Patent Application
20210062514
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The disclosure relates to awning assemblies and more particularly pertains to a new awning assembly for shielding an area proximate to a penetration in a structure.
The prior art relates to awning assemblies.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a plurality of ribs and a panel. The ribs are mutually coupled so that each rib extends arcuately from an intersection and so that the plurality of ribs is substantially half-bowl shaped. The panel is coupled to and extends between the ribs of the plurality of ribs. Each of a plurality of connectors is configured to be coupled to an external element of a structure above a penetration in the structure, such as a door or a window, so that the plurality of connectors extends arcuately across and above an upper limit of the penetration. The plurality of connectors is positioned to selectively couple to a pair of end ribs to couple the plurality of ribs to the structure. The panel thus is configured to shield an area under the panel from the elements, such as rain, snow, and sunlight.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
As best illustrated in
The plurality of ribs 12 comprises from three to seven ribs 12. The plurality of ribs 12 may comprise five ribs 12. Each rib 12 comprises a plurality of nested sections 18 so that the rib 12 is selectively extensible. The plurality of nested sections 18 may comprise an outer section 20 that extends from the intersection 16 and an inner section 22 that is selectively extensible from the outer section 20, as shown in
The intersection 16 comprises an upper end 24 of a post 26. Each rib 12 is hingedly coupled to the post 26 so that the plurality of ribs 12 is selectively positionable in an extended configuration and a stowed configuration, as shown in
A ring 28 that is positioned around the post 26 is selectively slidable relative to the post 26, as shown in
Each of a plurality of connectors 36 is configured to be coupled to an external element of a structure above a penetration in the structure, such as a door, as shown in
The plurality of connectors 36 comprises from two to five connectors 36. The plurality of connectors 36 may comprise three connectors 36. Each connector 36 may comprise a clip 40, or other fastening means, such as, but not limited to, hooks, hook and loop fasteners, clamps, and the like. The clip 40 may be adhesively couplable to the external element of the structure, or couplable to the external element by other means, such as, but not limited to, screws, bolts, nails, and the like.
The panel 14 may have a theme selected from an essentially unlimited number of themes. For example, seasonal themes for winter, spring, summer, and fall, holiday themes for secular and religious holidays, and event themes for birthdays, anniversaries, sporting events, and the like. A selected panel 14 and an associate plurality of ribs 12 are readily couplable to the external element of the structure via the plurality of connectors 36, thus allowing a user to easily change from a device 10 of one theme to a device 10 of another theme.
A circlet 42 is coupled to the upper end 24 of the post 26 so that the circlet 42 is positioned to be selectively coupled to an associated clip 40 to couple the plurality of ribs 12 to the structure. The circlet 42 may be rotationally coupled to the post 26. The panel 14 thus is configured to shield the area under the panel 14 from the elements.
In use, the clips 40 are adhesively coupled to the element of the structure above an entrance door of the structure. The plurality of ribs 12 is positioned in the deployed configuration and attached to the clips 40 so that the panel 14 is configured to shield the area under the panel 14 from the elements.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the elements is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
