An accessory base is provided which may be used with a power track assembly. The accessory base is connected to a power track assembly and a powered accessory so that the powered accessory is powered by the power track. The accessory base may also be used with power tracks in a roller tube awning assembly, a cassette awning assembly, hardware assembly, or a track which may be mounted to a surface.

The present embodiments are directed to an awning assembly for a recreational vehicle comprising a main body, a flexible awning material, a roller tube, a lead rail, at least one support leg hinged to the lead rail, and at least one tension rafter being mountable between the main body and the lead rail. The at least one support leg is hinged to the lead rail so that the support leg can be hinged into a first storage section of the lead rail frame. The lead rail frame comprises a second storage section for receiving the tension rafter therein, wherein the second storage section comprises an opening, wherein either holder is disposed within the opening, or the tension rafter is self-clamping into the second storage section.

A retractable shade system coupled with the ceiling of a trailer, and a retractable shade system suitable for coupling with the ceiling of a trailer. The system includes a plurality of longitudinal and latitudinal beams, supporting a plastic sheet to form a shade. A plurality of rollers are provided along the external longitudinal beams. A roof support structure is secured or securable to the ceiling of the trailer, presenting as a pair of c-channel rails to allow retraction and extraction of the shade relative to the roof support structure. A pair of side support posts are affixed to opposing side beams to support the shade in an extracted position, and a handle post having a pin secured at one end is provided to facilitate retracting and extending the shade from the roof support structure, wherein the pin is received within an aperture of one of the external latitudinal beams.

A retractable awning is provided with a canopy that is windable around a roller supported at its opposite ends by support arm assemblies that include an adjustable pitch arm linkage that is extendable in length to move the roller in a direction away from a ground surface and retractable in length to move the roller in a direction toward a ground surface. A lever that controls the locking of the adjustable pitch arm linkage at the desired length may be automatically locked during retraction of the adjustable awning from the deployed configuration to a folded storage configuration.