Flexible or portable closure – partition – or panel – Plural and/or with rigid closure – Plural strip – slat – or panel assemblies
Patent
1995-03-29
1996-10-15
Johnson, Blair
Flexible or portable closure, partition, or panel
Plural and/or with rigid closure
Plural strip, slat, or panel assemblies
160210, 16271, E06B 348, E05D 1526
Patent
active
055644864
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. In still another embodiment, the hinges affixed to the machine are replaced with sliding hinges which enable the screens to slide horizontally over the front surface of the machine.
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Cohen Curtis A.
Craine Dean A.
Johnson Blair
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