Abstract: A portable wall partition having a three point pivoting 360.degree. articulate pinch less hinge connecting two panels which may pivot 360.degree. with respect to each other. The hinge has two opposing couplers, each having a toothed semicircular portion meshed with the opposing coupler toothed semicircular portion. Each coupler is adapted to be connected to one of the panels to be pivoted with respect to each other. A pin is in each coupler extending along an axis of the semicircular portion thereof. A link connects each pin to maintain the meshed engagement of the couplers through 360.degree. of coupler pivotal rotation with respect to each other. The link has a sufficient width substantially that of the width of the coupler body as to block and prevent the meshed semicircular portions from pinching an individual's finger or object. The portable wall partition has two full panel end members which provide support, rigidity, privacy, and noise reduction.

Abstract: A storage partition adapted for partitioning an area proximate a corner or along a flat wall having a partitioning means selectively repositionable between (a) a first position wherein access to the area is prohibited and (b) a second position wherein unimpeded rolling access to the area, via a floor surface, is permissible.

Abstract: A portable wall assembly and methods of making same include support columns made from thin flexible sheets rolled into free standing cylinders. Wall panels also made from thin flexible sheets may be attached to the support columns. After disassembly of the wall, the sheets can be spiraled into a nested circular bundle for storage and transportation.

Abstract: The invention relates to a display unit end section, wherein the end section has a closed, curved cross-sectional shape and is comprised of a bendable sheet having mutually opposite edge portions which are each provided with a first coupling element forming part of the respective two-part coupling mechanism. Respective second corresponding coupling elements of the two-part coupling mechanism are attached to a rail. The rail includes a first coupling element of a further two-part coupling mechanism adapted for coaction with a corresponding second coupling element placed on the edge-part of the display unit.

Abstract: A covered casing assembly includes a fabric member made of an elastic material, such as a Spandex containing material, that is stretched over a casing and having at least one opening surrounding an accessible feature of the casing. The fabric member may be in the form of a tube having two openings, one at each end of the openings at each. end of the tube. An aperture adjustment feature is provided for sizing and shaping an aperture in the fabric member. Such a feature may be tabs formed by slits extending into the fabric member from around a periphery of the opening and the tabs are bent under the fabric member between the fabric member and the casing. Another more particular embodiment of the invention includes symbols or a design printed on an outside of the tube.The present invention also includes a method for covering the computer monitor by stretching the tube over the casing and adjusting the opening to surround the screen using the features of the claimed assembly.

Abstract: This invention is concerned with a panel device which is useful in the display and furniture arts, the panel device incorporates a plurality of vertical supports which engage a plurality of panel members which are positioned in a planar relationship with each other, further the vertical supports are adapted to receive arcuate panel members, the planar and arcuate panels as used may be readily detached from each other, the planar panel members are pivotally attached to each other, the arcuate panel has two display surfaces, the arcuate panel may be readily converted from an arcuate to a flat stance for storage, further the planar and arcuate panels may be folded one on each other for storage, the arcuate panel section may be bent in either of two directions so as to provide a choice of either side to be utilized as the "showside" display surface.

Abstract: A sun shield for covering a plurality of windows defining at least one substantial angle. The sun shield has a flexible frame which is easily collapsible for storage. Encompassing upon the frame is an opaque flexible material which blocks sunlight. Coupled to the flexible material encompassing the frame is a flexible flap which can shield windows defining a substantial angle with a window shield by the defined frame and encompassing material.

Abstract: A main member includes two opposing sides and a first end which is dipsosed opposite a second end. A side member depends from each of the sides. A handle insert depends from the first end, the handle insert configured to fit over a handle of an oven door. The side members are configured to extend along the sides of the oven.

Abstract: The hurricane shutters are formed from double-skinned panels that are strengthened by including a rod extending through the end channels. The panels are mounted side by side to cover the expanse of the window or door being protected. In another embodiment a cable is attached to the ends of the rod and tightened to bow the rod and panels. The ends of the panels on the extremity are left unbowed if air flow through the space between the window and panels is not desired. In other embodiments the ends of the panel are constructed to form a hinge to receive the rod which then acts as a hinge and the structural enhancement member and may extend beyond the end of the panel and serve as an attachment in a retracting and deployment mechanism.

Abstract: An apparatus for visually shielding a corpse from view at a crime scene includes a plurality of free-standing shroud support stands and a plurality of rectangular shroud panels of flexible, opaque sheet material. Each shroud support stand is formed with at least one upright post for supporting the shroud panels in a vertical disposition. The shroud support stands are placed at appropriate locations about the body of a deceased person at a crime or accident scene. The shroud support panels are strung from one post to the next to form a vertical, enclosing barrier that visually shields the body from view by spectators in the vicinity of the crime or accident scene. By visually shielding the body from view, police personnel are able to reduce spectator anxiety and the likelihood of emotional outbursts and disturbances among spectators while awaiting the arrival of personnel from the coroner's office.

Abstract: A tee divider for a golf ball driving range is provided of unitary construction having an upstanding wall and a console-like formation at one end thereof provided with outwardly opening storage pockets for articles, said pockets having drains for eliminating liquid accumulating in said pockets and grooves in a surface of said formation for holding a golf club in a vertical position. The divider has laterally protruding flanges for anchoring it at the site of the tee provided on the golf driving range.

Abstract: Partitions formed of edgewise connected panels have not historically had the capability of following vertical curves as required by naturally rolling terrain. My self-supporting edgewise connected partition formed of substantially triangular shaped panels (10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22 and 24) has the capability to simultaneously follow a straight or curved vertical alignment and a straight or curved horizontal alignment in any combination. Both the flexibility of the partition and its ability to support itself result from it being formed of a plurality of two differently shaped panels (10 and 12). The panels are shaped in such a way that, when their abutting edges are joined, the lower edges cross back and forth across the alignment (be it straight or curved) defined by upper edges.

Abstract: An external door body is formed of first and second guide grooves for gripping left hand and right hand edges of a front panel, and an arcuate receiving groove for gripping an upper edge of the front panel. The front panel is inserted into these grooves, and a stopper acting as a closing device is finally attached to a bottom portion of the external door body to prevent the front panel from falling off. At the installation, the front panel need not be forcibly folded, so that the work can be made easily while eliminating the damage of the front panel.

Abstract: A support for hanging fabric in a substantially closed loop shape. A bracket comprising two laterally spaced legs extending upwardly from the lower edge of a backplate thereby forming a pair of upwardly opening channels. A frame having a curved primary portion and attachment portions on each end thereof is supported by engagement between the attachment portions and the bracket.

Abstract: A protective device having two transparent, spaced-apart shields held at an angle to one another. The device is symmetric so that either shield can serve as a base for the other and either can serve as a shield. When one of the shields is horizontal, the other shield is positioned at a suitable angle with respect to the practitioner's face to shield against contact with the patient's body fluids during medical procedures. The shields are held in cantilevered relation by a single support so that access to the space therebetween is maximized and so that the device can be oriented as dictated by the handedness of the user. The device is preferably formed from a single sheet of clear plastic folded twice to form the angled shields on either side of the support. The device may be used with minor surgical procedures and any medical procedure that involves venipuncture or arterial puncture.

Abstract: A shield is disclosed which attaches to a high chair tray for the purpose of preventing the high chair occupant from displacing food over the front and sides of the high chair tray. The shield has a wall which partially encompasses the eating surface of the high chair tray, around the edges of the tray. The wall serves to block disposal of food over the front and sides of the tray. The shield also has fasteners which allow the wall to be removably coupled to the high chair tray and which prevents the shield from being easily dislodged from the tray.

Abstract: A partial stiffening of a covering of a folding top is provided by a wide tension-belt element which is stretched between two supporting structure members of the folding top and which, extending underneath the stretched folding-top covering, bears supportively against the folding-top covering on the wide side. The tension-belt element can be used for stiffening a zone of the folding-top covering curved transversely relative to its longitudinal extension, the side of the tension-belt element facing the folding-top covering has, at two spaced supporting locations, a contour matched to the intended transverse curvature of the folding-top covering. Supporting forces are transmitted by a spring prestress directed towards the folding-top covering.

Abstract: The application relates to a convertible automobile with a windscreen which is arranged behind a row of seats and which extends vertically upwards and beyond the top of the seats and which extends for the entire interior width of the vehicle. In order to develop a windscreen of this type in such a way that annoying draft phenomena are prevented while the typical "convertible feel" is maintained, the windscreen is formed by a stretched elastically deformable net which causes a deceleration of the air flow impinging from the rear of the vehicle towards the front.

Abstract: A play panel for use by children in building construction such as playhouses or mazes within which the child can play comprises a surrounding frame structure defined by four frame elements each of which includes one side portion and one corner portion of the total frame structure. A fabric cover for spanning the frame has sleeves defined along four sides each for receiving one side portion of a frame element. The frame elements are connected together by coupling members which are in the form of sleeves surrounding the frame elements as a press fit. Each coupling member has on its outer cylindrical surface a plurality of fins with each fin having a wider rib along the outermost edge. The coupling members of one panel can be connected to the coupling members of the next panel by forcing the fins of one into the spaces of the fins of the other.

Abstract: A support for hanging fabric has a straight portion and a curved portion. These define a close loop shape. The straight portion may be of strip form and in two parts connectable and disconnectable by a connector. The two parts forming the joint are supported by a bracket fixable to a substantially vertical surface. The bracket has upper and lower opposed U-shape channel portions, the bracket being constructed and arranged to be capable of retaining the two parts within the bracket. The connector may be a dovetail joint.

Abstract: A flexible closure device takes a generally arcuate shape in a closed poson to conform to a curved surface when closing an opening in the surface. The device takes a generally planar shape when in an open position thereby occupying a low amount of storage space.

Abstract: A boat slide channel assembly for use in the installation of marine canvas products has a slide channel member of a one-piece PVC extrusion having a mounting base and upwardly projecting sidewalls which form a groove track located substantially directly over the mounting base. The slide channel member easily fits to a multi-facet surface.

Abstract: A display system is provided having a plurality of interconnected display panels relatively adjustable to form an upright partition. At least one of the panels is an end panel having an exposed upright edge. A trim assembly is also provided which includes a wall member of relatively stiff, yet bendable, material removably mounted on and concealing the end panel upright edge. The wall member is provided with opposed substantially inflexible marginal segments to which are connected bracing elements. The bracing elements are adapted to selectively engage one another and maintain the trim wall member in a predetermined non-planar configuration when the wall member is mounted on the end panel upright edge. When the wall member is disengaged from the end panel upright edge and the bracing elements are disengaged from one another, the wall member may assume a substantially planar configuration.

Abstract: A plurality of similar barrier section connectable demountably for forming in assembly dismantable safety barrier. Each barrier section has a frame with upstanding opposite end members. Horizontal members are connected to the end members to define the frame. The frame has inside thereof members so that a fence can be formed with the individual barrier sections. Each frame has feet thereon to maintain the corresponding frame generally stably upstanding. Each of the barrier sections has two hooks fixed spaced vertically on each same upstanding end member of the frame of the corresponding barrier section. Each hook has a straight part extending generally horizontally away from the same end member of each of the individual frames and generally parallel with a corresponding side of the frame. Each of the two hooks has a reversely bent free end forming a loop open toward the corresponding end member on which the hook is disposed. The two loops of the two hooks are looped toward each other.

Abstract: A transparent enclosure for automatic metal shaping machinery effective to contain cutting fluids, chips, shavings, broken tools and the like having a smooth planar interior wall surface for shedding readily chips, fluids and other matter striking the wall during the course of machine operation.

Abstract: A safety shield for isolating a heated appliance, such as a stove or an oven, from the reach of children includes a flexible sheet of material having securing portions along opposite vertical edges for securing the sheet adjacent the sides of the front face of the appliance and an arched shielding portion extending horizontally between the securing portions and spanning the front face of the appliance, the arched shielding portion being bowed outwardly away from the front face of the appliance to shield the appliance from the reach of children.

Abstract: A protective cover for keyboard machines consisting of a transparent hood affixable to the machine housing and open at one side to admit the operator's hand, including a panel generally parallel to the keyboard face and spaced apart therefrom by a distance sufficient to allow normal hand and finger movements by the operator, but too close to permit any appreciable whole-hand movements normally to the keyboard whereby the operator cannot strike the keyboard buttons with excessive force which can damage the machine. The hood prevents access of spilled liquids, paper clips, coins, bits of metal or the like to the keyboard. Such foreign matter may find its way to the interior of the machine through slots and other openings of the keyboard, and cause malfunctioning thereof.

Abstract: A wind shelter device having flexible frame and pane portions which are supported upright by a plurality of detachable ballast containers. Included is a storage tube for receiving the shelter having the ballast containers acting as end caps for the tube.

Abstract: A portable fabric display booth assembly for placement on standards and posts delineating booths for exhibition purposes. Zippered sleeves are placed over the standards and posts and fabric sheet material having edges provided with complementary zippers are zipped to each adjacent sleeve, respectively in order to at least partially enclose an area for display.

Abstract: A fireplace screen having a transparent, air impermeable plate forming the front face held by a frame to two air permeable side faces. The top frame element is removably secured to allow removal of the plate.

Abstract: An attractive canopy means, for covering a toilet tissue roll mounting, including a flexible skirt-like panel supported by upper and lower support members each of a general C-shape, and being movable for easy access to the roll of toilet tissue and for replacing such a roll.

Abstract: Structural front and rear frames, and a rear bulkhead mounted on the rear frame, mount and securely retain a flexible bag as a liner within a freight container, truck trailer or the like, to adapt the container for bulk cargo transport. The front frame retains the front end of the liner bag in generally rectangular configuration and transmits stresses on the bag to structural members of the container, thus supporting the front end of the bag against displacement and possible damage or rupture. The rear frame and a curved bulkhead mounted thereon support the rear end of the bag and similarly prevent its rupture or collapse during loading and tilt-unloading. The laterally curved rear bulkhead also acts as a funnel to completely evacuate the bag contents during tilt-unloading through an opening therethrough. The arrangement is inexpensive and easy to install and, although all of its components may be disposed of after a single use, at least the frame components can be reused.

Abstract: A flexible door comprising a tough, nonelastic flexible sheet and a plurality of straight, plate-like unit blocks, each having a rectangular section and each being adhered to the sheet, the blocks being arranged side-by-side in contact with each other. The door is fixed to a post at one end and has a handle at the other end. When one side of the door formed by the unit blocks is pressed on, the side surfaces of adjacent unit blocks intimately contact each other, permitting the nonelastic sheet to keep the door planar in a closed position. When the handle on the other side, namely, on the sheet side, is pulled, the door flexes to an open position within a narrow space. The door can be installed in the same manner as a swing door without the necessity of providing a special guide and fixture on the lintel, floor, sill, etc.