Abstract: A fenestration assembly includes a low-profile screen assembly including a fenestration frame and a sash movably coupled with the fenestration frame. The sash includes a daylight opening having a daylight opening profile. The low-profile screen assembly is coupled with one or more of the fenestration frame or the sash. The low-profile screen assembly includes a screen panel having a screen frame coupled along one or more of the sash or the fenestration frame, and the screen frame includes a screen frame inner perimeter. A screen membrane spans the screen frame and is coupled with the screen frame. The screen frame inner perimeter is outside of the daylight opening profile.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a frame for an insect protection device for use with a building opening, comprising at least two vertical frame struts (1.1, 1.2), at least two horizontal frame struts (2.1, 2.2), and profile connectors (5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 6.2) in each case comprising at least one first connecting arm (7) and one second connecting arm (8), characterised in that each profile connector (5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 6.2) has a rotational joint (11) between the connecting arms (7, 8) having at least one axis of rotation (9, 10), such that in an initial position the vertical frame struts (1.1, 1.2) and the horizontal frame struts (2.1, 2.2) are oriented parallel to one another and that, by pivoting the frame struts (1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2) relative to one another about the axes of rotation (9, 10) of the rotational joints (11) of the profile connectors (5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 6.

Abstract: A ground blind system is provided. The ground blind system may include a fabric panel; and a plurality of poles, wherein the plurality of poles may include a center support pole, wherein when installed the center support pole divides the fabric panel longitudinally into two smaller generally triangular shape portions of substantially the same size; and wherein in an assembled state the assembled structure of the fabric panel and plurality of poles may be configured such that the structure is self-supporting. A method of using the ground blind system may include, providing the ground blind system; installing the plurality of poles within the fabric panels to form the assembled structure; and adjusting the two smaller generally triangular shape portions to a desired angle therebetween.

Abstract: A paint frame includes multiple frame segments, each frame segment having multiple frame branches, and each frame branch having a distal end releasably connected to the distal end of a frame branch of an adjacent frame segment, wherein the frame branches of the frame segments are connected to form a rectangular grid having a perimeter edge with a planar front surface. A kit for assembling the paint frame is also provided. The kit includes multiple frame segments, each frame segment having multiple frame branches, and each frame branch having a distal end releasably connectable to the distal end of a frame branch of an adjacent frame segment, wherein the frame branches of the frame segments are releasably connectable to form a rectangular grid having a perimeter edge with a planar front surface.

Abstract: A door panel for an overhead roll-up door assembly having a first face, a second face, a top edge, and a bottom edge. The door panel is constructed by butt jointing at least two sub-panels together in a horizontal direction such that neither sub-panel overlaps the other and applying at least one strip of seaming material over each horizontal butt joint, the seaming material being adhered over each butt joint on at least the first face of the door panel. The door panel further includes at least one strip of seaming material adhered vertically along at least one face of the door panel extending from approximately the top edge of the door panel to approximately the bottom edge of the door panel, and being configured such that a top face of the vertical seaming material is substantially co-planar with a top face of the horizontal seaming material.

Abstract: A roller shutter type storage container includes a container body, a roller shutter accommodating portion, a pair of guide grooves, and a roller shutter. Each of the guide grooves extends linearly in an opening of the container body and is curved in the roller shutter accommodating portion. The roller shutter is configured by connecting a plurality of slats each having shafts formed in the widthwise direction at two ends of the slat in a bendable manner. As the two shafts slide in the corresponding guide grooves, the roller shutter slides between an open position and a close position. Each one of the shafts is spaced from a vertical wall surface of the corresponding one of the guide grooves. A projection formed of soft material projects outward from each shaft of each slat in the widthwise direction and contacts the corresponding vertical wall surface in an elastically deformed state.

Abstract: A roller shutter storage container includes a container body, a roller shutter accommodating portion, a pair of guide grooves, and a roller shutter. Each of the guide grooves extends linearly in an opening formed in the container body and is curved in the roller shutter accommodating portion. The roller shutter is configured by connecting a plurality of slats each having shafts formed at two ends of the slat with respect to the widthwise direction in a bendable manner. As the two shafts of each of the slats slide in the corresponding guide grooves, the roller shutter slides between an open position for opening the opening and a close position for closing the opening. Each one of the shafts is spaced from a vertical wall surface of the corresponding one of the guide grooves. A projection formed of soft material projects outward from each shaft of each slat in the widthwise direction and contacts the corresponding vertical wall surface in an elastically deformed state.

Abstract: A cover assembly for an opening in a sliding vehicle door system including a linkage arm operably associated with the vehicle door and a vehicle body. Also included is a tambour door panel associated with the linkage arm. Further included is a channel located proximate a door trim panel having at least one slot, the channel including an opening capable of allowing the linkage arm to pass through at least a portion of the channel, where at least a portion of the tambour door panel slidably travels within the channel, wherein a sliding motion of the vehicle door imparts movement on the linkage arm, the linkage arm sliding within the at least one slot and the channel, and wherein the linkage arm simultaneously imparts movement on the tambour door panel.

Abstract: A modular panel assembly that allows for rapid and relatively simple installation, while also providing flexibility for easy adaptation to any of a variety of constructions types. In some embodiments, the modular panel assembly involves panels which are prefabricated with panel connectors. Additionally, in some embodiments, the assembly involves two panel types that are substantially similar in their outward appearance, but differ internally so as to enable each of straight and non-straight surfaces for a structure being built.

Abstract: While a bending ability is maintained, it is possible to provide an outer appearance which is not made possible in the past. A door shutter includes a main body on a design surface side which is bent in a width direction through thin parts, and plural block pieces disposed between the thin parts on an underside of the main body, wherein an opening on a device side is opened or closed by sliding along a guide groove on the device side. On the main body, the thin parts are formed as a plane surface, and parts overlapping with the block pieces are formed in an upwardly convex curved shape.

Abstract: Wall element 2, especially for constructing a partition wall, for example in an exhibition, has a first connecting device with a least one first connecting element 12 to establish a connection with at least one other wall element 2?. the first connecting device is configured such that one wall element 2 can be connected with another wall element 2? without tools. The wall element includes an essentially frame-like basic body 18 and a second connecting device for releasable connection of at least one flat face element 30, 32, 34 to the basic body. the second connecting device is configured so that the face element 30, 32, 34 can be connected-with the basic body 18 without tools. The wall element 2 allows the partition walls to be largely assembled without tools. This saves time and assembly costs.

Abstract: A door unit for selectively opening and closing an opening in an object includes a door having a bendable slatted door body and a flexible sheet member positioned over the door body. Guide grooves in the object slidably guide at least the door body, and the respective ends of the door body and the sheet member are connected on one end in the sliding direction. By setting an appropriate spacing between the guide grooves, the generation of noise that would otherwise be caused by the door body and the sheet member rubbing against each other when they are opened or closed, is avoided. The use of the separate sheet member also significantly increases the options for the material to be employed for the design surface of the door unit.

Abstract: A vertical blind comprising a single fabric sheet having a series of vertical panels. The vertical panels include at least one relatively translucent panel and a plurality of vertical pocket panels. Each vertical pocket panel includes a vertical pocket. A vane is disposed and contained within the pocket for moving the associated pocket panel between open and closed positions. The vertical pocket panel along with the vane form a relatively opaque panel such that the vertical blind includes relatively translucent and relatively opaque panels.

Abstract: An assembly includes a first panel and a second panel. Each panel has a foldable frame member having a folded and an unfolded orientation, with a fabric material covering selected portions of the respective frame member to form the respective panel when the respective frame member is in the unfolded orientation. A connection system is provided to removably connect the first and second panels.

Abstract: A multi-panel door comprises a plurality of side-by-side door panels and a water-resistant shield. Each one of the door panels is pivotably attached at an edge thereof to an adjacent one of the door panels thereby defining an edge interface between the adjacent ones of the door panels. Each one of the door panels has a cargo space facing major surface and an exterior facing major surface generally opposite and spaced apart from the cargo space facing major surface. The water-resistant shield extends over at least a portion of the cargo space facing major surface of all of the door panels. The water-resistant shield covers each edge interface defined by the door panels and wraps at least partially around a bottom longitudinal edge of a lower-most one of the door panels.

Abstract: A slat assembly for blind includes a plurality of support rods that are sequentially lined up side by side in abutment with an adhesive glue layer coated at the bottom side thereon for a woven fabric of various diagrams and designs to be attached thereto wherein, via the fastening of the adhesive glue layer thereof, the weaving spots of the woven fabric and the adjacent joints of the juxtaposed support rods thereof are securely bound together to form a rigid and straight piece of decoration article that is capable of being further cut in equal space into a plurality of slat pieces each having a cord passage hole disposed at both lateral sides thereon respectively to form a horizontal-type slat piece, or a hook hole disposed at one lateral side thereon to provide a vertical-type slat piece thereof.

Abstract: A mounting system is disclosed for the mounting of a sheet on a roll-up door. The sheet is contemplated to have top and bottom opposed edges with continuous beads therealong for association with the mounting system. An elongate frame member is fixed to an upper one of the elongate panels in the elongate direction thereof. The frame member includes a mortise to receive the continuous bead along the top edge of the sheet. An elongate spring cover is mounted to one of the lower elongate panels of the roll-up door and has an access opening facing toward the elongate frame member. Springs are affixed within the elongate spring cover and attached to an elongate attachment which also includes a mortise to receive the continuous bead of the bottom edge of the sheet. The assembly of the springs, elongate attachment and sheet extend through the access opening.

Abstract: An elongated roller shutter profile (1) made of plastic or metal for swimming pool covers comprises a water-proof closure (10) with which at least one hollow chamber (3a, 3b) extending in the longitudinal direction (2) of the roller shutter profile (1) can be closed off on a face side (9) of the roller shutter profile (1). The closure (10) comprises a cap (11) which is at least partly insertable from the face side (9) and comprises a piston plate (12a, 12b) disposed at a distance to the cap (11) within the respective hollow chamber (3a, 3b) as well as a sealing medium extending between the cap (11) and the piston plate (12a, 12b).

Abstract: A roll-up door assembly for a variety of uses for example commercial vehicles, commercial buildings, residential buildings or other suitable purposes. The door assembly includes a flexible unitary panel constructed from a material comprising a fiber and resin composite. A plurality of transverse support bars are affixed to the flexible panel. Rollers are rotably mounted on an axle and are adapted to be received in a track for guided movement of the flexible panel. The axle can be integral with the transverse reinforcement member or part of a roller bracket affixed to the transverse reinforcement member. Alternately, the flexible panel can be provided without rollers and can be received in and guided by a slotted track.

Abstract: A roll up door for trucks and the like comprises a one piece plastic sheet member which encloses the door opening. A plurality of stiffening panels are attached to the sheet member in spaced relation and preferably bonded to the sheet member. Rollers and attached axles are mounted on the panels via bores which receive the axles. The rollers ride in roll up door tracks which capture the rollers and door to the tracks in conventional fashion. The sheet member forms living hinges in the spaces between adjacent panels.

Abstract: An articulated sectional overhead gate, in particular for a commercial vehicle, includes a plate-shaped body structure comprised of a plurality of rigid panels made from a single-layer plastic strip, multi-layer plastic strip or laminate of different material layers, and a hinged connection for articulating the panels to one another such that flexible zones are created between consecutive panels. The flexible zones are effected through formation of depressions spaced along at least one side of the body structure.

Abstract: A flexible cover, which can be rolled onto and about a support rotatable about an axis, and can be unrolled therefrom, consists of at least one translucent sheet having: a continuous outside wall extending throughout the width and throughout the length of the sheet, the length being the dimension which is parallel to the rotational axis of the support and the rolling and unrolling axis of the sheet; a discontinuous inside wall parallel to the outside wall and extending throughout the length and, in a discontinuous interrupted manner, the width of the sheet; and parallel longitudinal walls, extending throughout the length of the sheet, perpendicularly to and connecting the outside and inside walls to define groups of successive longitudinal cells, interruptions of the inside wall defining spaces between respective pairs of adjacent groups of successive cells, the groups being separate and being connected solely by the outside wall which, at the interruptions at the inside wall, constitutes a flexure portion fo

Abstract: A roll up door which may be used in the back of a van body has a plurality of panels arranged edge-to-edge with a thin flexible sheet glued to the outside face of the panels and a flexible belt attached to each pair of adjacent panels at the rear face of these panels. A roller extends from each end of each panel and is received by a generally inverted L-shaped guide track. With this arrangement, the panels may cant while moving from the vertical to the horizontal leg of the guide channels by virtue of the belts which hinge and collapse allowing the outer sheet to bend as well.

Abstract: The tambour door assembly (16), for a bathtub (10) having side access or other structures, has a plurality of tambour slats (76 or 401). Shafts (78 or 404) are mounted in the ends of the tambour slats. Rollers 82 are mounted on the shafts (78 or 404) and guided by door guide assemblies 64. A flexible water impervious membrane (86) is clamped to the tambour slats (76 or 401) by clamp plates (414) having a surface (416), that is an arc about an axis parallel to the long axis of the tambour slats, in contact with the membrane. The membrane (86) maintains a predetermined space or pitch between the shafts (78 or 404). Sprockets (92) mesh with the shafts (78 or 404) and transmit force from one tambour slat to another through the membrane (86). If desired a motor can be provided to rotate the sprockets (92) and open and close the tambour door (16).

Abstract: An array of panels foldably connected such that the array may be collapsed into a single stack of panels, and a method of manufacturing such an array. The array has at least three rows of panels, where the first and second rows have at least two panels and the third row has at least one panel. The panels in each row are foldably connected so that each row of panels may be collapsed into a single stack of panels. Each row of panels is connected to the row of panels below it so that the individual stacked rows may be further collapsed onto each other to form a single stack of panels. With this folding scheme, the array may have more than two panels in each row and may have more than three rows of panels. The panels define connecting pin channels that, when the panels are unfolded, are co-axially aligned with connecting pin channels of adjacent panels. Connecting pins are inserted into the co-axially aligned connecting pin channels to hold panels in a specific orientation with respect to each other.

Abstract: A shutter for large pressure vessels comprises a lid assembly (Y) constituted of a seal plate (1) formed of a flexible material of a size fit for the opening of a pressure vessel and a multitude of beam members (2) attached to the outer surface of the plate (1) and extending widthwise. The beam members are connected to the seal plate in such a manner as to be parallel to each other along a reference line for connection, extending in the widthwise direction of the seal plate, and advance or retreat while flexing along a guide member (7) having at least one bending portion (71). The guide member extends between a closing position (A) disposed in front of the opening portion and a storage position (B) disposed on an outer housing of the pressure vessel, so that the assembly can be housed in a relatively small space. This shutter is most suitable for use on a medical autoclave and a retort for food processing.

Abstract: An open office space dividing arrangement in which both simple and complex work station configurations are constructed from a small number of different free-standing units which share no walls with adjacent work stations. The units may be individually moved without dismantling, and without disturbing adjacent units or work stations to reconfigure a complex work station at the present location of the units, or the units may be moved as a whole to a different location and placed in the same or in a diferent work station configuration. Each unit is constructed according to the same concept in which a plurality of modules are vertically stacked to a desired height, with each module having two or three integrally joined sections which form diferent walls of the unit. The modules are foldable along one or two bend lines which separate and define the lateral sections, between shipping and functional configurations.

Abstract: A foldable window covering formed of a single web of flexible material. The web is formed with a plurality of independent loops extending from one side with opposed faces of the loops connected together along a horizontal seam parallel to and spaced from the end of the loop to form a pocket in each loop. The seams of adjacent loops are spaced apart such that the web forms a curtain wall section between adjacent loops which limits the spacing between adjacent loops when the window covering is in the expanded condition, and the loops are adapted to hang down and have a length such that each loop overlaps a subjacant loop when the window covering is in the expanded condition.

Abstract: To insulate a window, the bottoms, the ends and a portion of the tops near the ends of a plurality of relatively-thick, relatively-stiff polyurethane strips are cemented to a flexible fabric by an elastomer. The maximum width of the polyurethane strips increases with their position along the fabric as the square root of a function of the stretching ability of the elastomeric cement and the radius from the center of the roller to the strip. That function includes the difference between the square of a first quantity and a second quantity, the first quantity being the sum of the radius of the particular rolled end and the stretching ability of the elastomer at the edge of the strip and the second quantity being the radius squared. The uppermost polyurethane strip forms a sealing engagement with the sill, the two sides of the backing and the ends of the strips ride in sealing tracks and the bottom strip rests on the sill to form a compartment with the window.