Flexible or portable closure – partition – or panel – Plural strip – slat – or panel type – Movably interconnected
Reexamination Certificate
2008-03-11
2008-03-11
Purol, David (Department: 3634)
Flexible or portable closure, partition, or panel
Plural strip, slat, or panel type
Movably interconnected
C160S011000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07341092
ABSTRACT:
A way cover section is shaped with a continuous lateral arc by pre-stressing so that its top panel has a radius in its top panel from one side panel of the cover section to the other. A wiper at the leading edge of the cover sections that may also serve as a bumper. The wiper has an elastomeric wiper section at one end and an elastomeric bumper section at the other end, with an intermediate section of a harder and more lubricious material that fits on a rolled over edge of the cover section to which the wiper is attached.
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Eckdahl Cory L.
O'Rourke James D.
A & A Mfg. Co. Inc.
Purol David
Quarles & Brady LLP
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