9 and 20 may be provided with suitable openings for insertion over the hooks 2| and 22, respectively, with the hooks being attached at the sides of the framed opening. Obviously, other suitable means could be provided for maintaining the side arms in the outwardly and downwardly inclined position, and any suitable means may be used for securing the outer ends of the braces to the downwardly inclined ends of the side arms.

The covering I3 for the previously described frames may be made from the rectangular blank of semi-rigid plastic material shown in Figure 5. The plastic material may be 10 gauge and flameproof, tinted, and translucent. The blank or sheet has a length greater than the length of the side arms Id and I 5 and a width greater than the perpendicular distance between said arms. The sheet is separated into the rectangular sections 24, 25, 26, 27, and 28 by folding or creasing in the same direction along the spaced longitudinal lines 29, 35, 3i, and 32 with the surface portions of successive sections adjacent or contiguous to the fold or crease lines superposed. The superposed surface portions, always on the same side of the sheet, are attached together by sewing or welding, by the staples 33 (Figures 3 and 4) or by any other suitable means. In order that the covering may be compactly folded, for stor age (Fig. 6), the outer section 24 has a width equal to that of the adjacent section 25. The section 26 has a width less than that of section 25, section 2! a width less than that of section 26, and section 28 a Width less than that of section 21. While integrally formed sections have been described and illustrated, it is possible to use separate sections and even separate sections of different color.

The free longitudinal edge of theouter section 24 may be held by the top cross rod or bar 35 and the corresponding edge of the outer section ZSby the cross rod or bar 35. Each cross car may "have a longitudinal slit in which the free edge of the corresponding strip parallel to thefold lin'eis inserted and held therein under pressure. Of course, other means could be used for attaching the strips to the cross bars.

Openings may be provided adjacent the end extremities of the cross bars and aligned open- :ings in the side arms for the insertion of any knownfastener releasably'securing the cross bars to the side arms.

In operation The rectangular sheet'or blank shown in Figure 5-having a width at least equal to theperpendicular distance between the side arms it. and

or sections contiguous or adjacent the lines of fold are superposed and fastened together by any suitable means such asthe'staples 'The free edges of the outer sections parallel to the fold or crease lines are then attached to the cross bars and'the cross bars removably attached, to

'the side armsby any suitable means "40 With the spaced ridges supported thereby. An one or more of the-ridges may be removably attached to the side arms as shown in Figure 2.

Since the covering reequires only two rigid "members as compared with known awning frames,

the appended claim as are stated therein or re- :quired by the prior art.

What is claimed is:

A covering for the downwardly and outwardly directed sidearmsof an awning frame, the covering comprising a rectangular blank of bendable material, the blank being divided into two outer sections and a plurality of intervening sections by spaced fold-lines, saidlinesrbeingparallel to one edge of the blank and the Widths of one act the outer sections and its adjacent section being substantially equal, the width of each :successive section being progressively less than the Width -'of said outer and adjacent sections, the adjacent surf ace portions ofsuccessivesections on thesame side :of the blank adjacent the fold :lines being superposed, means for securing the superposed surface portions together to form' ridges, means "for removably "securing the free marginal edge of oneof the outer-sections paralle1to therfold lines -=to the side arms adjacent :the tops thereof with the ridges supported by the side arms, and

means for removably securing-the free marginal edge of the :second outersection parallel to the fold lines to the side arms adjacent theb'ottoms

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