Joint arm awning

Abstract

In a joint arm awning comprising joint arms disposed on a support pipe, with an awning fabric extending between a drop-out pipe and a fabric roll which is disposed on a fabric roll shaft and with the portion of the fabric roll and the drop-out pipe being covered by a cover when the drop-out pipe is retracted, it is provided that the cover is corrugated or ribbed or serrated cross-sectionally and longitudinal grooves thus formed are substantially parallel to the support pipe.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A joint arm awning comprising joint arms ( 6 ) disposed on a support pipe ( 1 ), with an awning fabric extending between a drop-out pipe ( 5 ) and a fabric roll which is disposed on a fabric roll shaft ( 3 ) and with the portion of the fabric roll and the drop-out pipe ( 5 ) being covered by a cover when the drop-out pipe ( 5 ) is retracted, wherein the cover ( 9 ) is corrugated or ribbed or serrated cross-sectionally and longitudinal grooves thus formed are substantially parallel to the support pipe ( 1 ).  
     
     
         2 . A joint arm awning according to    claim 1   , wherein the cover consists of stainless steel sheet.  
     
     
         3 . A joint arm awning according to    claim 1   , wherein reinforcement elements are disposed on the upper side of the cover ( 9 ) at a distance from, and parallel to, each other, which overlap the cover ( 9 ) and are fixed at the front in a groove of the cover ( 9 ).