Flexible or portable closure, partition, or panel inventions 03/07

20070068633 - Sliding screen door: The present invention is constructed such that in a sliding screen door in which a net is formed to be capable of expansion and contraction by being alternately folded back in a reverse direction, and is formed to be capable of freely opening and closing by horizontal pulling, a net... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070068634 - Cantilever cover: The cantilever cover is suspended from one side over an article to be protected from the elements. The cover has a canopy frame and flexible, weatherproof canopy or cover secured thereover. A pair of canopy frame support arms extends from corresponding closed sleeves, which ride up and down upon the... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd

20070068635 - System for operating a plain blind: System for operating a plain blind within a glass-enclosed chamber having a first end fixed to a blind-roller by means of devices that pull on said blind-roller and on the second end of the blind.... Agent: Striker Striker & Stenby

20070068636 - Suspension cord control mechanism for a window covering: A suspension cord control mechanism composed of an arresting mechanism and a biasing mechanism operable to move a light blocking element after the user has released a suspension cord. The biasing mechanism is loaded when the suspension cord is drawn by a user to lift the window covering. When the... Agent: Olson & Hierl, Ltd.

20070068637 - Privacy screen system and associated methods: A privacy screen system may include a frame having a plurality of fully enclosed frame openings, and screening having a first side and a second side. The privacy screen may also include a pattern of colored pigments selectively applied to the first side of the screening for decreasing a person's... Agent: Douglas J. Visnius

20070068638 - Anti-wind buffeting device for an automobile: A sun, privacy, and anti-wind buffeting shade assembly is provided for a window opening in an automotive vehicle. The shade assembly includes a flexible screen having a multiplicity of perforations. The screen is extended across the window opening to provide shade and privacy and to dampen wind buffeting inside the... Agent: Daimlerchrysler Intellectual Capital Corporation Cims 483-02-19

20070068639 - Apparatus for making window screen sash: A screen frame is made by joining four or more straight frame pieces and four corner pieces to one another in a square or rectangular shape. Each straight frame piece and each corner piece have an outboard part and an inboard part with a channel formed in it. The outboard... Agent: Smith Hopen, Pa

20070062650 - Rolling shuttered door having collision protection: The invention relates to the a rolling shuttered door (1), in particular, to a fast-moving industrial door, comprising a door leaf (2) covering the door opening and being guided in lateral guides (3) and being formed, e.g. as an armor of lamellae, flexible hangings etc. Accordingly, the door characterizes itself,... Agent: Nath & Associates

20070062651 - Expandable room barrier for children and pets, and system of use: A soft, foam panel in a trapezoidal prism shape, multiple units of which can form an adaptable and expandable security barrier for children or pets. The foam panels come in a variety of lengths, heights, and end configurations, and are designed to be stable as independent units laid out next... Agent: Eric Hanscom

20070056691 - Pleated blind having positioning function: A pleated blind includes a blind body having a plurality of pleated portions each having a pleated edge, and a limit cord secured to the pleated edges of the pleated portions of the blind body. When the pleated portions are moved, the maximum distance between any two adjacent pleated edges... Agent: Nikolai & Mersereau, P.A.

20070056692 - Angle adjusting device for blind slats: An angle adjusting device for blind slats includes a base fixed in an upper elongate case, a winding shaft pivotally connected to the base and rotatable clockwise or counterclockwise by a controlling member, and a string wound on the winding shaft having two ends extending out of a first end... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070056693 - Advertising method and apparatus therefore: A system for displaying segments of a graphic image in a window or the like, and comprising a plurality of vertically elongated transparent slats, each slat having marginal edges defining inwardly one facing elongated grooves for framing the elongating segments of the graphic image, top and bottom horizontal rails for... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20070056694 - Wind resistant movable barrier: A door system includes a door formed of a plurality of panels and movable between a closed position and an open position. Hinges join adjacent together adjacent panels. A reinforcing member is attached to the panels and extends substantially the longitudinal length thereof. At least one roller carrier may be... Agent: Renner, Kenner, Greive, Bobak, Taylor & Weber

20070056695 - Perforated metal shutters: A shutter assembly for protecting windows from damage especially during severe weather. The shutters are of the folding accordion style having hinged panels. Each panel includes front and rear spaced-apart sheets. Reinforcing structure is sandwiched between the front and rear sheets. The sheets and reinforcing structure are fabricated from perforated... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd

20070056696 - Sun screen device: A sun screen device includes a pair of slide rails, a screen body, and a pair of rods. Each of the slide rails has an end portion. The screen body has lateral ends, and an operating end that interconnects the lateral ends of the screen body and that is movable... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Berner, LLP

20070056697 - Electrically driven curtain assembly: A electrically driven curtain assembly comprises a case, a curtain shaft, housed in the case, a curtain, wound up to a varying degree on the curtain shaft, a driving device, driving a rotational movement of the curtain shaft, a control circuit for controlling operation of the driving device, a gear... Agent: Pro-techtor International Services

20070056698 - Sun-shade assembly: A sun-shade assembly includes two end caps disposed respectively and non-rotatably on two supporting seats. A screen unit includes two roller bases disposed respectively and rotatably on the end caps, a tubular roller member disposed between and interconnecting fixedly the roller bases, and a screen wound around the roller member.... Agent: Law Offices Of Albert Wai-kit Chan, LLC

20070056699 - Shade roller capable of bearing heavy load: A shade roller has a seat, a loop hooked onto the seat, a side cover, a planet wheel engaged with the loop, a chain-retaining wheel secured in the side cover, a driving wheel engaged with the planet wheel, a beaded chain, and a fixing block engaged with the driving wheel.... Agent: Patenttm.us

20070056700 - Quick install/remove curtain rods/brackets: A method or technique to easily and quickly install curtain rods and window shades without drilling holes in walls, door or window sills to attach/install and detach/remove brackets. The invention has come up with a unique use of an existing product developed by 3M™ Company that is currently used for... Agent: Ajit G. Hemmady

20070056701 - Weeping system for window screen corner keys: A corner key with a first and second leg each with an upper and lower portion. The corner key including a plurality of openings, formed in an indent on the upper portion of at least one of the first and second legs, for weeping water through the corner key.... Agent: Cesari And Mckenna, LLP

20070051475 - Fixed motor spring shade: A security shade for use in an automotive vehicle. The security shade includes a cassette having a roll tube arranged therein. The roll tube has a shade panel fixed to the roll tube at one end thereof. The security shade also includes a bearing arranged in an end of the... Agent: Raggio & Dinnin, P.c.

20070051476 - Articulated arm for awnings: An articulated arm for awnings is disclosed. It comprises an arm and a forearm connected by an articulated joint by means of respective articulation configurations at adjacent ends. The articulation configuration at the end of the forearm comprising a core with an exterior surface around a shaft, and the articulation... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070051477 - Worm gear drive mechanism for a covering for architectural openings: A drive module for a covering for architectural openings includes a driver worm and a driven worm with axes of rotation substantially parallel to each other.... Agent: Camoriano & Associates

20070051478 - Fixed motor spring shade: A security shade for use in an automotive vehicle. The security shade includes a cassette having a roll tube arranged therein. The roll tube has a shade panel fixed to the roll tube at one end thereof. The security shade also includes a bearing arranged in an end of the... Agent: Michael T. Raggio Raggio & Dinnin, P.c.

20070051479 - Sliding door with eplaceablecurtains: A sliding door with replaceable curtains includes a doorframe able to be folded up or stretched out and at least a curtain removably covered on one side of the doorframe, convenient for users to freely remove the curtain for cleaning, even for replacing with ones. The curtain can be folded... Agent: Troxell Law Office Pllc

20070044925 - Lockable cord pulling device: A lockable cord pulling device includes a mounting member having a vertically extending abutment wall, and a pulley roller rotatably mounted on the mounting member, a pull cord trained on the pulley roller to form an underlying region that cooperates with the abutment wall to define a moving route oriented... Agent: Gallagher & Lathrop, A Professional Corporation

20070044926 - Accordion shutter system with variable angle connector: A shutter system includes a plurality of blades and a plurality of connectors for connecting each blade to another blade. The shutter system also includes bottom and top tracks along which each blade runs. Each connector comprises a plurality of female hinge components and each blade comprises one or more... Agent: Michael J. Buchenhorner

20070044927 - Wind resistant movable barrier: A door system (20) having a door (21) movable between a closed position and an open position, a plurality of panels (40-43; 140-143; 240-243), a facer (45; 145; 245) generally defining the configuration of the panels, hinges (50; 150; 250) joining adjacent of the panels for articulation in moving between... Agent: Phillip L. Kenner Renner, Kenner, Greive, Bobak, Taylor & Weber