Patents by Inventor Melvin N. Bakalar

Melvin N. Bakalar has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9663980
    Abstract: A motorized window blind includes a slotted motorized track member mounted to a vertical wall structure of a building and extending across the top of an opening in the wall. It also includes at least two panels mounted to the track and covering the wall opening while being in a position where the panels are parallel and coplanar with one another. The motorized track member has at least one motorized actuation system enabling one panel to move forward away from the opening thereby freeing the track for the second panel to laterally slide behind the first panel. The panels become stacked in a parallel superimposed position in relation with one another. In the stacked position, the panels cover a portion of one end of the opening while completely uncovering a potion at the other end of the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Inventor: Melvin N. Bakalar
  • Publication number: 20150376939
    Abstract: A motorized window blind includes a slotted motorized track member mounted to a vertical wall structure of a building and extending across the top of an opening in the wall. It also includes at least two panels mounted to the track and covering the wall opening while being in a position where the panels are parallel and coplanar with one another. The motorized track member has at least one motorized actuation system enabling one panel to move forward away from the opening thereby freeing the track for the second panel to laterally slide behind the first panel. The panels become stacked in a parallel superimposed position in relation with one another. In the stacked position, the panels cover a portion of one end of the opening while completely uncovering a potion at the other end of the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventor: Melvin N. Bakalar
  • Patent number: 6860064
    Abstract: A selectively positionable covering arrangement comprises a slotted track member mounted to a vertical wall and extending across the top of an opening in the wall, at least first and second cover members one of which is mounted to the track and relatively laterally slidable between a first position wherein the cover members are coplanar with one another and in parallel juxtaposed covering relation with a respective first and second closure members of the opening and into a second position wherein the cover members are in spaced parallel juxtaposed relation with one another and juxtaposed with one of the closure members whereby to uncover the other of the closure members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2005
    Inventor: Melvin N. Bakalar
  • Publication number: 20030070363
    Abstract: This invention relates to a covering arrangement for selectively covering and uncovering first and second closure members of an opening such as defined by a window, doorway and the like; in particular, the invention is related to a selectively positionable covering arrangement comprising at least first and second cover members that are relatively laterally slidable between a first position wherein the cover members are coplanar with one another and in juxtaposed covering relation with a respective of the closure members and a second position wherein the cover members are in parallel juxtaposed relation with one another and with one of the cover members whereby to uncover the other of the cover members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2002
    Publication date: April 17, 2003
    Inventor: Melvin N. Bakalar