US2657437A - Ventilated awning - Google Patents

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Nov. 3, 1953 P. MOSER VENTILATED AWNING Filed July 12, 1950 INVENTOR. M OSE K Patented Nov. 3, 1953 VENTILATED AWNING Paul Moser, Clifton, N. J.

Application July 12, 1950, Serial No. 173,291

1 Claim.

My invention relates to ventilating awnings for use at windows, doors and porches of apartments, homes or other buildings.

One object is to provide a satisfactory, attractive ventilated awning which can be made cheaply and easily installed.

Another object is to provide an awning that is light in weight.

Another object is to provide an awning that is strong and durable.

Another object is to provide an awning that is easy to mass-produce.

Still another object is to manufacture an awning-that is compact when packaged and easy to transport and install.

My awning is constructed very simply and can be installed, maintained and repaired by the average homeowner. Broadly considered, I contemplate the use of a main frame to which arched slats are detachably secured. as can readily be understood when referring to the accompanying drawings and the following specification.

Fig. 1 is a side view and partial section showing an awning embodying one form of my invention as applied to a side wall window or door opening or porch.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same, one corner being partly broken away.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary end view of parts shown in Fig. 1 but on a larger scale.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary side view and partial section showing one form of support.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary side view and section of the lower edge of the awning.

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary view of one end of a slat embodying my invention.

Fig. 7 is an end view of a slat of modified form.

The complete awning comprises a frame together with a number of individually attached slats, the frame having an upper cross bar 10, a lower cross-bar II and supporting side bars I 2 and I3. For wider windows or doors the awning may require one or more intermediate supporting bars such as M. Preferably, each of the supporting bars is of channel-form having a shallow flange parallel with the main body of the bar connected to it by the transverse member 16. Each of the bars I2, l3 and I4 is connected to the top bar In by an angle piece I! which is riveted to the main bar at 18 and fastened to the top bar I 0 by a screw [9 which also may serve to connect the frame to the wall 20.

The bottom bar I I may be connected by a bolt 2| to each transverse member Hi. It will be understood, of course, that the frame may be hinged at the top or supported permanently at an inclination by a strut 22 at each side, which is connected to the side wall by a bracket 23 and which passes through an opening 24' in the bottom of the bar I2 and is connected to the side bar I 2 by a screw or bolt 24.

An ornamental scroll or brace 22 may be interposed between the strut 22 and the bar l2 if desired.

The main shielding area consists of a column of successive overlapping slats 25, each of which is preferably formed of aluminum or a light metal alloy which is arched in cross-section and laterally compressible so as to be sprung into pockets 26 and 21 in the side bars as shown in Fig. 5. These pockets or notches are arranged in pairs facing each other.

Each slat when in place is supported by a bridge portion 29 formed in the outer edge of each supporting bar between the pockets of each pair and conforming to the cross sectional shape of slats 25. To position the slat with respect to the supporting bars, each slat is preferably provided with a notch 30 in each longitudinal edge to interlock with a supporting bar and position it lengthwise.

To assemble a slat, one edge at slot 30 is let into the upper notch 26 in each bar and its lower edge slipped into the lower notches of a corresponding pair 27. For this purpose it is necessary to spring the slat slightly so as to decrease its overall width and enable the lower edge to slip over the hook with the cam-like edge 28 adjacent the pocket 21. When the transverse pressure on the slat is released, the slat will expand and tightly wedge itself between the edges of the pockets 26 and 21, having surface contact with bridge portion 29 and with the downward facing surfaces 26A, 21A of pockets 26, 21, which surfaces are coplanar with the upper surface 29A of 7 bridge portion 29. In this way, minimum compression of slat 25 is necessary in order to maintain it in securely locked position. i

The pockets 2E, 21 extend entirely below the plane of the upper surface 29A of bridge portion 29 and to a substantial depth in order not to pinch and permanently deform the slats 25 as the lat ter are engaged in laterally compressed condition in the pockets 26, 2?.

The slats used can be painted or enamelled with baked-on enamel such as is used on automobiles in any desired color combination, or left unpainted. Or they may be colored to harmonize with Venetian blinds. Although they are held securely in place, the slats can easily be removed for cleaning, repainting or replacing.

When the slats are attached as in Fig. 5, it will be noted that there are passages 3| between the adjacent long edges of the slats, and a passage 32 between theupper slat and the upper cross bar l2, thus providing for free circulation of air through the awning.

As used in my invention, the spaces between succeeding slats permit one to look out from the inside, but make it very difiicult to see in from the outside. Thus one does not have the feeling of isolation so noticeable in awnings commonly used.

The top bar prevents rain from driving between the wall and the top slat and may be applied when installing the supporting bars. The top bar may be omitted in case the window or door frame has an overlap.

The supporting bars may be straight as shown, or. curved to produce ornamental effects.

While it is preferred for manufacturing and ornamental purposes that each slat shall be arched as a section of a circle, this may be modified, for instance, as shown at 25' in Fig. 7.

It will be seen from the foregoing that the awning is cheap to manufacture, convenient to pack age and ship, neat in appearance as well as easy to assemble and install.

I claim:

In a ventilated awning of the type comprising side bars and substantially horizontal slats engaging said side bars, said slats being spaced apart vertically to provide ventilation, the improvement comprising said slats being laterally compressible and formed with a slot in a longitudinal edge portion, and said side bars being formed with pockets, said pockets being grouped in pairs, the pockets of a pair facing each other, said bars further comprising bridge portions located between the pockets of a pair and the top surface of said bridge portions conforming to the cross sectional shape of said slats, said pockets extending entirely below the plane of said top surface and having downward facing surfaces substantially coplanar with said top surface, said pockets of a pair further being spaced apart suinciently so as to require lateral compressive deformation of said slats in order to engage the same in said pockets and said slots of said slats engaging said pockets for locking said slats against longitudinal motion relative to said side bars, said slats in operative locked position further having surface contact with said upper surface and with said downward facing surfaces.

PAUL 'MOSER.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 141,841 Weld Aug. '12, 1873 2,075,135 Reynolds et a1 Mar. 30, 1937 2,200,349 Walker Ma 14, 1940 2,394,736 Adelsperger Feb. 12, 1946 2,481,714 Bezjian Sept. 13, 1949 2,485,263 Digby Oct. 18, 1949 2,607,089 Clark Aug. 19, 1952

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