Protective awning for air conditioning units

Abstract

The present invention is a protective awning system for air conditioning units and heat pumps on residences or businesses. The present invention creates a weather and sunlight shield for the condenser coils on these units decreasing power usage, and increasing the life of the air conditioning unit or heat pump. There are a series of rectangular members manufactured from styrene or other durable plastic material. Each rectangular member has detachable pieces that allow the user to create an angle to easily fit to the rectangular piece to its side on the air conditioning unit. Alternately, the user can leave the edges on the rectangular pieces and stack the pieces at the edge, protecting the air conditioning unit from weather and debris such as falling leaves. The rectangular pieces are attached to the air conditioning unit by use of two-sided adhesive tape. The two-sided adhesive tape is acrylic based and has stronger adhesion as the temperature rises outdoors.

I claim:  
     
         1 . An awning system for an air conditioning system, comprising: 
 a top cover piece;    an attachment means, for attaching said top cover piece to the air conditioning; and    at least one member, removably communicating with said attachment means.    
     
     
         2 . An awning system as in  claim 1 , wherein said at least one member is rectangular.  
     
     
         3 . An awning system as in  claim 1 , wherein said attachment means is a two-sided adhesive tape.  
     
     
         4 . An awning system as in  claim 2 , wherein said at least one rectangular member is removably attached to the air conditioning system.  
     
     
         5 . An awning system as in  claim 4 , wherein said at least one rectangular member is removably attached at a parallel fashion from the top side of the air conditioning system.  
     
     
         6 . An awning system as in  claim 1 , wherein said at least one rectangular member protects the air conditioning system from weather conditions by extending in a planar fashion from the top of the air conditioning system.  
     
     
         7 . An awning system as in  claim 1 , wherein said top cover piece protects the air conditioning system from sun exposure and overheating by extending in a planar fashion above the top of the air conditioning system.  
     
     
         8 . An awning system as in  claim 1 , wherein said at least one rectangular member is disposed above the conventional coil sections of the air conditioning systems.  
     
     
         9 . An awning system as in  claim 1 , wherein said at least one rectangular member is installed on above the sides of the conventional coil sections of the air conditioning system as well as on top of the air conditioning system.