Flexible or portable closure – partition – or panel – With mounting – fastening – or supporting means
Reexamination Certificate
2007-10-22
2010-11-16
Purol, David (Department: 3634)
Flexible or portable closure, partition, or panel
With mounting, fastening, or supporting means
C160S349100
Reexamination Certificate
active
07832454
ABSTRACT:
One embodiment of the present invention comprises a privacy system for use with an existing screen enclosure enclosing an area where privacy is desired. The screen enclosure includes vertical members attached to upper horizontal members to form a screen enclosure frame and a screen attached to the horizontal and vertical members. The privacy system comprises a substantially horizontal support member attached to the vertical members of the screen enclosure; a channel along a lower surface of the horizontal support member, the channel comprising stop elements at open ends of the channel; a plurality of fasteners having a first end slidably engaged with the channel, the stop dements cooperating with the channel to retain fasteners within the channel; a valence affixed to a surface of the support, the surface feeing toward an interior region of the enclosed area; and illumination devices attached to the tower surface of the horizontal support member between the valence and the privacy screen.
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Beusse Wolter Sanks Mora & Maire, P.A.
DeAngelis John L.
Purol David
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