Flexible or portable closure, partition, or panel inventions

20090277592 - Screen apparatus: A screen is made to be able to be interchanged in a state in which the screen is made to be detachable from a screen attaching frame portion, a first connector is arranged at one ends extracted from the screen of screen tension members penetrating the screen at a plurality... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20090277593 - Acoustic window shade: A window shade for use with a window shade system comprising an operable roller for rolling and unrolling the shade. The window shade comprises a flexible sheet that comprises a decorative fabric layer and a sound attenuating layer, such as a polymer film with filler material or mass loaded vinyl.... Agent: Hasse & Nesbitt LLC

20090277594 - Acoustic window shade: A window shade system comprising a roller tube, a top casing, and a shade having a first end engaged with the roller tube and a second end engaged with the top casing such that the shade forms a bight between its ends that separates the shade into a front portion... Agent: Hasse & Nesbitt LLC

20090277595 - Cover deploying system utilizing active material actuation: A system for deploying and stowing a cover, including a mechanical assembly coupled to the cover, preferably comprising a plurality of deploy arms and synchronization means, and reconfigurable between deployed and stowed conditions, and further including an actuator presenting an active material element operable to undergo a change, when activated,... Agent: General Motors Company Legal Staff

20090272500 - Healing enhancement apparatus formed from multi-panel curtain with a calming image: Disclosed is a healing enhancement apparatus formed from a curtain bearing a calming image such as an outdoor scene or other image of nature. The healing enhancement apparatus, an alternative to the sterile environment found in most hospitals, has therapeutic benefits. In particular, the calming image, occupying all or most... Agent: Myers Andras Sherman LLP

20090272501 - Tensioning pin for shutter systems: A tensioning pin system (10) is provided for use in shutter-louver assemblies (12). The major component of the system (10) is a tensioning pin (50) in two mating parts; a pin member (52) and a ferrule member (54) which fit together and rotate with respect to one another. The pin... Agent: Iplo-intellectual Property Law Offices

20090272502 - Easy hang shower curtain: The present invention provides a new design for a shower curtain which is easy to hang by the user. The shower curtain of the present invention comprises an elongated flap panel which runs the length of the top of the unit and folds over the shower curtain rod and fastens... Agent: Ruth Eure

20090272503 - System and method of installing window treatments: A system and method of installing window treatments is disclosed. The system includes at least one base member with at least one arcuate loop extending upwards from a planar rear surface of the at least one base member and adapted to be used in part to secure the at least... Agent: Mckinney Law, LLC

20090266495 - Foldable screen device: In a folding screen device pulled in the lateral direction, the widthwise dimension limit of the screen device in the opening and closing direction of the screen is eliminated. A plurality of screen units include movable vertical frame members attached to both ends of a screen expandable in an accordion... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090266496 - Dual fabric covering for architectural openings: A covering for an architectural opening with improved insulating properties in one embodiment includes face-to-face cellular insulative components defining a fabric with dual layers of cells with the fabric being retractably mounted in a headrail so as to either be rolled about a roller or gathered adjacent to the bottom... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney, LLP Intellectual Property Department

20090266497 - Shutter slat assembly for roll down storm shutters: A shutter slat assembly for a storm shutter, the slat assembly including an elongated horizontally extending shutter slat having longitudinally extending formed edges configured to slidably, interlockingly connect with the next adjacent slat for limited pivotal movement between adjacent connected slats sufficient for rolled-up storage of the storm shutter. Each... Agent: Charles J. Prescott, P.A.

20090266498 - Smoke curtain: A heat resistant curtain has a vent typically extending up from a bottom edge. At the vent, flaps of the curtain on either side of the vent have marginal overlaps. To these are stitched elevated temperature resistant hook and loop fastening tapes. These normally keep the vent closed. The curtain... Agent: Lambert & Associates, P.l.l.c.

20090266499 - Roll-up closure: A spring tensioning unit for a roll-up closure, the closure having a pair of end plates and an axle rotatably mounted on the endplates. A drum for carrying a closure is rotatably mounted on the axle, and a tensioning coil spring is mounted on the axle and connected between the... Agent: Jack Paavila

20090260766 - Method of securely operating a home automation system: A method of operating a home automation system comprising a closing screen, blackout or solar protection screen driven by an actuator and intended to block off an opening of a building, the screen comprising an end that moves between an open position corresponding to an open configuration of the screen... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP