Roll-up awning

Abstract

Roll-up awning, includes a housing containing a rotatably mounted reel. The screen is wound on this reel and a front frame is fixed on its free extremity. At winding up, the front frame will be fed into a recess of the housing and then locked. Such a screen can be used on campers, where it is important that the front frame is locked in position when travelling. A locking device includes locking elements on the front frame and locking members on the storage reel. The locking members include a toothing which extends along the reel circumference and the locking include a lip or strip provided with a toothing. When the screen moves inwards the locking members and locking elements contact each other and lock the front frame.

1 . A roll-up awning ( 1 ) comprising a housing ( 2 ) having a rotatably mounted storage reel ( 5 ) for screen awning, screen ( 3 ) attached to the storage reel and a front frame fixed on the free extremity of said screen ( 3 ), said front frame ( 4 ) being provided with first locking means ( 11 - 15 ) for locking said front frame relative to said housing, and said storage reel ( 5 ) being provided with second locking means ( 6 ,  7 ) cooperating with the first locking means, characterized in that said first and second locking means are embodied to directly engage each other.  
   
   
       2 . The roll-up awning according to  claim 1 , wherein said first and second locking means are made such that, when the screen is being rolled up and the housing approached, the front frame, for the second locking means on this storage reel, is drawn towards this housing.  
   
   
       3 . The roll-up awning according to  claim 1 , wherein one of said locking means is unlockable.  
   
   
       4 . The roll-up awning according to  claim 1 , wherein one of said locking means can be moved against spring force ( 12 ) over the other locking means.  
   
   
       5 . The roll-up awning according to  claim 1 , wherein said locking means comprise cooperating toothings ( 7 ,  15 ).  
   
   
       6 . The roll-up awning according to  claim 1 , wherein said second locking means comprise a toothing ( 7 ) extending along the circumference of the reel.  
   
   
       7 . The roll-up awning according to  claim 1 , wherein one of said locking means comprises two sub-locking means ( 13 ,  14 ) being next to each other and mutually staggered in locking direction.  
   
   
       8 . The roll-up awning according to  claim 1 , wherein said front frame in a position of use comprises an L-profile with a front side ( 10 ) and top side ( 9 ), the top side of this L-profile being provided with the first locking means which project outwards.  
   
   
       9 . The roll-up awning according to  claim 8 , wherein the first locking means comprise a lock lip ( 12 ,  13 ) pivotally mounted on said front frame.  
   
   
       10 . The roll-up awning according to  claim 9 , wherein the pivot ( 11 ) of this hinge mounting is on the side facing away from the front of the top side.