A system and method for fabricating canopies featuring extruded members coupled together with fasteners that are hidden and are retained by multiple tracks located in the extruded members. Prefabricated corners of extruded members allow fabricators to build the canopy on site by attaching straight members to form a canopy from the four prefabricated corners. Prefabricated facial members allow fabricators to quickly change the appearance of the assembled canopy or to retrofit pre-existing canopies.

To realize a technique that allows for uniformly exhibiting performance without causing partial degradation of performance even when forming a large-scale sunshade with a large area. A sunshade 76 including a plurality of sunshade units (normal units 66, inverted units 75) having assembled thereto, in alignment in a certain direction, a plurality of sunshade members 50 having a plurality of light-shielding surfaces and a plurality of through-holes three-dimensionally arranged therein, and being structured so that, when observed from a predetermined maximum light-shielding angle, the transmitted light beams are seen to be substantially shielded by respective light-shielding surfaces provided therebehind, with some of the sunshade units being provided at higher positions than other sunshade units in the vertical direction.

A pergola shade system designed for use with a pier over water. The pergola shade system includes as its primary components a roof assembly, a framework to support the roof assembly above the pier, and an anchor assembly that removably and securely mounts the roof assembly and framework to the pier. The anchor assembly is constructed of components that permit the roof structure and framework of the pergola shade system to be both easily erected on a pier for use and easily disassembled from the pier for storage.

A bracket-flashing assembly for roofing in a bracket. Said bracket-flashing assembly comprise said bracket, a bracket cover and a fasteners. Said bracket comprise a fastener apertures configured to receive a portion of said fasteners to selectively attach said bracket-flashing assembly to a fixed structure and an added fixture. Said bracket comprise a first portion and a second portion. Said first portion is attached to said second portion at an elbow. Said bracket cover comprises a raised portion and a body. Said raised portion comprises a stamped portion of said raised portion being shaped to selectively encase a portion of said second portion.

An extendible roof mounted automotive accessory is provided that includes at least one generally horizontal panel; at least one strut having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, where the at least one strut is pivotally coupled at the first end to the at least one panel; and at least one coupling, where the at least one strut is pivotally coupled at the second end to the at least one coupling. The accessory is configured therewith so that the panel may be extended from a first position to a second position within a horizontal plane above a roof of a vehicle so as to provide shade or other functionality to the vehicle.

A configurable data center platform includes an enclosure configured to affix to a support structure, the enclosure configured for housing one or more processing systems that form a data center, one or more transceivers configured to enable the one or more processing systems to communicate with one or more remote devices, one or more sensors; and an electrical power distribution subsystem configured to condition a received electrical current to one or more conditioned electrical currents that power the one or more processing systems and the one or more sensors, wherein the enclosure comprises a cooling system that removes heat from the one or more processing systems and the one or more sensors.

To realize a technique that allows for uniformly exhibiting performance without causing partial degradation of performance even when forming a large-scale sunshade with a large area. A sunshade 76 including a plurality of sunshade units (normal units 66, inverted units 75) having assembled thereto, in alignment in a certain direction, a plurality of sunshade members 50 having a plurality of light-shielding surfaces and a plurality of through-holes three-dimensionally arranged therein, and being structured so that, when observed from a predetermined maximum light-shielding angle, the transmitted light beams are seen to be substantially shielded by respective light-shielding surfaces provided therebehind, with some of the sunshade units being provided at higher positions than other sunshade units in the vertical direction.

A locking member for a gate apparatus comprises a body mountable to a gripping array of a support, said body having a mating form mutually engageable with the gripping array, whereby axial motion of said body relative to said gripping array is inhibited. A member extends away from said body, said member defining a cross-tie mount for receiving a mating end of a cross-tie. The cross-tie mount has a cross-tie end retainer which is movable between a first position securing said cross-tie in said cross-tie mount, and a second position permitting release of said cross-tie from said cross-tie mount, whereby the cross-tie may be moved to function as a gate.

The invention relates to a belt tensioning carriage device for moving an awning, used to make the teethed movement belts of an awning installed in a pergola tense, in which the awning slides almost horizontally along lateral guides, such that the belt and the tensioning carriage device slide. The invention also relates to a movement system of an awning along the guides of a pergola.

A solar panel awning device may include a solar panel having first and second opposing ends, first and second opposing sides extending between the first and second opposing ends, and first and second opposing major surfaces. The first major opposing surface defines a photovoltaic surface. The solar panel awning device may include first and second arms respectively coupled to the first and second opposing ends of the solar panel, and an actuator coupled to one of the first and second arms and configured to switch the solar panel between an extended position and a retracted position. In the retracted position, the solar panel is flat against a side of a building; in the extended position, the first opposing side is proximal to the side of the building and spaced apart from the side of the building; and the second opposing side is distal to the side of the building.