Flexible or portable closure – partition – or panel – Plural strip – slat – or panel type – Venetian blind type
Patent
1997-12-23
1999-11-16
Stodola, Daniel P.
Flexible or portable closure, partition, or panel
Plural strip, slat, or panel type
Venetian blind type
160 7, 1601681R, 160170R, 49 901, E06B 930
Patent
active
059839716
ABSTRACT:
A burglar- and weather-resistant cover for an opening such as a door or window. The cover includes a pair of opposed and generally parallel tracks with an upper housing extending therebetween. A plurality of louvers are generally parallel and connected to the upper housing by a first cable in a manner that allows the first cable to be coiled, and to a pair of second cables which engage the louvers in a manner that spaces the louvers at regular intervals. The cover further includes a pair of locking members, with each locking member coupled to one of the tracks an movable between a first position and a second position. The locking members are adapted to automatically move from the first to the second position when the louvers are deployed from a retracted position to a deployed position. The cover further includes a plurality of spacing members positioned at regular intervals along the second cables and engage the horizontal flanges of the louvers such that the vertical flange of one louver overlaps the next lower louver. The spacing members prevent movement of the engaged louvers in either direction along the second cables, thereby preventing the separation of adjacent louvers.
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Alligood Ira J.
Miller James V.
Alligood Ira J.
Lev Bruce A.
Stodola Daniel P.
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