Metal awning with adjustable mounting construction

Claim 1

A FOLDABLE AWNING ASSEMBLY FOR HINGEABLE AND WEATHERPROOF MOUNTING ON A MOUNTING-WALL SURFACE, WHICH ASSEMBLY INCLUDES: A FRAME ASSEMBLY COMPRISED OF A HINGE-BAR MEMBER ADJACENT SAID MOUNTING-WALL SURFACE, AN OUTBOARD MEMBER AT LOWER ELEVATION AT THE OUTBOARD EDGE OF SAID AWNING, AND END MEMBERS AT EACH END OF SAID FRAME; A SERIES OF TROUGHS DISPOSED WITHIN SAID FRAME, SIDE BY SIDE, EACH INCLINED FROM AN UPSTREAM END SUPPORTED BY SAID HINGE-BAR MEMBER TO A DOWNSTREAM END SUPPORTED BY SAID OUTBOARD MEMBER, SAID TROUGHS HAVING THEIR SIDE EDGES FORMED INTO INTERLOCKING FLANGES FOR INTERLOCKING ASSEMBLY WITH ADJACENT TROUGHS, THE UPSTREAM END OF EACH OF SAID TROUGHS HAVING A TRANSVERSE CLOSURE BARRIER, AND A TRANSVERSE RECESS ON THE UNDER SIDE; WALLS IN SAID HINGE-BAR MEMBER FORMING A RECESS FOR THE RECEPTION OF THE UPSTREAM ENDS OF SAID TROUHGS, AND COMPRISING A CONTINUOUS OVERHEAD FLANGE FOR COVERING THE UPSTREAM ENDS OF SAID TROUGHS, AND A CONTINUOUS SHOULDER FOR SUPPORTING SAID UPSTREAM ENDS BY RECEPTION INTO SAID TRANSVERSE RECESSES; WALLS IN THE UNDERSIDE OF SAID HINGE-BAR MEMBER FORMING A HINGE-RECEPTION SLOT CONTINUOUS FOR THE LENGTH OF SAID MEMBER; A PLURALITY OF HINGE BRACKETS MOUNTABLE TO SAID MOUNTING WALL SURFACE; HINGE MEANS FOR HINGEABLE CONNECTION OF SAID HINGE BAR MEMBER TO SAID HINGE BRACKETS, SAID HINGE MEANS BEING SLIDABLE IN SAID HINGE-RECEPTION SLOT TO ACCOMMODATE SAID HINGE BRACKET LOCATIONS; AND A RESILIENT WEATHERSTRIP MEANS ALONG THE EDGE OF SAID HINGE BAR MEMBER, SAID WEATHERSTRIP MEANS BEING SPACED ABOVE SAID HINGE MEANS AND EXTENDING UPWARDLY TOWARD MOUNTING WALL SURFACE, AND PROVIDING A WEATHERPROOF COVER ABOVE SAID HINGE MEANS.