US Patent Issued on June 2 for "Awning apparatus" (Chinese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,644,286, issued on June 2.

"Awning apparatus" was invented by Zhun-An Ma (Ningbo, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An awning is provided that includes an extendable arm, a shelter member, and a joint. The extendable arm has an inner end coupled with a support and an outer end extendable away from the inner end. The shelter member has an outer portion coupled with the extendable arm support and disposed along the extendable arm. The joint has a mechanism responsive to an awning retraction force to raise outer portions of the extendable arms and an outer portion of the shelter member toward a horizontal orientation relative to a shade e...