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Automatic screen structure

  • US 5,964,271 A
  • Filed: 05/01/1998
  • Issued: 10/12/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/01/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A storable screen structure consisting essentially of first and second vertical posts, each of said vertical members having a vertically extending channel therein, each of said vertical members having respective facing side walls, a slot formed in each of said facing side walls and communicating with a respective one of said channels, a housing, a roller mounted in said h a flcable screen entrained about said roller, said screen having side marginal edges, a guiding element being secured to each of said side marginal edges, said guiding elements each having a first portion secured to said marginal edge of said screen and a C-shaped portion extending outwardly therefrom, said C-shaped portion being designed to fit within a respective one of said channels in said vertical posts, each C-shaped portom defining a curve having a depth, said depth being greater than the width of the slot and said C-shaped portion, each C-shaped portion defining a curve having a depth, said depth being greater than the width of the slot having a thickness less than the width of said slot, said guide element being of a flexible resilient material each of said channels being sized substantially larger than said C-shaped portion to permit free movement of said C-shaped portion within said respective one of said channels, the arrangement being such that said C-shaped portion is retained in said channel during normal upward and downward movement of said screen, said slot permitting withdrawal of said screen when a sufficient force is applied to said screen and also permitting reinsertion of said C-shaped portion through said slot.

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