Patents by Inventor Dean A. Rennich

Dean A. Rennich 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).

  • Retractable screen door components and method
    Patent number: 6814127
    Abstract: A retractable flexible screen for installation to a frame of a fenestration product, the frame having opposite pairs of frame members. The flexible screen extending and retracting across an opening in the fenestration product and including flexible screen material and a roller system upon which the screen material is unwound and wound. The roller system mounting to a pair of mounting brackets, each attachable to one of the pairs of frame members. A control bar connects to the screen material and moves along a pair of tracks each mountable to the same pair of frame members, the screen material extending from the roller system to one of the other pair of frame members. A gripper system mounts in the tracks and grips the screen material in a closed flexible screen. A spring tensioning system provides post-installation access to adjust the tension of a spring within the roller system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2004
    Assignee: Pella Corporation
    Inventors: Gary E. Tagtow, Dean A. Rennich, Bruce A. Hagemeyer, Ronald L. Spoelstra
  • Retractable screen door components and method
    Publication number: 20040154753
    Abstract: A retractable flexible screen for installation to a frame of a fenestration product, the frame having opposite pairs of frame members. The flexible screen extending and retracting across an opening in the fenestration product and including flexible screen material and a roller system upon which the screen material is unwound and wound. The roller system mounting to a pair of mounting brackets, each attachable to one of the pairs of frame members. A control bar connects to the screen material and moves along a pair of tracks each mountable to the same pair of frame members, the screen material extending from the roller system to one of the other pair of frame members. A gripper system mounts in the tracks and grips the screen material in a closed flexible screen. A spring tensioning system provides post-installation access to adjust the tension of a spring within the roller system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2003
    Publication date: August 12, 2004
    Inventors: Gary E. Tagtow, Dean A. Rennich, Bruce A. Hagemeyer, Ronald L. Spoelstra