Awning construction

Claim 1

AN AWNING CANOPY CONSTRUCTION CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF A PLURALITY OF ELONGATED PERFORMED INTERENGAGED SLATS AND A PAIR OF ELONGATED PREFORMED LOCKING MEMBERS INTERLOCKED DIRECTLY WITH EACH OF SAID INTERENGAGED SLATS AT OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID CANOPY, EACH OF SAID SLATS HAVING PREFORMED INTERENGAGEABLE STRUCTURES ALONG EDGE PORTIONS THEREOF, SAID SLATS BEING INTERENGAGED WITH EACH OTHER BY SAID STRUCTURE IN THE ABSENCE OF SEPARATE FASTENERS ALONG SUBSTANTIALLY THEIR ENTIRE LENGTHS SO THAT THE SLATS ARE HELD AGAINST LATERAL SEPARATION BY SAID STRUCTURES, SAID PAIR OF LOCKING MEMBERS EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY OF SAID INTERENGAGED SLATS AT SAID OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID CANOPY, AND COOPERABLE LOCKING MEANS ON EACH OF SAID LOCKING MEMBERS AND AT OPPOSITE ENDS OF EACH OF SAID SLATS FOR EFFECTING SAID INTERLOCKING THEREBETWEEN IN THE ABSENCE OF SEPARATE FASTENERS, SAID LOCKING MEANS COMPRISING INTERENGAGED RECESSES AND PROJECTIONS FORMED DIRECTLY ON SAID SLATS AND ON SAID LOCKING MEMBERS, SAID RECESSES AND PROJECTIONS SECURELY INTERLOCKING EACH OF SAID SLATS WITH SAID CHANNEL MEMBERS, WHEREBY THE NEED FOR SEPARATE FASTENERS AND SUPPORT TO MAINTAIN SAID CANOPY ASSEMBLED IS OBVIATED.