Foldable awning structure

Claim 1

A FOLDING AWNING COMPRISING, A PLURALITY OF GENERALLY RIGID U-SHAPED AWNING SECTIONS HAVING LEGS INTERCONNECTED BY A BASE FORMING A PORTION OF THE AWNING PANEL, SAID SECTIONS BEING ARRANGED TO BE NESTED WITHIN ONE ANOTHER, MEANS INTERCONNECTING SAID SECTIONS FOR SHIFTING ARCUATELY RELATIVELY TO EACH OTHER SELECTIVELY TO AN OPEN POSITION WITH SAID PORTIONS THEREOF COOPERATING TO FORM AN AWNING PANEL AND TO A RETRACTED POSITION WITH SAID SECTIONS NESTED, SAID LEGS COOPERATING TO FORM GENERALLY CLOSED SIDES FOR SAID AWNING IN OPEN POSITION, SAID MEANS INCLUDING A LAZY-TONG UNIT ADJACENT EACH SIDE OF SAID AWNING HAVING A SERIES OF CROSSED ELEMENTS ARTICULATED AT THEIR ENDS BY FIRST PIVOTSAND AT INTERMEDIATE PORTIONS BY SECOND PIVOTS, SAID SECOND PIVOTS BEING SPACED UNEQUALLY FROM SAID FIRST PIVOTS SAID UNIT BEING OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO THE ADJACENT LEGS OF SAID SECTIONS SO THAT SAID UNITS SHIFT SAID SECTIONS SIMULTANEOUSLY AND IN ARCUATE PATHS THROUGH PROGRESSIVELY VARYING DISTANCES BETWEEN OPEN AND RETRACTED POSITIONS, SAID UNITS BEING CONNECTED TO SAID LEGS ADJACENT THEIR UPPER EDGES SO THAT SAID EDGES ARE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY FOR COMPACT NESTING OF SAID SECTIONS IN RETRACTED POSITION.