Flexible Or Portable Panel Related To Rigid Closure Operating Or Fastening Means Patents (Class 160/103)
  • Patent number: 10655372
    Abstract: A window sash restraint device for selectively restraining a window sash in one of an open position and a closed position relative to a window frame. The window sash restraint device includes a body adapted to be fixed directly to the frame or sash and a restraining member which in an active condition, restrains the sash in either the open position or the closed position relative to the frame and when inactive allows movement of the sash relative to the opened or closed positions. The device further comprises a manually releasable restraining mechanism for holding the restraining member in the active condition. The device is adapted to restrain the sash in the opened position, with an opening small enough to prevent a child from falling out of the window yet secure enough to prevent the child from further opening and falling from the window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Inventor: Dale Herbert Meredith
  • Patent number: 9751386
    Abstract: A vehicle door screen for a side window assembly includes a track system incorporating a glass window track and a screen track. The system is provided with electrical motorized actuators to enable a user to operate the track system from inside the vehicle. The window track is provided with a glass windowpane to complement the profile of the side door window opening. The screen track is provided with a frame to complement the profile of the side door window opening. The screen material is made of a ventilating mesh material. The window and screen tracks may be operated concurrently or independently by a user, as desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Inventor: Wanda Attig
  • Publication number: 20150068687
    Abstract: A cover is slideable over a door. The cover has: a first fabric cover layer for a door front; a second fabric cover layer for a door rear; a top layer joining the first fabric cover layer and the second fabric cover layer at a position to accommodate a door top; a side layer joining the first fabric cover layer and the second fabric cover layer at a position to accommodate free movement of a latch at a first side of a door; an open area between the first fabric cover layer and the second fabric cover layer at a position to accommodate door hinges at a second side of the door; and a closed or closeable area between the first fabric cover layer and the second fabric cover layer at a position to accommodate a bottom edge of the door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventor: Clark Herold Ulysse
  • Publication number: 20140326418
    Abstract: An apparatus for covering an open portion of a window in a vehicle while enabling an optical device to extend therethrough. The apparatus includes a membrane with a periphery that is proportioned to cover the open portion of the window. Plural fasteners are located around the periphery of the membrane, which releasably engage the vehicle so as to retain the membrane in position about the open portion of the window. This shields against the intrusion of weather and provides visual privacy. There is an access port through the membrane, for insertion of the optical device therethrough. The access port provides for directional movement of the optical device, while substantially maintaining the shield against the intrusion of weather.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2013
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Inventor: Nikolai L. Dobrescu
  • Publication number: 20140251554
    Abstract: A door cover is useful for covering a door that one would like to hide for various reasons not limited to dings, nicks, scratches, color fading, paint chipping, or simple dislike of design or color. In addition to the utility of hiding an aspect of a door, the door cover also offers an easy, cheap, and quick method of securely fastening a new style to a door. This new style can consist of endless artistic opportunities, not limited to numerous different colors, materials, patterns and textures. The fitted door cover can accommodate any style imaginable, to include any artist style, holiday representations, represent political affiliations, sporting loyalties, characters, brands, logos, as well as many other possible expressions of individuals, such as monograms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Inventors: Peter M Rainaldi, David Valentin
  • Publication number: 20130105092
    Abstract: The present invention is a door cover useful for covering a door that one would like to hide for various reasons not limited to dings, nicks, scratches, color fading, paint chipping, or simple dislike of design or color. In addition to the utility of hiding an aspect of a door, the door cover also offers an easy, cheap, and quick method of securely fastening a new style to a door. This new style can consist of endless artistic opportunities, not limited to numerous different colors, materials, patterns and textures. The fitted door cover can accommodate any style imaginable, to include any artist style, holiday representations, represent political affiliations, sporting loyalties, characters, brands, logos, as well as many other possible expressions of individuals, such as monograms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Inventors: Peter M. Rainaldi, David Valentin, Robert Scott Bakay
  • Patent number: 6470949
    Abstract: This system is comprised of an insulated access door (6), which makes for the closure of the cold room (4) in coming into contact with the door frame (1) fixed onto the entrance (2) of said cold room (4), and a quick opening door made up of a moveable sheet (8) and the corresponding means of activation (9, 10). These means of activation are to be fixed to the exterior of the cold room (4). There is also a longitudinal slit (7) fixed onto the door frame (1) so that the sheet (8) can pass, this sheet (8) being able to effect the closure either in front of or behind the insulated door (6). The system includes a stopper device (7) which can close the slit (7) in order to minimize the temperature loss through same, and some means (71 and 161) of heating the slit (7) and some guides (16) on which the sheet (8) moves to its open or closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2002
    Inventor: Miguel Angel Iglesias Ballester
  • Patent number: 4057094
    Abstract: An apparatus for selectively moving a transparent pane and a screen pane across a window opening includes first and second mechanisms for moving the transparent and screen panes, respectively, from a respective first position covering the opening, and inhibiting means for preventing the movement of the screen pane from the first and second positions thereof upon the transparent pane occupying a position other than the latter's first position but not yet at the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 1976
    Date of Patent: November 8, 1977
    Inventor: Thomas Smith
  • Patent number: 4031942
    Abstract: A window screen is provided which is especially adapted for use on vans or like vehicles, and which includes means formed as an integral part thereof, for facilitating access to the latching device usually provided on such vans for opening and closing the windows of the van whereby the window may be opened or closed without removal of the screen. The screen has a frame of special cross-section designed to facilitate attachment of screening thereto, as well as attachment of the screen to the window frame or opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1975
    Date of Patent: June 28, 1977
    Assignee: Van-Camper Corporation
    Inventor: Warren E. Shelton