Flexible or portable closure – partition – or panel – Plural and/or with rigid closure – Hanging or draped type
Reexamination Certificate
2000-04-07
2001-11-20
Purol, David M. (Department: 3634)
Flexible or portable closure, partition, or panel
Plural and/or with rigid closure
Hanging or draped type
C160S124000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06318440
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an adjustable window insulator curtain and more particularly pertains to a new adjustable window insulated covering for substantially reducing a user's heating and cooling bills.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of an adjustable window insulator curtain is known in the prior art. More specifically, adjustable window insulator curtain heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,400,848; 4,687,039; 3,205,118; 4,865,106; 4,907,636; and 5,647,154.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new adjustable window insulated covering. The inventive device includes at least one curtain member having a first layer made of foil material, a second layer made of plastic, and an intermediate layer made of insulating material; and also includes fastening members for fastening the side ends of the at least one curtain member to a window frame. As a first embodiment, the at least one curtain member includes a first and second curtain members which are movably mounted in upper and lower track members which are mounted to the window frame. As a second embodiment, the at least one curtain member is one curtain member which is carried by a roller member which is mounted in a housing which is securely mounted to a top of the window frame. As a third embodiment, the at least one curtain member is one curtain member which is detachably fastened to the window frame over the window with hook and loop fasteners.
In these respects, the adjustable window insulated covering according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of substantially reducing a user's heating and cooling bills.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of adjustable window insulator curtain now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new adjustable window insulated covering construction wherein the same can be utilized for substantially reducing a user's heating and cooling bills.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new adjustable window insulated covering which has many of the advantages of the adjustable window insulator curtain mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new adjustable window insulated covering which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art adjustable window insulator curtain, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises at least one curtain member having a first layer made of foil material, a second layer made of plastic, and an intermediate layer made of insulating material; and also includes fastening members for fastening the side ends of the at least one curtain member to a window frame. As a first embodiment, the at least one curtain member includes a first and second curtain members which are movably mounted in upper and lower track members which are mounted to the window frame. As a second embodiment, the at least one curtain member is one curtain member which is carried by a roller member which is mounted in a housing which is securely mounted to a top of the window frame. As a third embodiment, the at least one curtain member is one curtain member which is detachably fastened to the window frame over the window with hook and loop fasteners.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new adjustable window insulated covering which has many of the advantages of the adjustable window insulator curtain mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new adjustable window insulated covering which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art adjustable window insulator curtain, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new adjustable window insulated covering which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new adjustable window insulated covering which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new adjustable window insulated covering which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such adjustable window insulated covering economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide new adjustable window insulated covering which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages hereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the is advantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new adjustable window insulated covering for substantially reducing a user's heating and cooling bills.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new adjustable window insulated covering which includes at least one curtain member having a first layer made of foil material, a second layer made of plastic, and an intermediate layer made of insulating material; and also includes fastening members for fastening the side ends of the at least one curtain member to a window frame. As a first embodiment, the at least one curtain member includes a first and second curtain members which are movably mounted in upper and lower track members which
Cordrey Delbert E.
Cordrey Rhodora M.
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