Similar to a trailer tent, but with a more sophisticated folding mechanism which requires no guy lines to tension the fabric, and is hence easier and faster to erect.
A sheet of canvas or other material stretched on a frame and used to keep the sun or rain off a storefront, window, doorway, or deck
(awned) having awns i.e. bristlelike or hairlike appendages on the flowering parts of some cereals and grasses; "awned wheatgrass"
a canopy made of canvas to shelter people or things from rain or sun
An awning or overhang is a secondary covering attached to the exterior wall of a building. It is typically composed of canvas woven of acrylic, cotton or polyester yarn, or vinyl laminated to polyester fabric that is stretched tightly over a light structure of aluminium, iron or steel, possibly
Pennine Pathfinder
We have a new folding camper (well, I say new ... it's a 2001 model)! Although we loved our old (1991) Conway Cruiser very much, we decided we'd go for a few more luxuries on tap - like an oven, a toilet and bigger bed with sprung mattress! Oh and we've got an awning now - huge improvement in living area...
Now we just need the decent weather to get back into the camping groove...
The Awning
Adding the awning more than dooubles the amount of space available.