Flexible or portable closure, partition, or panel inventions 02/08

20080047672 - Garage door opener: Embodiments of the present invention relate to a garage door opener in which a plurality of main rail segments are pivotably connected. The pivotable connection allows at least a portion of the main rail segments to be folded. When secured in a non-folded orientation, the plurality of main rail members... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080047673 - System and method for controlling motorized window coverings: A system and method for controlling any number of devices, such as one or more window shades, using a control system that can be connected to a wall switch by using only two wires. The various embodiments of the present invention enable a user to control a shade while using... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney, LLP Intellectual Property Department

20080041533 - Blinds with integrated lighting system: An illuminating blind system comprising a plurality of slats, wherein each slat is associated with a light emitting source associated with a controller. When activated by the controller, visual patterns are created on the surfaces of the slats, based on the arrangement of the light emitting sources in relation to... Agent: Edwin Tarver

20080041534 - Suspension rail: A suspension rail for Roman blinds, Venetian blinds and the like, comprising a top portion, a rear face and a bottom face connected mutually in the longitudinal direction of the suspension rail, and means for attachment of the suspension rail on a building element, said suspension being configured with a... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080041535 - Child safe cord lock: A cord lock for window coverings has one or more cams adjacent a locking surface over which a one or more lift cords travel. The cams may be spring biased to a locked position in which they press the lift cords against the surface. A release member through which the... Agent: Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080041536 - High load operation of an industrial roll door: A high load operation industrial roll door, including a flexible door curtain windable about a top roll positioned above a door opening and provided with a drive system. The roll door includes a bottom beam fastened to the door curtain, and a biasing spring, for resisting movement of the door... Agent: Ronald R Santucci Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20080041537 - Storm curtain assembly having edge tracking system and roller and lock bar attachment features: A storm curtain assembly (10) includes a header (11) and side rails (13) extending downwardly from each end of the header (11). A roll (15) is positioned in the header (11) and carries a fabric curtain (14) which has one end attached to the roll (15). A bar (16) is... Agent: Renner Kenner Greive Bobak Taylor & Weber

20080041538 - Curtain systems and components thereof: A curtain system including a curtain panel having a top edge and a support member adjacent the top edge that provides structural integrity to the curtain panel, and multiple ring clips each having a ring member adapted to be positioned on a curtain rod, a clip member adapted to clamp... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080041539 - Device for separating zones of a room: A device for separating regions of a space which includes at least two ceiling rail parts for pressing against the ceiling of the space, the profile sections of the ceiling rail parts allowing adjacent parts to be inserted into and pulled apart from one another for adjusting the length of... Agent: Roberts, Mlotkowski & Hobbes

20080041540 - Retractable window shade: A retractable window shade comprises at least one spool assembly and at least one track assembly. The spool assembly includes a spool having film windable thereupon with opposing film edges. The film edges have a series of spaced perforations extending therealong. The spool assembly further comprises a motor and clutch... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20080035277 - Retractable window shade with multiple shading gradations: A retractable window shade with multiple shading gradations has a guide rail, two shade bodies and two cord assemblies. The guide rail has two one-way arresting mechanisms. The two shade bodies have different opacities and each shade body has a top side mounted on the guide rail and a lower... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, P.C.

20080035278 - Blind device: A blind device includes a flexible screen body with interconnected shielding sections, and a counterweight unit provided on a lowermost one of the shielding sections. The counterweight unit includes vertically extending left and right side bars provided respectively at left and right edges of the lowermost shielding section, and a... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20080035275 - Dual panel system for controlling the passage of light through architectural structures: The invention comprises improvements to transparent/translucent panel systems including two spaced flat panels and a series of elongated, abutting, rotatably mounted transparent/translucent light-controlling members disposed between the panels in which the light-controlling members are at least partially tubular or have annular members along their length to facilitate rotation of the... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Attn: Patent Docket Dept.

20080035276 - Articulated arm for an awning and method for the production thereof: An articulated arm for an awning has an articulation part and an arm profile which are inserted one into the other. Furthermore, pull-off protection is present. The articulation part and the arm profile are inserted one into the other with a press fit, and the pull-off protection is designed as... Agent: Kevin J. Mcneely, Esq.

20080035279 - Operator for insulated glass accessory: A follower for a window accessory within an insulated glass assembly. The follower includes a body having first and second sides adapted to face first and second spaced glazing panels. The follower further includes at least one magnet within each of the two sides, so that the follower will couple... Agent: Warner Norcross & Judd LLP

20080035280 - Adjusting structure of a curtain for adjusting the angle of curtain blade: An adjustable structure of a curtain for adjusting the angle of curtain blade comprises a winding tube disposed in an upper rail of a curtain, a pulling string for controlling the rise and fall of the curtain winds around the winding tube and is then passed through curtain blades. One... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20080035281 - Hembar for a shade fabric and assembly method: A hembar includes front and rear walls and top and bottom spline channels adjacent a top and a bottom of the hembar. Each spline channel receives a spline in an oblique orientation to a vertical line and is arranged to conceal the channel from any viewing location in front of... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Patent Docketing

20080035282 - Closure device with a screen presenting flexible side edges: The invention concerns a device comprising a screen (2) presenting flexible side edges (4) having an overthickness (4′), this screen (2) being equipped with one cable or with several juxtaposed cables (21), incompressible in their lengthwise direction, extending parallel to the side edges (4) of the screen so as to... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080035283 - Sun shade apparatus: A sun shade apparatus of the present invention has a pair of cables provided so as to be movable in outer tubes. A curtain has its opposite ends connected to ends of each cable and is stretched with the movement of the cables. At least one of the outer tubes... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20080035284 - Sun shade apparatus: A sun shade apparatus of the present invention has a curtain capable of shielding a window portion of a door. The curtain can be stretched between a shielding state and an open state on the window portion. The apparatus has a motor, a cable provided so as to be capable... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20080035285 - Sun shade apparatus: A sun shade apparatus of the present invention having a cable provided so as to be capable of being forced out or drawn in, a connector connecting the cable and a curtain to each other, a guide rail provided on a window portion, and a slide member attached to the... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20080029224 - Fabric squaring correction for lateral arm awning: An adjustment device for an awning is provided comprising an engagement member and a resilient adjustment member having an outer diameter. The outer diameter of the adjustment member is adapted to be selectively adjustable. A retainer element is provided to maintain a desired outer diameter. In one example, the resilient... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080029225 - Dual angled canopy retractable awning: A retractable awning includes a roller reversibly driven and mounted within a housing for support on a support structure and both inner and outer sets of pivotally interconnected support arms for supporting an awning canopy when extended. The inner set of support arms support the canopy beneath an inner segment... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney, LLP Intellectual Property Department

20080029226 - Window blind assembly having an outer frame: A window blind assembly includes an outer frame, a blind unit, and a control device. The outer frame includes a head rail defining a first receiving space, and two opposite vertical rails one of which defines a second receiving space in spatial communication with the first receiving space. The blind... Agent: Davidson Berquist Jackson & Gowdey LLP

20080029227 - Vehicle window: A removable vehicle window that has an openable panel of smaller area. The openable panel may be opened for placing mail from a vehicle to a mailbox; and for retrieving mail. A large portion of the vehicle window may be transparent so that the driver can see out of the... Agent: Robert J. Sayfie, P.C.

20080029228 - Garage door apparatus: A garage door is connected to a track extending from a front wall of the garage to a side wall within the garage. The garage door is horizontally moveable along the track, such as with a chain-driven mechanism, from a generally closed position within the garage vehicle entrance of the... Agent: Kelly Lowry & Kelley, LLP

20080029229 - Profiled bar with a raising mechanism for a window or door covering: A profiled bar for securement to the top of an opening, including a first internal longitudinal cavity to accommodate a raising mechanism for adjusting an attached covering for the opening, at least one opening into the cavity to accommodate at least one control cord which may be connected to the... Agent: Jensen + Puntigam, P.s.

20080029230 - Tightening device for blinds: A device for automatic tightening of blinds is disclosed, where the manipulation of the blinds is controlled through the aid of belts running between the outer lists of a window.... Agent: Nields & Lemack