Abstract: A built-in roller shade actuation device for actuating a winding drum with opposite ends rotatably mounted to corresponding frames and an outer side mounted with an end of a shade body includes an actuator assembled in the winding drum for providing a rotation power, a shaft mounted to one of the frames outside an end of the winding drum and inserted into the winding drum, and a gear pair mounted between the actuator and the shaft for realizing power transmission. A shell of the actuator and the winding drum are relatively fixed in a circumferential direction. The gear pair includes a planetary gear mounted to an output shaft of the actuator, and a fixed gear mounted to the shaft and coaxial with the winding drum. The planetary gear revolves around the fixed gear while being driven to rotate by the output shaft of the actuator.

Abstract: A hinge for a tonneau cover includes a first hinge member and a second hinge member oriented in an opposite direction as the first hinge member. Each of the hinge members includes a hook-shaped rail having a flat portion and a hooked end directed in a direction toward a body of the hinge member. The hooked end is positioned near a same side of the hinge member as a top surface of the body. The hinge body includes an edge positioned near a base of the hook-shaped rail. The hinge includes a hinge junction having a first curved lip and a second curved lip extending from a top surface of the hinge junction. The top surface is positioned opposite a base of the hinge junction. The curved lips are configured to pivotably receive the hook-shaped rails of the first and second hinge members.

Abstract: A wind lock for an overhead roll-up door, the wind lock having a first edge which is substantially straight and capable of extending substantially perpendicular vertically from a face of a door panel to which the wind lock attaches to, the wind lock including a second edge having an angled-beveled face, wherein the second edge extends at an angle from the first edge laterally across the face of an attached door panel is beveled with the face of the door panel so as to extend vertically from the face at an angle.

Abstract: A retractable cover for architectural openings having collapsible vanes includes a support structure in the form of a sheet of material, monofilaments, tapes, ribbons, cords, or the like, supporting an upper edge of a plurality of vertically spaced, horizontally extending vanes with the lower edges of the vanes in most embodiments of the invention being connected to operating elements adapted to raise the lower edges of each vane toward the upper edges to define openings or gaps between the vanes through which vision and light can pass in an open condition of the covering. Variations of the covering do not require movement of a lower edge of a vane relative to an upper edge but simply movement of some vanes relative to other vanes. The vanes can be made of materials having different flexibilities and where more rigid materials are used, creased fold lines can be established for desired operability.

Abstract: A window treatment system and method of installing the system are provided. The system includes a first and a second u-track positioned on opposite sides of a window frame. A first support rod and a second support rod each have a first end positioned in the first u-track and a second end positioned in the second u-track. A shade is coupled to the first and the second support rods and the rods frictionally support the shade and rods within the window frame. The method includes attaching a first u-track to a first side of a window frame and attaching a second u-track to a second, opposing side of a window frame. A shade is installed on the first and second support rods. A first end of a first and second support rod is inserted into the first u-shaped track and a second end of the first and second support rods are inserted in the second u-shaped track.

Abstract: A door assembly for covering an opening includes a curtain supported at a first end of the opening. The curtain includes a first lateral edge supporting at least one first curtain magnetic device. The door assembly includes a first track portion extending along a first opening side of the opening between the first end and an opposing second end. The first track portion includes at least one first magnetic assembly. The first curtain magnetic device magnetically couples with the first magnetic assembly of the first track portion such that the curtain is magnetically supported at the first lateral edge of the curtain.

Abstract: A cover is described that is magnetically attached to a tablet device. The cover includes at least as flap. In the described embodiment, the flap includes a plurality of segments where the first segment includes a first plurality of edge attach magnets arrayed along a first edge of the flap and where a second segment includes a second plurality of edge attach magnets arrayed along a second edge of the flap opposite the first edge.

Abstract: A protection device for a vehicle interior having a flexible planar formation movable between stored rest and tensioned protection positions. The formation is provided at a front end region in a tensioning direction with a dimensionally stable draw-out profile member guided between the rest and protection positions by at least one guide arrangement. The draw-out profile member includes a longitudinal compensator to compensate for deviations between movement directions of the guide arrangement and the draw-out profile member. The guide arrangement has at least one linearly guided carrier element, and the draw-out profile member includes an undercut compensation groove which extends in the longitudinal direction of the draw-out profile member and which is open towards the carrier. The carrier comprises a longitudinally displaceable sliding or rolling element which is retained in a positive-locking manner in the receiving groove in the opening direction of the compensation groove.

Abstract: To provide a sheet shutter which, when a shutter electrical unit is provided in a support post, prevents the shutter electrical unit from greatly projecting from the support post. The sheet shutter according to the present invention, which includes a sheet case, a support post arranged at each of the left and right end portions of the sheet case, a sheet guide section that is provided at each of left and right inner portions of the support posts to guide the lifting and lowering of the sheet, and a shutter electrical unit is featured in that a storage space which detachably accommodates and supports the shutter electrical unit along the direction of the support post is formed on the left and right outer side of the sheet guide section in the support post.

Abstract: A protective screen for a vehicle, in particular a sun screen for a vehicle roof is configured as a flexible planar structure for fastening in the region of the vehicle roof or of a trunk compartment. The flexible planar structure has a first layer, which, at least in some sections, is of elastically stretchable configuration, and an overlying second layer, which is configured as a UV protective layer. Alternatively, the flexible planar structure has a main region having lower elasticity and/or air permeability, and secondary regions of a first type, having higher elasticity and/or air permeability than the main region.

Abstract: The inventive door comprises two lateral posts (2), a transversal caisson (3) connecting the top ends of the posts and a curtain (10) movable between the closing position thereof, wherein said curtain closes a void formed by posts (2) and caisson (3) and the opening position wherein said curtain is folded up under the caisson (3). According to the invention, said the curtain (10) consisting of two parallel screens (11a, 11b) defining the boundaries of an air cushion and suspended to the top area of the posts. Said curtain (10) comprises at least one lifting strap (20) connecting the lower part of the curtain (10) to a shaft (21) mounted on the caisson (3) and at least one transversal stiffening means built up on each screen (11a, 11b), the lateral edges of each screen (11a, 11b) are applied to the posts in such a way that a lateral surface tight contact is formed.

Abstract: A track for a roll-up industrial door. The track may include realigners adapted to divert the path of the industrial door as it is opened or shut. For example, a realigner may include a tapered portion to maintain a portion of the door within the track as the door is shut. Another realigner may have a tapered portion arranged to direct a portion of the door onto the track after it has been removed from the track. The tracks may be utilized in conjunction with a break-away industrial door having a flexible frame that is adapted to come out of the guide track upon application of a predetermined force.

Abstract: A door assembly having a flexible door panel wound and unwound on a drum or the like to selectively block or permit access through an opening, the flexible door panel having a stiffness, a width, and a length. The door assembly further includes vertically extending side columns disposed on opposite sides of the opening, the side columns being configured to engage a marginal edge of the flexible panel to vertically guide the panel while opening or closing. Attached to a leading edge of the door panel is a bottom bar having a greater stiffness than the door panel and a narrower width than a distance between the vertical panel guide assemblies. Bottom bar guides are disposed proximate a lower portion of the opening and are configured to engage a portion of the bottom bar only when the bottom bar is located in at least a partially closed position.

Abstract: A window shade device includes a windup device that winds up a window shade to be drawn/housed, a guide and support mechanism that includes a guide rail including a guide path and a movable member configured to move along the guide rail, and an arm that is coupled to the window shade and is supported by the movable member so as to change its posture. A first gear is provided to the arm, and a second gear is provided to at least a part of the guide path. A deceleration gear mechanism configured to mesh with the first gear and the second gear decelerates and transfers the rotational movement upon meshing with the second gear as the rotational movement for causing the arm to change its posture upon meshing with the first gear.

Abstract: An improvement in a rolling shutter assembly for covering an opening of a structure having an external protective surface, an underlying support structure and a subsurface disposed therebetween. The rolling shutter assembly includes a shutter housing, a shutter support member rotatably disposed within the shutter housing, a shutter coupled to the shutter support member, and a pair of side tracks. The improvement includes a plurality of dowels and corresponding openings through the external protective surface configured to receive the dowels. The dowels are disposed between the subsurface of the wall and the side tracks when the rolling shutter assembly is installed to minimize the portion of the external protective surface that is removed to accommodate the installation of the shutter assembly.

Abstract: A track for a roll-up industrial door. The track may include realigners adapted to divert the path of the industrial door as it is opened or shut. For example, a realigner may include a tapered portion to maintain a portion of the door within the track as the door is shut. Another realigner may have a tapered portion arranged to direct a portion of the door onto the track after it has been removed from the track. The tracks may be utilized in conjunction with a break-away industrial door having a flexible frame that is adapted to come out of the guide track upon application of a predetermined force.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a shading device which runs along guide rails, allowing said device to be installed and removed easily regardless of the area in which said device is arranged. The shading device prevents wear of the canvas due to the arrangement thereof relative to the guide rails along which said canvas slides. Likewise, the shading device allows the canvas-winding casing to be placed in an intermediate position relative to the guide rails, enabling the configuration of shading devices in which some rails are longer than others.

Abstract: A guide rail device includes a guide rail adapted to be disposed in an inner surface of a C-column and having a rail body and a connecting part disposed at a bottom of the rail body. The connecting part has two symmetrical projecting studs respectively projecting frontward and rearward. A connecting seat is connected to the bottom of the rail body, and has a seat body adapted to be disposed at one end of a winding shaft, and two symmetrical engaging portions provided on the seat body. The projecting studs are respectively inserted into the engaging portions in a top-to-bottom direction.

Abstract: A guide rail device includes a guide rail and a connecting seat. The guide rail is adapted to be disposed in an inner surface of a C-column, and has an elongated tube body and a first connection disposed at a bottom of the elongated tube body. The connecting seat is disposed below the elongated tube body, and has a tubular seat body adapted to be disposed at one end of a winding shaft, and a second connection provided on the tubular seat body. One of the first and second connections is configured as a socket body, and the other one of the first and second connections is configured as a bent leg fitted in the socket body.

Abstract: An example of a horizontal side-moving door with a side-winding or horizontally translating curtain includes an upper seal comprising an upper edge of the curtain sliding within a groove of a seal guide. To protect the door in the event of an impact, at least a portion of the curtain's upper edge can restorably pull out from within the groove. To avoid damage in certain situations, the seal guide might resiliently deflect as well. After an impact, the curtain's upper edge is automatically fed back into the groove by simply opening and closing the door. During normal operation, the curtain's upper edge advantageously deflects in response to air pressure against either side of the door. In some examples, the seal guide is of a uniform cross-section, which makes the seal guide easy to manufacture by way of a conventional plastic extrusion process.

Abstract: Indicated herein is a lounge module for crewmembers of an aircraft, which exhibits a screen device, such as a privacy roller blind. This privacy roller blind can be used to visually demarcate a first aisle area from a second aisle area, thereby creating a private area for the aircraft crew.

Abstract: A screen protecting assembly includes a pivot shaft, a curtain, two connecting bases and two rotating buttons. The curtain wraps around the pivot shaft. The connecting bases are connected to two opposite ends of the pivot shaft. Each rotating button has a first connecting portion and a second connecting portion. The first connecting portion engages the pivot shaft, and the second connecting portion is rotatably connected to the connecting base. When the rotating buttons are rotated in a first direction, the curtain unfolds to cover a screen of the electronic device. When the rotating buttons are rotated in a second direction counter the first direction, the curtain wraps around the pivot shaft again, so that the screen of the electronic device is exposed.

Abstract: The invention is relative to a roller shutter device (3) designed to close a window (1) or other opening, the shutter (3) having side edges (4) that are held in guide tracks (5) and which can be disengaged from their guide tracks (5), each of the guide tracks (5) having an access opening (6) in their upper part through which the corresponding edge (4) of the shutter (3), which may have become disengaged, can once again be engaged into the portion of the guide track considered located above this access opening (6) when the shutter (4) is being moved into its open position, control means (9, 10) being foreseen, at least up to a level located below the portion (12) of the abovementioned guide track, on either side of a plane extending in the longitudinal direction of the guide tracks (5) and passing through the latter, these means allowing the possible sway of the shutter (3) to be controlled at the point where these side edges (3) are engaged into said portion (12) of the guide track through the access opening

Abstract: An air curtain doorway defining an opening between at least two zones, including an air curtain having an air supply duct and an air return duct joined by a connecting duct. A frame having spaced apart jambs connected at the top by a header is configured to fit substantially within the opening of the air curtain. At least two roll-up doors in communication with the frame are configured to selectively insulate the at least first and second zones. A method of controlling a plurality of roll-up doors of an air curtain doorway comprises the steps of monitoring the output of at least a first sensor and a second sensor to sense approach of the doorway, applying logic to the output of the sensors, and controlling at least one of the doors based upon the result of the applied logic. The method can also include closing the roll-up doors while the air curtain is blowing, or turning off the air curtain and closing the roll-up doors.

Abstract: A sideways rollup door with a horizontal side-rolling curtain includes a replaceable bottom seal that is zippered or otherwise removably connected to the curtain at an inclined joint. The inclination of the joint ensures that the joint wraps upon the curtain's take-up roller in an approximate helical pattern so as to prevent the joint from creating a concentrated bulge on the roller. In some cases, there is extra space underneath the roller to provide roll-up room for the bottom seal, which can be relatively thick. Such extra space could be further used to accommodate a seal joint and/or other curtain seams that are not necessarily inclined.

Abstract: An architectural covering arrangement having two side rails for mounting in parallel either side of a window pane and at least one movable end rail for mounting perpendicular to the side rails and extending from one side rail to the other side rail, the side rails having on respective faces to be mounted on a window pane, a two-layer fastening structure with one of the layers adhered to the respective side rail and the other of the two layers to be adhered to the window pane, the two layers being freely attachable and detachable from one another.

Abstract: A roller shutter for protecting doors and windows during high wind conditions wherein a fenestration frame 18 is secured to the header 10 and sill 12 of the building. A spindle 38 is rotatably mounted in a box 28 and one edge of a fabric sheet 40 is attached to the spindle. When the spindle is rotated, the fabric sheet is coiled or uncoiled around the spindle so that the fabric sheet 40 is extended or retracted across the fenestration member.

Abstract: An energy efficient shade assembly for a window is disclosed. The shade assembly includes a shade roller assembly having a roller with a shade attached thereto driven by a spring motor. Left and right brackets configured and arranged to be secured to a window casement and support a left and right ends of the shade roller assembly are included. Also include are left and right side rails depending from the brackets. Each side rail has a movable flap extending substantially the length thereof. The flaps of the side rails are configured and arranged to fold over a portion of the shade when the shade is drawn from the shade roller assembly.

Abstract: Guiding element with a guiding section for guiding a descending shutter of a roll-down shutter and a roll-down shutter. Guiding element (3) with a guiding section (4) for guiding a descending shutter of a roll-down shutter where at least one fixing hole (5) is provided in the guiding section (4) for leading through attachment means with the property that a bottom of the guiding section (4) is provided locally with at least one recess and that one or more fixing holes (5) are provided in the bottom of one or more recesses (6).

Abstract: A door system includes a flexible corrugated closure member guided between door open and closed positions in spaced apart opposed vertical and horizontal sets of guide tracks and further guided by transition guide wheels mounted on an enclosure frame for guiding the closure member between the sets of guide tracks. The transition guide wheels are supported for movement between working and non-working positions to facilitate storage or shipping the door system or an enclosure unit including the door system, as a substantially planar stack of wall, ceiling and floor members forming the enclosure.

Abstract: The invention relates to a high-speed industrial roller door (1) comprising a door leaf (2) that is guided in lateral guides (4) and a drive that acts on the door leaf (2) to displace the latter from an open position into a closed position and vice versa. According to the invention, the door leaf (2) is held in the open position so that adjacent areas of the door leaf (2) are not in contact with one another, in a spiral section (42) of the lateral guides (4) located in the vicinity of the door lintel. The roller door also comprises a weight compensation device (6). The drive has two extension aims (54) that are coupled via joints to the lintel end of the door leaf (2), said aims (54) being situated at a distance from one another across the door width and being synchronously pivoted about a pivoting axis in a central area of the spiral section (42). The distance between the coupling points (543) of the extension arms (54) on the door leaf (2) and the pivoting axis of the extension arms (54) can be varied.

Abstract: A guide system for a roller blind of a sliding roof system has a guide rail and a slider that is fixed on the roller blind. The slider is accommodated in the guide rail such that the slider is displaceable in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle and carries the roller blind. A pretensioning device is arranged between the guide rail and the slider. The pretensioning device presses the slider outwards transversely with respect to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle in order to tension the roller blind.

Abstract: A manual roller shade includes a clutch mechanism having a gear train transferring rotation of an input sprocket to rotation of an output member engaging a roller tube. The gear train includes a sun gear, planet gears supported by a carrier and engaging the sun gear, and a ring gear engaging the planet gears. According to one embodiment, the carrier does not rotate. The ratio between the diameters of the input sprocket and the roller tube is selected to offset mechanical advantage of the gear train to provide an effective gear train ratio of approximately 2:1. A drive chain guide system includes spaced guide wheels controlling where a drive chain is suspended from the manual shade. A roller shade mounting system includes a bracket receiving either an input assembly of the manual roller shade or a motor of a motorized roller shade to facilitate conversion.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a guide rail structure with which it is difficult to remove a slat from a guide rail using a bar or the like.

Abstract: A breakaway awning includes an awning moveable between an open position and a closed position and having a lead rail attached to a leading edge of the awning. A pair of tracks mountable on opposite sides of a window are provided with longitudinal slots therein. Track guides are slidably disposed within a corresponding slot and awning guides are fixed to opposite ends of the lead rail. Track guide fittings and awning guide fittings engagable with one another enable both longitudinal movement of the lead rail along the tracks and transverse separation of the lead rail and awning guides from the track guides and track upon the application of force thereto thus facilitating egress from the underline window.

Abstract: What is disclosed is a roller screen intended for being mounted on the frame of a window opening, a door opening or the like, which roller screen comprises a gauze screen, a roll-up mechanism for said gauze screen, which is accommodated in a housing, a pull beam connected to the free end of said gauze screen, and guides for guiding said pull beam and the side edges of said gauze screen. The guides each consist of a substantially cylindrical outer housing, which can be fixed to the frame, and a likewise substantially cylindrical inner housing, which is accommodated in said outer housing in such manner as to be concentrically rotatable therein. The outer housing and the inner housing are each provided with a longitudinal slot which extends substantially along their entire length, wherein the longitudinal slots of the outer housing and that of the inner housing overlap, seen in their circumferential direction, in an operative position of the roller screen.

Abstract: A stowable partition assembly for a truck cab provides privacy for an interior sleeping area mounted aft of the operator space. The assembly has an overhead track depending from the cab ceiling, oriented to define a border between the forward operator area and the aft interior sleeping area. A pair of curtains are hung from their upper edges from the overhead track and are positionable on the track to divide the aft living space from the forward operator space when extended. A pair of stowage compartments are located at each end of the track along the interior sides of the truck cab to receive the curtain when retracted. Retraction of the curtains is provided by roll up retractors disposed in each stowage compartment. The curtains are each attached along one of two vertical edges to the roll up retractor to be wound thereon. An interlocking latch provides closure of the curtains when pulled from the stowage compartments.

Abstract: Guidance device for guiding a flexible curtain in an opening, the guidance device including a first guideway for mounting to a jam of the opening. The first guideway includes at least two straps defining a space therebetween at least one of the two straps being stretched between at least two points on the jam. A second guideway is mounted to another jam of the opening, the second guideway comprising at least two straps defining a space therebetween. At least one of the two straps being stretched between at least two points on the jam, wherein the first and second guideways are adapted to flexibly guide the flexible curtain within the opening.

Abstract: Safety blinds for installation in an opening in a building such as a door or window includes a closure covering the opening, a plurality of projections along the side edges of the opening and a plurality of corresponding apertures along the side edges of the closure, whereby locking the projections into the openings prevents the closure from opening and also prevents the side edges of the closure from being displaced from the side edges of the opening. In another embodiment, the projections from the closure cooperate with a continuous channel along the edge of the opening whereby the projections can move within the channel for opening and closing the closure and can be locked in position for again preventing the closure from being opened.

Abstract: A curtain edge tensioning assembly comprised primarily of a portion of the curtain extending across the leading edge of the door. The curtain portion is releasably coupled to a guide extension extending beyond the leading edge of the door and engaging guide members to guide the door in a plane. The guide extensions also engage the guide members to restrict the guide extensions from moving toward the center of the curtain. The releasable coupling between these horizontally restricted guide extensions and the resilient member places a tension on the curtain portion. The curtain portion is thus stretched across the door, and serves as a wind retention bottom bar or edge that also substantially conforms to or deflects around an obstruction, thus preventing or minimizing damage to the door, the bottom bar and the obstruction.

Abstract: A fast-opening and fast-closing goods-handling door for allowing vehicles to pass therethrough includes a foldable or rollable flexible curtain, the edges of which are guided in respective slideways, and which are retained therein by means of retaining carriages guided by rails received in the slideways. According to one aspect of the goods-handling door, the carriages are able to leave the rails. The goods-handling door is further characterized in that it includes a coupling device for coupling the curtain to the carriages, and at least one stress-distribution device for distributing the stresses exerted on the edges of the curtain by the carriages when the door is subjected to detrimental forces.

Abstract: Reinforcement elements intended for use in door leaves of the kind consisting of fabric or similar flexible material. The reinforcement elements preferably are in the shape of tubes and have end pieces attached to their ends for cooperation with a profiled guiding member mounted in the door-frame of the door leaf in such a manner that when the door is being closed said reinforcement elements will be positioned at different predetermined levels of the door leaf, thus strengthening the latter to prevent bulging of the door leaf when the latter is exposed to heavy winds.

Abstract: A device has at least two longitudinal uprights (1, 2) each of which is made up of a series of juxtaposed aligned discrete sections of a given section member through which a throughway longitudinal cavity and grooves parallel to the cavity are defined. An elongate connecting device extends through the cavities of the sections and maintains them in alignment and assembled to one another. These uprights (1, 2) support transverse members (41) of an intermediate structure (30), the transverse members being engaged in the grooves of the sections. Fixing devices slidable in the grooves of the sections fix the transverse members (41) in position. Each upright may have rectilinear parts interconnected by at least one curvilinear part. The rectilinear parts consist of a single section of the section member while the curvilinear parts consist of a plurality of small sections (10a) of the section member having end faces that are convergent toward the center of radius of the desired curve.

Abstract: A truck tonneau cover assembly (10) of the rollable storage type is disclosed as including a pair of elongated guides (22) and a cover (36) with slats (44) that move along converging front ends of the guides to provide the cover with an upwardly curved shape upon unrolling from a storage roll (34) so as to thereby be capable of shedding water. Enlarged side edges (38) of the cover (36) are received within grooves (24) of the guides with the cover extending through restricted guide slots (26) into these grooves to seal the cover edges and prevent the shed water from entering the truck bed (12) with which the cover assembly (10) is utilized. The guides (22) also have rear ends (30) that diverge such that the rear edge of the closed cover is straight and thus sealable with the vehicle truck tailgate (20). Antifriction bearings (48) mount the slats (44) on the guides (22) for forward and rearward movement along the truck bed.

Abstract: A deployment and retraction arrangement for a slot cover which is adapted to cover or seal a longitudinally extending slot or space present between at least two adjacent located membranes or panels. More particularly, the arrangement is a rollable deployment and retraction arrangement for selectively deploying and retracting a slot cover employed for covering a slot or space present intermediate two adjacent membranes or panels so as to, preferably, prevent any FR leakage through the slot during radar operation of the panels.

Abstract: A roll-up door for opening and closing off door and gate openings. The roll-up door includes a hanging portion that is made of flexible material, is in a sheet-like form, and is guided along its sides in a frame. To increase the wind stability and strength of the hanging portion, profiled stabilizing members are securely connected to the hanging portion. The stabilizing members extend along the hanging portion at right angles to the direction of travel of the latter.

Abstract: A support frame for an awning having a cover made from a single piece of fabric (13), has the peculiarity of comprising support brackets (1) for attachment to a support structure such as a wall or a ceiling, the brackets (1) supporting a square bar (2) on which are carried attachment elements (3) fitted to the ends of guides (4) on which are slidable carriages (10) for displacement of an awning cover draw bar (12) attached at or ajacent to one end of the awning cover (13). The draw bar (12) overlies the said guides (4) over the whole of its longitudinal length so that a single piece of fabric can be used for the awning (13) even if the frame has several spans. At its other end the awning fabric (13) is wound on a wind up roller (14) rotatably supported by arms (15) connected to the square bar (2).

Abstract: An insulating window shade assembly includes a shade frame having a pair of vertical side channels open in a direction facing one another and designed to be mounted on the inside of the window to be insulated. A flexible insulating shade having inner and outer spaced apart parallel panels extends downwardly from the top of the channels, and the margins of the panels extend into the channels. Edge seals are provided in each channel made up of a pair of flexible polyester film strips with the adjacent sides of the strips being spring biased towards one another but being separable so that the margins of the shade panels may lie between them. The flexible character of the strips forms an effective insulating seal about the margins. A rerailer assembly is provided at the tops of the edge seals to guide the margins of the each panel between the strips of the edge seal should they become dislodged.

Abstract: An insulating window shade assembly includes a shade frame having a pair of vertical side channels open in a direction facing one another and designed to be mounted on the inside of the window to be insulated. A flexible insulating shade having inner and outer spaced apart parallel panels extends downwardly from the top of the channels, and the margins of the panels extend into the channels. Edge seals are provided in each channel made up of a pair of flexible polyester film strips with the adjacent sides of the strips being spring biased towards one another but being separable so that the margins of the shade panels may lie between them. The flexible character of the strips forms an effective insulating seal about the margins. A rerailer assembly is provided at the tops of the edge seals to guide the margins of the each panel between the strips of the edge seal should they become dislodged.

Abstract: A flexible sheet rollup window structure used in conjunction with a conventional window sash frame as an auxiliary or storm window. The invention includes an elongated sheet of thin, flexible plastic material (vinyl) which is designed to be supported and stored or dispensed by means of elongated spring rollers. An auxiliary guide roller is provided to direct the film into a straight-line plane. A lower end of the sheet of material is provided with a structurally rigid edge lockable structure, with the support roller and guide roller being mounted at the upper end. A horizontal sealing element is secured to a surface of the film and is automatically brought into sealing engagement with the upper end of the window frame when the sheet is placed in a closed position with respect to the window frame. Additional sealing of the sheet of material is effected by longitudinally extending, vinyl sealing strips or ribs that are dielectrically welded to one surface of the sheet adjacent each longitudinal edge thereof.