Abstract: A secure ventilation assembly for multi-panel retractable garage doors is provided. The ventilation assembly is comprised of a plurality of panels operably mounted to the multi-panel retractable garage door and movable between a retracted position and an extended position. The plurality of panels includes C-channel shaped frames sized to receive a soft wire mesh and a security barrier adjacent to the soft wire mesh for preventing debris and unwanted insects or rodents from entering the interior of the garage while still allowing air to flow into and out of the garage. The ventilation assembly may include a cooling system having a water absorbent breathable material that allows air to pass through and enter the interior of the garage. The material cools the air as the air evaporates water molecules from the material. As a result, cool air enters the interior of the garage cooling down the temperature of the interior.

Abstract: The present invention is a garage door shade assembly to be used in conjunction with an overhead, garage door that moves on tracks from open to closed position. The shade is frameless and it upper edge is affixed to the lowest edge of the garage door. When the shade is retracted, the lower edge of the shade is removable secured to an upper boundary of the lowest garage door panel. When the shade is extended, that lower edge is released from its association with the upper boundary of the lowest garage door panel, and the door is raised the desired level. Finally, the lower edge of the shade can be secured in its vertical position by associating it with the tracks of the door.

Abstract: A removable cover for a garage door vent or window, and preferably a cover for vents and windows in a garage door having embossed raised decorative panels incorporated into the door sections for decorative and aesthetic purposes, wherein the cover is slidingly received within a generally U-shaped in cross-section track externally mounted about the perimeter of the vent/window opening. Most preferably, the cover is formed of the rectangular piece of material removed from the garage door section to create the vent/window opening, such that with the cover in place over the vent/window, the decorative pattern and overall look of the door is virtually identical to the look of a door that is not provided with vents or windows. For garage doors having embossed raised decorative panels, the relatively large planar interior face portion of the raised panel having inwardly sloping sides is preferably removed to form the cover.

Abstract: A window covering has a headrail, a plurality of lift cords extending from the headrail and a plurality of shade elements positioned sequentially below the headrail. Each shade element has an upper edge and a lower edge which edges are substantially parallel to one another and oriented transverse to the lift cords. The shade elements are positioned so that when the shade elements are in a closed position the lower edge of one shade element abuts the upper edge of an adjacent shade element and when the shade elements are in an open position, the lower edge of the at least one shade element is spaced apart from the upper edge of an adjacent shade element. A first cord is attached to the upper edge of each shade element and a second cord is attached to the lower edge of each shade element.

Abstract: A screen closure for a garage doorway has a plurality of screened panels movable from an elevated, stored position in which such panels are side-by-side to an extended, operative position in which the panels extend vertically a distance sufficient to close the doorway. Those panels which are at eye level and below when the panels are in their extended position are substantially coplanar.

Abstract: A vertically operating door includes a flexible panel comprising two pliable sheets of material with a layer of thermal insulation between the two. The door includes means for preventing or relieving undesirable air pressure conditions inside the panel. In some cases, a hose from a suction inlet of a blower extends into the space between the two sheets so that when the door is closed with the bottom of the panel resting upon the floor, the blower draws out excess air that happens to leak into the hollow interior of the panel. In other cases, air passageways are created to release or redistribute the excess air inside the panel. The door includes an inflatable seal that helps prevent frost from forming on the door panel's vertical guide tracks, thus the door is particularly suited for refrigerated cold storage rooms.

Abstract: A screen door that can be utilized in conjunction with an electronic garage door. The screen door can be attached or detached from the garage door and has the same size and shape as the garage door. The screen door runs up and down on its own set of tracks and has no power of its own to go up or down.

Abstract: An ventilated gate for use with an overhead garage door. The ventilated gate is an added feature to a conventional overhead garage door and provides ventilation to a garage where such ventilation is unavailable through a conventional overhead garage door. The ventilated gate is in a flat position on a driveway in front of the garage door when not in use and in a raised position between the driveway and the bottom of the garage door when in use.

Abstract: A cascade shade comprising a horizontal blind and a fabric cover assembly having means to attach it to the blind to produce a series of cascading loops or folds covering the blind without interfering with the raising, lowering, opening or closing of the blind.

Abstract: In certain embodiments, a thermal barrier can be removably attached to portals such as trailer doors, partitions, bulkheads, and the like. In one embodiment, a flexible thermal barrier having an associated flexible seal is attached to an interior surface of a roll-up trailer door in a refrigerated trailer to insulate the cargo area from the ambient air. In other embodiments, seals mounted to the trailer wall cooperate with an insulating blanket disposed on a portal such as a roll-up door. In still other embodiments, wall mounted seals are used alone, without a blanket, to provide peripheral thermal sealing.

Abstract: A garage screen door system for allowing air to flow into a garage. The garage screen door system includes a screen door member comprising a plurality of panels. Each of the panels is hingably coupled to an adjacent one of the panels. The screen door member is designed for being positioned proximate a garage door opposite the entrance to the garage when the garage door is in a closed position. The screen door member is designed for permitting air flow into the garage when the garage door is in an open position. A pair of track members are positioned on opposing sides of the screen door member. Each of the track members engages a plurality of rollers rotatably coupled to the screen door member whereby the track members are for guiding the screen door member when the screen door is moved from a lowered position to a raised position.

Abstract: A door panel comprises several interlocking panel members. The panel members can be extrusions that are readily cut to length to create assembled door panels that match doorways of various widths. The ability to readily provide a door panel in various widths and lengths makes such a panel particularly useful as a replacement panel whose size needs to match that of existing door panels. In some embodiments, a physical property of the panel member's extruded material varies from one panel member to another and/or varies within a single panel member to provide a door panel with certain desirable characteristics.

Abstract: A guard assembly is used near a doorway with an overhead door on a platform having at least one post mounted adjacent the doorway. The assembly preferably comprises a barrier adapted to extend across the doorway and having at least one coupling which is adapted to connect to a respective post to allow the barrier to block the doorway; and a bracket adapted to facilitate connection and disconnection between the barrier and the overhead door. Such an assembly allows the barrier to block the doorway whether connected to or disconnected from the door and to move with the door as the door opens and closes.

Abstract: A barrier assembly for protecting an edge of a loading platform includes: a gate reciprocating between a barrier position approximate an edge of a loading platform and an open position away from the edge of the loading platform, and a toe barrier mounted approximate the edge of the loading platform and operatively coupled to the primary gate to reciprocate between a barrier position and an open position. The toe barrier provides a vertical barrier along a floor of the loading platform approximate the edge of the loading platform in its barrier position, and is operative to reciprocate to its barrier position when the primary gate is in its barrier position and to reciprocate to its open position when the primary gate is in its open position.

Abstract: A guard assembly for use near a doorway with an overhead door on a platform having at least one post mounted adjacent the doorway is disclosed. The assembly preferably comprises a barrier adapted to extend across the doorway and having at least one coupling which is adapted to connect to a respective post to allow the barrier to block the doorway; and a bracket adapted to facilitate connection and disconnection between the barrier and the overhead door. Such an assembly allows the barrier to block the doorway whether connected to or disconnected from the door and to move with the door as the door opens and closes.

Abstract: In certain embodiments, a thermal barrier can be removably attached to portals such as trailer doors, partitions, bulkheads, and the like. In one embodiment, a flexible thermal barrier having an associated flexible seal is attached to an interior surface of a roll-up trailer door in a refrigerated trailer to insulate the cargo area from the ambient air. In other embodiments, seals mounted to the trailer wall cooperate with an insulating blanket disposed on a portal such as a roll-up door. In still other embodiments, wall mounted seals are used alone, without a blanket, to provide peripheral thermal sealing.

Abstract: A method and a computer program for facilitating previewing an area rug or other floor covering in a room, hallway, or other intended environment wherein the area rug will be placed, located, or otherwise used. Broadly, a digital image of the area rug is shaded, scaled, angled, or otherwise manipulated to reflect the corresponding conditions of the environment of use; combined with a digital image of the intended environment of use so as to present an accurately sized and realistic preview presentation image; and made available, such as, for example, via a network, for viewing. Any furniture or other objects appearing in the digital image of the environment of use to overlap an area wherein the area rug will be located are accommodated with a labor-reducing masking technique, thereby eliminating any requirement that a customer physically move the objects prior to generating the digital image of the environment of use.

Abstract: A flexible retractable screen assembly is disclosed for any garage door of the type that ends with the garage door substantially parallel to a garage floor when in a fully opened condition. The assembly includes a frame sub-assembly with bases 21R, 21L symmetrically disposed in the corners of an entire interior side of a garage door. Vertically positioned flexible track members 41L, 41R disposed at opposite ends of garage door are mounted, elevated off door to traverse an entire height of garage door, in respective end corner bases 21R or 21L. Flexible dual-purpose conjunctive rods 60L, 60R, disposed at opposite ends, slidably engages respective bases 21R or 21L and tracks 41L, 41R and screen sub-assembly attachment slips 90L, 90R. Fixedly attached to each rod 60L, 60R above and below screen sub-assembly attachment slips 90L, 90R to restrict their movement are respectively, a horizontal support brace 82 and a concert drag 72.

Abstract: A ventilator for installation in a garage door. It preferably fits in place of a standard garage door panel or into the panel. The ventilator includes a frame fitting into the door in place of a panel. The ventilator has openable and closeable louver slats exposed to the outside of the door and operated by a crank located on the inside of the door for adjustment of the louver slats to the desired position. A screen of appropriate mesh is installed on the frame on the inside of the garage, covering the inside such that insects may not enter the garage when the louver slats of the ventilator are open. The ventilator is preferably made of aluminum or other metal and is of sufficiently robust construction as to deter forcible intrusion, particularly when the ventilator is closed.

Abstract: A retractable garage screen that can be installed inside a garage at a garage door opening where an existing overhead garage door is already installed without interfering with the operation of the existing garage door. The present invention installs just above an existing overhead garage door and employs some of the same hardware used in installing an overhead garage door. The screen door of the present invention is provided with a center zipper that allows the garage screen door to be retracted around the existing sectional door mechanism and also serves as a door for passing through the screen door when the screen door is in use.

Abstract: A system for improved shading of the interior of a building, more specifically, a shade system for use within a door opening of the building where the door opening is serviced by at least one overhead access door, such as a vehicular garage door or rolling service door. The system comprises a flexible fabric shade panel having apertures through the fabric for user access and wind relief. The system may be permanently mounted to an interior portion of the door. The shade panel is raised, lowered and stowed using a spring-assisted rolling storage assembly. The installed system does not interfere with the normal operation of the overhead door.

Abstract: A window blinding system includes a top traverse supporter adapted for affixing to a top beam of a ceiling, a first shading arrangement, and a second shading arrangement. The first shading arrangement includes a first base member, a plurality of first slats, a first blind supporting system for spacedly and suspendedly supporting the first slats horizontally between the top traverse supporter and the first base member, and a first operating system for selectively lifting up and dropping down the first base member towards and from the top traverse supporter. The second shading arrangement includes a plurality of second slats and a second blind supporting system for spacedly and suspendedly supporting the second slats horizontally between the first slats. Therefore, by selectively adjusting positions of the first and second slats, the first and second shading arrangements are capable of providing multiple shading effects.

Abstract: A ventilator for installation in a garage door. It preferably fits in place of a standard garage door panel or into the panel. The ventilator includes a frame fitting into the door in place of a panel. The ventilator has openable and closeable louver slats exposed to the outside of the door and operated by a crank located on the inside of the door for adjustment of the louver slats to the desired position. A screen of appropriate mesh is installed on the frame on the inside of the garage, covering the inside such that insects may not enter the garage when the louver slats of the ventilator are open. The ventilator is preferably made of aluminum or other metal and is of sufficiently robust construction as to deter forcible intrusion, particularly when the ventilator is closed.

Abstract: A retractable screen panel installation for a garage door in which the screen panel may be held latched in a position overlying a lowermost section of a garage door, and selectively released to slide down to cover an opening created when the door is partially raised. A one handed operation of two laterally spaced latching mechanisms releases the screen panel by squeezing together two angled end pivoted release levers each connected to a respective cable release element.

Abstract: The present invention provides a device, method, and system for secure viewing and use of banking and other electronic access devices. The present invention comprises a computer/video display system that includes a computer with a conventional screen that displays a polarized screen image and a polarized partition that allows viewing of the screen by the user positioned in front of the display, while preventing viewing by secondary observers. The present invention operates in conjunction with a standard liquid crystal display (LCD), using the intact polarizer of the LCD. The present invention is intended to be used in conjunction with an automatic teller machine/customer access terminal (ATM/CAT) or personal computer (PC) to allow privacy of information displayed to the ATM/CAT or PC user, without preventing observation of the ATM/CAT or PC user.

Abstract: A retractable screen panel installation for a garage door in which the screen panel may be held latched in a position overlying a lowermost section of a garage door, and selectively released to slide down to cover an opening created when the door is partially raised. A one handed operation of two laterally spaced latching mechanisms releases the screen panel by squeezing together two angled end pivoted release levers each connected to a respective cable release element.

Abstract: A double-pane window having a light-control assembly within its peripheral frame. The light-control assembly has an upper section which is adapted to redirect light entering the window through the outside pane so that the light, exiting the window through the inside pane, is reflected upwardly against a ceiling surface of the interior of a room, on the wall of which the window is mounted; and a lower section which is adapted to inhibit light entering the window through the outside pane from exiting the window through the inside pane. The lower section and optionally the upper section can each comprise a plurality of laterally-extending slats which can be pivoted about their laterally-extending axes to inhibit or redirect light entering the window. If desired, the slats of the lower section can be pivoted independently of the slats of the upper section. The slats of at least the upper section preferably have a transverse cross-section with a concave surface facing upwardly.

Abstract: A flexible retractable screen assembly is disclosed for any garage door of the type that ends with the garage door substantially parallel to a garage floor when in a fully opened condition. The assembly includes a frame sub-assembly with bases 21R, 21L, 31R, 31L symmetrically disposed in the corners of an entire interior side of a garage door. Vertically positioned flexible track members 41L, 41R disposed at opposite ends of garage door are mounted, elevated off door to traverse an entire height of garage door, in respective end corner bases 21R, 31R or 21L, 31L. Flexible dual-purpose conjunctive rods 60L, 60R, disposed at opposite ends, slidably engages respective tracks 41L, 41R and screen sub-assembly attachment slips 90L, 90R. Fixedly attached to each rod 60L, 60R above and below screen sub-assembly attachment slips 90L, 90R to restrict their movement are respectively, a horizontal support brace 82 and a concert drag 72.

Abstract: A roller shutter for a window or doorway wall opening, comprising a plurality of elongate slats coupled together to form a slat assembly, and a winding device overlying the slat assembly for winding and unwinding the slat assembly to a fully-closed position, a fully-opened position, and a partially-opened position with respect to the wall opening. The slats are coupled together by flexible coupling links coupled between adjacent slats at both ends of the slats, which permit each slat, when in a fully-opened or partially-opened position with respect to the wall opening, to move linearly away from an adjacent slat in the slat assembly to create a light and air space between the adjacent slats and linearly towards the adjacent slat in the slat assembly to close or restrict the light and air spaces, and angularly with respect to the adjacent slat in the slat assembly to enable the slat assembly to be wound onto or unwound from the winding device.

Abstract: Combined Multiple-Glazed Window And Light-Control Assembly A double-pane window having a light-control assembly within its peripheral frame. The light-control assembly has an upper section which is adapted to redirect light entering the window through the outside pane so that the light, exiting the window through the inside pane, is reflected upwardly against a ceiling surface of the interior of a room, on the wall of which the window is mounted; and a lower section which is adapted to inhibit light entering the window through the outside pane from exiting the window through the inside pane. The lower section and optionally the upper section can each comprise a plurality of laterally-extending slats which can be pivoted about their laterally-extending axes to inhibit or redirect light entering the window. If desired, the slats of the lower section can be pivoted independently of the slats of the upper section.

Abstract: A venetian type blind has a bottomrail, a headrail positioned above the bottomrail, a pivot slat positioned between the headrail and the bottomrail and a tilt slat located immediately below the pivot slat. A set of upper ladders extends from the headrail to the pivot slat and carries a set of upper slats. A set of lower ladders extends from the bottomrail to the tilt slat with each lower ladder being connected to a pivot member on the pivot slat. The lower ladders carry a set of lower slats. At least one pivot cord connects the pivot slat to the tilt slat. This arrangement allows the lower slats to be separately tilted to a different position from the upper slats.

Abstract: A dual closure system for overhead doors in a structure having a floor, a vertical wall, a ceiling structure, and a rectangular door opening in the wall which extends from the floor upwardly in a direction towards the ceiling has a pair of spaced tracks with a vertical segment extending upwardly from the floor adjacent vertical sides of the door opening, and terminating through curved track segments into a pair of vertically horizontal upper and lower track portions. The curved track segments both have lower ends arcuately merging into alignment with an upper end of the vertical segments of tracks. The upper ends of the curved track segments terminate in vertically spaced horizontal track portions. First and second foldable doors which have sets of rollers on their side edges are movably mounted one each in the horizontal portions of the track so that each door can be individually moved into a vertical position in the vertical segment of the tracks.

Abstract: A data storage system includes redundant write caches, a disk controller and an array of disks. One of the redundant write caches is a primary write cache of RAM or NVRAM, and another is a backup write cache having a hybrid memory structure of a relatively small amount of NVRAM in combination with a cache-disk space mapped to disk. The cache-disk space may be located on a single disk within the disk array, or distributed over a number of the plurality of disks in the array. In one embodiment, the array of disks can may be configured as a RAID architecture. The data storage system of the present invention preferably employs a conventional, fast-write-fast-read primary write cache and a non-volatile, hybrid memory backup write cache. The redundant write caches are asymmetric since the primary write cache and the backup write cache have different sizes and structures.

Abstract: A combined swing door and roll-up door having upright front frame members projected outwardly from sheet members to provide a front facade of a plurality of swing doors. The sheet members have vertical grooves in their exterior surfaces extend generally parallel to the upright frame members.

Abstract: A Venetian blind window covering in one embodiment comprises two individual Venetian blinds “A” and “B”. The Venetian blind “A” and “B” are detachably secured together by a bridge rail or bridge housing. The “A” section has a plurality of user controllable slats operationally disposed therein. The “B” section has a plurality of user controllable slats operationally disposed therein. The “A” and “B” sections are independently controllable by the user. The user may, if desire, raise, lower, or tilt section “A” independent of raising, lowering, or tilting section “B”. The window treatment “B” section of this embodiment may, if desired, be readily removed and replaced with a “C” section containing all of the attributes of the “B” section plus selected pictorial representations.

Abstract: A decorative roll-patterned metal strip or sheet, preferably aluminium strip or sheet, having: a thickness of about 0.05-1.0 mm, preferably about 0.1-0.8 mm, with a surface having a plurality of indentations of a depth of about 0.001-0.05 mm, preferably about 0.02-0.035 mm, and optionally having a layer of a paint of a thickness of about 3-30 microns, preferably about 10-15 microns, on the surface and within its indentations, the ratio of the depth of the indentations to the thickness of the strip or sheet being in the range of about 1:5 to about 1:100. A process is provided for making the decorative roll-patterned metal strip.

Abstract: An auxiliary screened gate which is approximately the same size as a door panel in a garage door for attachment to the lower edge of the garage door. The auxiliary screened gate will allow light and air to pass therethrough. The upper edge of the screened gate is attached to the lower edge of the garage door. Hinges are employed to attach the screened gate to the garage door. A hook and eye latch is provided for securing the screened gate in its non-operative folded position on the lower interior of the garage door. A hinged mechanism is used to allow the screened door to be pivotally operated on the lower edge of the garage door.

Abstract: A convertible panel door-screen door closure for residential garage doors or commercial doors having a torsion spring mechanism for balancing the panel door and a roll-up mechanism for the screen door. The roll-up mechanism is mounted beneath the torsion spring mechanism on header plates. Roller tracks for the panel door are mounted in spaced relation to the standard door jams by brackets and the tracks for the screen are mounted between the jams and the panel tracks on the same brackets. The screen door and panel door have the same position with respect to the jams, immediately to the rear of the jams, when in their down positions, and hence only one door may be in the down or closed position at any time.

Abstract: A garage door decorative cover assembly for use on an exterior surface of a garage door made of a plurality of door panels permitted to rotate relative to each other when the garage door moves from a closed position to an open position includes at least one flexible panel and, for each flexible panel, a first fixing element and at least one resilient second fixing element. Each flexible panel has a first end, a second end, a front surface and a back surface. With respect to each flexible panel, the first fixing element attaches the first end of the flexible panel to the exterior surface of the garage door, and the resilient second fixing element couples the second end of the flexible panel to the exterior surface of the garage door such that the flexible panel is held taut when the garage door is in both open and closed positions. The flexible panels are provided with fanciful holiday, seasonal, or other celebratory indicia.

Abstract: A window covering for mounting to the interior of a garage door window which will give the effect of a stylized window. The window covering comprises a central panel of desired material with a border of contrasting material attached thereto, wherein the border replicates a predetermined geometrical shape to give the effect of a stylized window and the border has attached thereto attachment tabs for attaching the window covering to the garage door. The attachment tabs are comprised of a front portion and a rear portion to define a loop therebetween so that the tab may be affixed to the garage door by fasteners placed through the tabs or by a rigid frame member placed through the loop and then the rigid frame member is attached to the door.

Abstract: Provided is an improved curtain for garage door windows, standard windows, and the like, with at least one curtain element overlying a support sleeve portion. The support sleeve portion is affixed adjacent the top edge of the curtain element such that the curtain element overlies the support sleeve portion in a smooth fashion and hangs naturally. The support sleeve portion provides for detachably installing the curtain over the window through the use of coacting hook and loop fasteners. The support sleeve portion further provides for rapid adjustment of the width of the curtain, dually through the use of elastic banding material contained within the support sleeve portion, and by crimping and detachably affixing the support sleeve portion to the associated coacting hook portion at selected intervals.

Abstract: A combined garage door screen and garage door and method is disclosed wherein the garage door screen can be selectively fixedly attached to the back of the garage door in either a lower (closed screen) position when the bottom portion of the garage door is spaced from the ground or an upper (screen up) position when the bottom portion of the garage door screen is raised to a level at least equal to the level of the bottom portion of the garage door.

Abstract: A secondary security garage door is provided that is attached to and operates behind a primary garage door. The security door is made up of multiple panels composed of an outside frame supporting a wire mesh material. The security door rides along a separate guide rail adjacent to the primary garage door guide rail When assembled and installed, these panels form a barrier that prevents unwanted intruders access to the garage, or the escape of pets. This also allows for the free flow of outside air into the garage, thereby solving the problem of overheated garages during the warmer seasons. The secondary security door is provided with an interlocking system. This system allows both doors to automatically be locked together and ride up and down the rails in tandem. This feature allows the door operator to lift the security door by closing the primary door, which will then engage the interlocking system, thus, allowing the doors to move together.

Abstract: A retractable screen assembly is disclosed for a standard garage door of the type that is selectively raised and lowered to open and close the garage. The assembly includes one or more screen panels stacked against and extending across an inside surface of the garage door. The panels are telescopically mounted to the garage door such that they are selectively positioned in a retracted condition wherein the panels are held in substantially parallel juxtaposition against the garage door, and an extended condition wherein the panels depend from the garage door and extend generally between the lower edge of the garage door and a floor of the garage when the garage door is raised. The panels are releasably locked in the retracted condition to permit the garage door to be raised with the panels in the retracted condition. The panels are released so that they slide into the extended condition when the garage door is raised.

Abstract: A view-shielding device for a machine designed to block the view of the machine's keypad or view screen by others positioned behind or adjacent to the user. The device includes two planar screens pivotal attached on the machine's front surface on opposite sides of the keypad or viewing screen. The screens, which are made of rigid, opaque material, are aligned vertically over the front surface of the machine. The screens are attached along their inside longitudinal edges to the front surface via hinges which enable the screens to pivot on the front surface approximately 180 degrees. By adjusting the relative positions of the screens on the front surface, the view angle of the keypad or viewing screen by others positioned behind or adjacent to the user may be blocked. In one embodiment, each screen includes a first panel structure. In an alternative embodiment, each screen includes a first panel structure and a second panel structure pivotally attached along their adjoining longitudinal edges.

Abstract: A door opener provides for remotely opening and closing both a multi-panel closure and an overhead door used on the same doorway. The apparatus is expected to be most widely used with garage doors that have external screened closures installed outside them. An auxiliary opener, which can be configured to operate with either a chain-type overhead door opener or a screw-type opener, takes its power from a primary door opener and operates the screen closure in synchronism with the overhead door. The opening system can be used with a single doorway, or with a set of multiple doorways that share a common screen closure. The various versions of the apparatus are configured to continue to allow manual operation of slidable screen panels, and to permit the screen closure to be either open or closed when the main overhead garage door is open.

Abstract: A security door construction for a doorway in a loading dock. The door is constructed of open materials, such as expanded metal mesh, and is mounted for movement between a closed and open position on tracks which are located adjacent the sides of the doorway. A safety beam or barrier is connected to the lower portion of the door and extends across the width of the doorway when the door is in the closed position. Fixed supports are mounted on the loading dock in position to be engaged by the ends of the barrier in the event the barrier is subjected to an impact, thereby preventing lateral deflection of the door by the external force and preventing heavy objects from falling through the doorway.

Abstract: A shower partition of the type which is attached to a wall and which can be swiveled as well as swung open and closed, between a rest position and an open position in which the shower partition forms an enclosed shower stall in conjunction with the wall to which it is attached. The shower partition includes a pair of separate subunits, each of which includes a plurality of segments which are hinged with one another. A first end of each subunit is attached to the wall in spaced apart relationship with respect to the first end of the other subunit, and opposite, second ends of the subunits abut one another, when opened, to form the shower stall. When the subunits are opened to form the shower stall, the inner segments are able to fold outward to the rest position while the outer segments are able to fold inward into the rest position but are blocked from folding further outward.

Abstract: A sunshade consisting of one or more panels for all type windows and particularly side and rear vehicle windows. The sunshades made of a tear resistant corrugated base material with die cuts that provide a plurality of louver apertures. Die cut notches may be provided for joining and interlocking one panel to another permitting the sunshade to be made wider or narrower. The panels may also include integral stiffening members that double as mounting support legs so that the panels stiffly traverse large areas. The aperture flaps may be individually moved to any desirable angle that prevents sun glare and blaze from penetrating the windows of a moving vehicle, but without obstructing the ambient daylight or overall vision of the occupant. When parked, the flaps may be pressed back into the die cut aperture cavities so as to provide opaque panels for full sun blockage.

Abstract: A desk structure provided with parallel walls formed with a front wall defining a central cavity, with the central cavity positioned between a right series of storage drawers, and a left storage door positioned hingedly in front of a printer cavity, wherein the printer cavity includes a medially positioned slide-out drawer, the slide-out drawer defining a gap between a rear portion of the slide-out drawer and a rear wall of the structure. Extending upwardly from a lower desk plate are right and left storage shelves, with a medial upper cavity mounted therebetween, with the upper cavity including a roll-top member directed over the cavity to provide protection for the organization when not in use. A modification of the invention includes a further roll-top member formed of transparent polarized slats minimizing glare relative to a computer monitor positioned within the cavity.