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An awning, respectively a patio awning is defined as a sheet of fabric that stretches out from above a door or window to keep off the sun or rain. The original purpose of a patio awning is still the same, but with slight improvements. Besides the protection it offers, a patio awning is also looked at as a decoration that adds to the beauty of the patio or enhances some characteristics of the window or door above which it is placed. Initially, a patio awning used to be made of canvas sheets. In time the material range diversified and materials like rust-proof aluminum with baked enamel finish ( for the frames), acrylic topcoating, which makes maintenance easy, and multilayer fabric – vinyl top, Dacron center and vinyl underside are in use for making the patio awning.

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