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Flexible or portable closure, partition, or panel April category listing, related patent applications 04/10

20100101738 - Partition with variable-angle tiles: A variable-angle tile partition comprises tiles of any shape, material, color, or degree of translucence. In one implementation, the tile partition is constructed with a first row of decorative tiles joined to a second row of tiles using a left or right-angled tile connector. In at least one implementation, the... Agent: Workman Nydegger / 3 Form Workman Nydegger

20100101739 - Device with a shutter which may be wound around a drum: The invention relates to a flexible shutter device, designed for closing a bay or other opening which cooperates with drive means which permit a displacementfo the flexible shutter between an open position and a closed position. The device comprises a drum which may turn about the axis thereof and about... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP

20100101740 - Connector: A connector for a blind control mechanism including a cylinder rotatable relative to two or more different shafts, drive means connected to the cylinder and being operable to rotate the cylinder in either a blind extending direction or a blind retracting direction; at least two biasing means connected to the... Agent: Head, Johnson & Kachigian

20100101741 - Operating system for an architectural covering: Operating system (1) for rotatably controlling retraction and deployment of an architectural ' covering. The operating system includes a drive pulley wheel (3) having a circumferential rim (5), a length of looped drive cord (9) operatively engaged with the pulley wheel (3) about its circumferential rim (5) and having depending... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney, LLP Intellectual Property Department

20100096092 - Garage door assembly: A garage door assembly including a door for enclosing an opening, and a mechanism for selectively deploying the door in a closed position to cover the opening, and an open position with the door stored leaving the opening open. A position reading assembly monitors a position of the door with... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20100096093 - Screen device: A weight moving in a height direction interlocking with development and reception of a slide guide frame is provided, and the weight brakes reception of the slide guide frame owing to an increase in potential energy and promotes development of the slide guide frame owing to a decrease in potential... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20100096094 - Fastening device for attaching a flexible material to a structure: A fastening system 60 for fastening a flexible web material, such as shade cloth, to a structure comprises an elongate fastening member 62 having a substantially cylindrical portion 64. The substantially cylindrical portion 64 is mounted spaced apart from a surface of the structure to facilitate securing of the flexible... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20100089539 - Cord lock: A cord lock for a Venetian blind or a shade disclosed has a housing having two parallel sidewalls, an end wall, a downwardly facing surface of the ramp members is formed with a plurality of transverse ribs; an opening is formed by the sidewalls, the end wall and the downwardly... Agent: Peter Stone 1st Floor

20100084099 - Polygonal tilt drum for venetian blinds: A ladder drum for adjusting and regulating the angular orientation and closure of horizontal slats of a venetian blind, of the type incorporating ladder cords or tape ladders, having a polygonal profiled structure comprising a series of planar sidewalls defining a substantially hollow interior. The number of sidewalls defining the... Agent: Sinorica, LLC

20100084100 - Portable retractable surface protection device: An example portable, retractable surface protection device. The example device includes a rotatable support bar, a first support base positioned to a first end of the support bar, a second support base positioned to a second end of the support bar, and a surface cover. A plurality of wheels are... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20100078134 - Method and apparatus for battery-backed power supply and battery charging: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for providing battery-backed power to movable partitions are disclosed. A power converter generates a DC output from an AC input. The DC output may be selectively decoupled from an enabled DC output such that the DC output can be monitored for acceptable operation in-situ. The enabled... Agent: Traskbritt, P.C.

20100078135 - Roll formed shutter system: A shutter system, comprising a frame assembly including first and second track members, each having first and second ends, and first and second end spacer members rigidly mounted to said first and second ends, respectively, so that said frame assembly defines a rectangular opening cooperatively larger than the opening of... Agent: Sanchelima & Associates, P.A. Jesus Sanchelima, Esq.

20100078136 - Loc-n-load mechanism: s

20100078137 - Adjustable tubular electric motor unit for roll-up elements such as blinds and similar: A tubular electric motor unit (10) for roll-up elements, such as blinds, curtains or similar items. It is the type intended to be housed inside a tube (11) for winding the roll-up element. The unit (10) comprises a tubular body (12) inside which is housed a geared motor (13) with... Agent: Hedman & Costigan P.C.