Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
160309000 |
With rotating means
| 209 |
160266000 |
With guides or fabric edge holders
| 60 |
160291000 |
With brake or stop
| 60 |
160323100 |
With supporting or journaling means or with roller end structure
| 45 |
160239000 |
Framed
| 12 |
160241000 |
Plural roll
| 11 |
160264000 |
With fabric reinforcements
| 10 |
160242000 |
Shiftable position roll
| 10 |
160265000 |
With fabric free edge connected operator | 5 |
20080223531 | SIDE WINDOW ROLL-UP SHADE WITH CABLE DRIVE - A side window roll-up shade which has a pull rod attached to a movable edge of a roll-up shade material. The pull rod is carried by two support rods which are guided so that they can move vertically within the door body. At the bottom end of each support rod, a cable is attached, which runs either to a spring motor or to a cable pulley. | 09-18-2008 |
20080230190 | SIDE WINDOW ROLLER BLIND WITH HINGED PULL ROD AND RECTANGULAR SUPPORT ROD - A window roller blind that has a shade, the free end of which is connected to a pull rod. In order to guide movement of the pull rod during extension and retraction of the roller blind, a support rod is connected to pull rod by means of articulated connection. | 09-25-2008 |
20090078379 | SIDE WINDOW ROLLER BLIND WITH INSERTION AID - A side window roller blind is provided. The roller blind includes a support rod having a free end connected to a tension bar. In order to prevent rattling noises, the ends of the tension bar are provided with rollers that contact the window pane such that the support rod is elastically bent during extension of the blind. In addition, the window blind is provided with aligning aids that prevent the tension bar from hitting on the slot edges during retraction of the blind, and from blocking additional retraction, due to vibrations about the longitudinal axis of the tension bar. | 03-26-2009 |
20090236052 | PLIABLE SHROUDS FOR A HORIZONTAL SIDE-ROLLING DOOR - A sideways rollup door with a horizontal side-rolling curtain includes a vertical roller that is shielded by a pliable shroud. The shroud is supported by a frame that includes a breakaway feature and/or readily replaceable frame elements. To access the roller for servicing, the frame elements allow the shroud to be selectively moved (without the use of tools) between an installed position and a retracted position. In some cases, the breakaway feature enables the shroud to break away in certain directions easier than others. In some embodiments, the shroud includes a seal that engages the curtain when the shroud is in the installed position. | 09-24-2009 |
20140299281 | ROLL-UP RETRACTABLE COVERING FOR ARCHITECTURAL OPENINGS - A retractable covering for an architectural opening includes a headrail in which a control system is mounted and a fabric suspended from the headrail. The fabric is mounted to be moved laterally between a rolled up retracted position and an extended position across the architectural opening. At least one roller about which the fabric can be wrapped is mounted at an end of the headrail for rotation about a vertical axis, and the system includes a flexible control element that is substantially horizontally disposed for moving the covering between extended and retracted positions. | 10-09-2014 |
160290100 |
With fabric leading edge fastening means | 5 |
20100181030 | CUBICLE PRIVACY SCREEN SYSTEM - A cubicle privacy screen system includes a roller and a screen having a distal end. The screen is wound on the roller and movable between an extended position and a retracted position. A first attachment device is included for securing the roller to a first cubicle wall, and a second attachment device is included for releasably securing the distal end of the screen to a second cubicle wall. | 07-22-2010 |
20110247767 | ROLL-UP BLIND WITH A BETTER SAFETY FEATURE - A roll-up blind with a better safety feature includes a pore and a shed cloth. The pore is fixed at an end of the shed cloth which is provided on the pore. The shed cloth is provided with a first end surface and a second end surface, the first end surface is opposite to the second end surface and is provided with at least one male fastening tape; whereas, the second end surface is provided with at least one female fastening tape. Accordingly, through the shed cloth that is provided on the pore, the male fastening tapes on the first end surface can be fastened together with the female fastening tapes on the second end surface, such that the shed cloth can be rolled up. | 10-13-2011 |
20120061034 | Slim Bottom Bar Wedge Lock - There is disclosed a bottom bar for attachment to a lower edge of a window blind. The bottom bar includes an elongated tube having a bottom and a pair of opposing side walls separated by a space and an elongated slit extending along the tube, the slit communicating with the space. The slit is dimensioned to permit the lower edge of the window blind to pass through. The bottom bar further includes an elongated lock member dimensioned to fit within the space, the elongated lock member dimensioned to be too small to pass through the slit. The lock member has a flat side wall for attachment to the lower edge of the window blind by an adhesive. The opposing side walls of the elongated tube are tapered toward each other from the bottom towards the slit such that the opposing side walls abut the flat side wall of the lock member when the lock member moves towards the slit. | 03-15-2012 |
20130269884 | Window Protection Apparatus for an Operator Cabin of a Working Machine - A window protection apparatus on a working machine features a reel rotatably supported at an exterior of the operator cabin in a position proximate a top end of the window for rotation about a horizontal axis and a flexible window covering wound on the reel such that rotation of the reel in a first direction deploys a free end of the window covering from the reel, and rotation of the reel in an opposite second direction retracts the free end of the window covering back toward said reel. A retaining member is mounted at the exterior of the operator cabin in a position proximate a bottom end of the window, and a retaining element is attached to the window covering proximate the free end thereof for engagement with the retaining member to secure the window covering in a closed position spanning downwardly from the reel over the window. | 10-17-2013 |
20140138037 | COVERING FOR ARCHITECTURAL OPENINGS WITH COORDINATED VANE SETS - A covering for an architectural opening including a roller, an end rail, and a panel rotatable onto the roller and spanning between the roller and the end rail. The panel includes a front sheet, a rear sheet, and a cell spanning between the front and rear sheet. When the front sheet is at a first position relative to the rear sheet, the cell is open. When the front sheet is at a second position relative to the rear sheet, the cell is closed. | 05-22-2014 |
160263000 |
Adjustable dimension roll | 2 |
20130199739 | ADJUSTABLE ROLLER SHADE - A roller shade assembly comprises a tubular roller having a generally cylindrical internal cavity, an generally tubular extension telescopically mounted within the internal cavity of the tubular roller, and an outer tube mounted over the extension. The extension includes an outer wall and a plurality of winged splines located around the outer circumference of the outer wall which extend along at least a portion of the length of the extension tube. | 08-08-2013 |
20150083349 | ARRANGEMENT FOR A ROLLER BLIND - An arrangement for retracting and extending a roller blind web has a shaft ( | 03-26-2015 |
160262000 |
Crooked roll, noncylindrical flexible roller | 2 |
20080216970 | Sunshade assembly suitable for an arcuate window - A sunshade assembly includes a pair of mounting seats, an arcuate rotatable shaft, and a flexible screen body. The rotatable shaft is tubular in shape, defines a curved rotational axis, is coupled rotatably to the mounting seats, and is formed with recesses so as to be rotatable about the curved rotational axis. The flexible screen body is wound on the rotatable shaft. The rotatable shaft is operable to rotate about the curved rotational axis for winding and unwinding the flexible screen body. | 09-11-2008 |
20090236051 | BOTTOM SEALS FOR A HORIZONTAL SIDE-ROLLING DOOR CURTAIN - A sideways rollup door with a horizontal side-rolling curtain includes a replaceable bottom seal that is zippered or otherwise removably connected to the curtain at an inclined joint. The inclination of the joint ensures that the joint wraps upon the curtain's take-up roller in an approximate helical pattern so as to prevent the joint from creating a concentrated bulge on the roller. In some cases, there is extra space underneath the roller to provide roll-up room for the bottom seal, which can be relatively thick. Such extra space could be further used to accommodate a seal joint and/or other curtain seams that are not necessarily inclined. | 09-24-2009 |
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Document | Title | Date |
20080210389 | Method of fastening a flexible sheet-like structure on a winding shaft, and roller blind - The invention relates to a method of fastening a flexible sheet-like structure ( | 09-04-2008 |
20090044919 | REFLECTIVE WINDOW BLINDS - A window blind that includes at least one blind element having a front surface and a back surface. Either the front surface or the back surface of each element can include a reflective material having a reflectivity of at least about 50%. Also disclosed is a method of controlling heat exchange through a transparent or translucent material, that includes attaching a reflective window blind to an interior wall of a shelter. The window blind being oriented such that the one or more blind elements can be manipulated to obscure a window in the interior wall. The window blind elements can then be adjusted such that the reflective material faces an interior of the shelter or an exterior of the shelter. The blind elements can be opaque, transparent or translucent. | 02-19-2009 |
20090165963 | FIRE-RESISTANT SMOKE-SUPPRESSANT DEVICE - In general, the detailed description of embodiments of the disclosure is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the disclosure to the precise form disclosed above. While specific embodiments of, and examples for, the disclosure are described above for illustrative purposes, various equivalent modifications are possible within the scope of the disclosure, as those skilled in the relevant art will recognize. The teachings of the disclosure provided herein can be applied to other systems, not necessarily the system described herein. The elements and acts of the various embodiments described herein can be combined to provide further embodiments. | 07-02-2009 |
20100084100 | Portable Retractable Surface Protection Device - An example portable, retractable surface protection device. The example device includes a rotatable support bar, a first support base positioned to a first end of the support bar, a second support base positioned to a second end of the support bar, and a surface cover. A plurality of wheels are positioned to the second support base such that the device is wheelable. The device additionally includes a handle connected to the support bar for wrapping and unwrapping the surface cover onto the support bar. A plurality of removable weights positioned in the surface cover at least partially restrict movement of the surface cover when in a fully or a partially deployed position. | 04-08-2010 |
20100108272 | AIR BARRIER FOR DATACENTER USAGE WHICH AUTOMATICALLY RETRACTS WHEN FIRE SPRINKLERS ARE ACTIVATED - An air barrier structure located in an airflow passageway for datacenter usage, which is automatically retractable upon activation of fire sprinklers in the event of a conflagration. The barrier structure is a shade-type roll up member, which in the absence of any complex mechanical structure, will automatically retract about a spring-loaded roller upon the activation of a fire sprinkler, and whereby the barrier incorporates water-soluble structural aspects which will facilitate such automatic retraction upon being impinged upon and dissolved by a flow of water emanating from the fire sprinkler. | 05-06-2010 |
20100288450 | PORTABLE SCENE ISOLATOR - In one aspect, the present invention is directed to a septum apparatus ( | 11-18-2010 |
20110036515 | SUNSHADE ASSEMBLY FOR AN AUTOMOBILE - A sunshade assembly includes a base unit, a spool, a flexible screen body, a driving unit, and a cover unit. The base unit has an opening. The spool is disposed rotatably in the base unit. The flexible screen body is wound on the spool, and has a free end that is movable through the opening in the base unit. The driving unit is provided on the free end of the flexible screen body. The cover unit is coupled pivotably to the base unit. When the free end of the flexible screen body moves from an extended position to a retracted position, the driving unit drives rotation of the cover unit from an open position to a closed position, where the cover unit covers the opening in the base unit. | 02-17-2011 |
20120018105 | SUNSHADE - A sunshade includes a roller and a screen. The roller has an intermediate portion, two end portions extending respectively from opposite ends of the intermediate portion, and a screen-stretching portion disposed on an outer surrounding surface of the intermediate portion. The screen has a main body and two lateral portions. The main body is wound on the screen-stretching portion and the intermediate portion of the roller and has opposite ends. The lateral portions are connected respectively to the opposite ends of the main body and are wound respectively on the end portions of the roller. | 01-26-2012 |
20130126106 | PNEUMATIC DOOR SEAL SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A door sealing system comprises a roll-up door assembly including at least one door panel and a pneumatic seal apparatus including an elastic membrane defining a channel therethrough and a base member fixedly attached to the elastic membrane via a neck portion. The elastic membrane is expandable by injection of pressurized air such that an expanded membrane applies outward force against the door panel to seal the roll-up door assembly. | 05-23-2013 |
20130240163 | AIRCRAFT DOOR FRAME LINING FOR VISUALLY COVERING A DOOR AREA IN AN AIRCRAFT - A lining of aircraft door frames and a door frame lining above an aircraft door is provided. The upper door frame lining in turn includes a first component designed for visually covering the door area. Complete visual covering of the door area is possible. The first component is designed for attachment above the aircraft door and is designed for mechanical affixation to the primary structure of the aircraft. | 09-19-2013 |
20140060757 | TAPERED CANOPY FOR ROLL-UP AWNING - A canopy for use with a retractable, roll-up awning has lateral sides that taper in width from a wider stationary edge to a slightly narrower leading edge. The lateral edges of the canopy may be hemmed and the taper may be designed such that sections of the hems along each edge corresponding in length to a circumference of a roller tube roll up on the roller tube immediately adjacent but laterally further outward from a prior section of hem wrapped around the circumference of the roller tube during the prior rotation of the roller tube. The hems may house wires in a linear pocket defined therein. The wires connect with the roller tube to provide power or control signals. | 03-06-2014 |
20140060758 | EASY ROLL STIFF SCREEN - A woven screen can include at least one first fiber oriented in a main direction of the woven screen and having a polymer coating and a first stiffness value, and at least one second fiber oriented in a direction of the woven screen different from the main direction, configured to intersect with the at least one first fiber, and having a modified polymer coating and a second stiffness value about 20% to about 70% greater than the first stiffness value. The modified polymer coating can include a polymer, a crosslinking agent, a catalyst, and a free radical initiator. The at least one first fiber can include the warp and the at least one second fiber can include the weft, respectively, of the woven screen. The second stiffness value can be about 40% greater than the first stiffness value over a temperature range of about −40° Celsius to about +40° Celsius. | 03-06-2014 |
20150337592 | Laminate Screen for a Roller Blind - A roller blind assembly is described that is made at least in part with a laminate material that includes a roller blind screen and a non-woven backing material applied to the roller blind screen by pressure or heat. If an adhesive is used, the adhesive can be applied to the front side of the non-woven backing material, after which the front side of the non-woven backing material is then attached or bonded to the rear side of the roller blind screen to form the roller blind laminate material. When placed in an architectural opening, such as a window, the roller blind laminate material can reduce or diffuse the light transmission in a room to create a diffused, opaque, or shielded view to the outside while still providing a warm ambiance to an architectural structure or room. | 11-26-2015 |
20150337593 | Prismatic Window Shade To Provide Daylight Directing Control - A roller type window shade for directing daylight onto the ceiling of an associated room in which the shade is positioned on a window of such room, the shade comprising a polymer film having a width commensurate with the width of the associated window and length commensurate with the length of the associated window, said film having at least one microprismatic area integrally formed as part of said film and extending along the width of said shade for redirecting daylight upwardly toward the ceiling of the associated room, and whereby the position of the shade can increase or decrease both the daylight directing and image visible area of the associated window. | 11-26-2015 |
20160083998 | LATERALLY MOVING SHADE ROLLER TUBE - A roller shade assembly comprising a roller tube having an inner surface defining an axial bore, a spindle including an outer threaded portion defining a helical groove, the spindle configured to be received in the axial bore of the roller tube for axial movement in the roller tube at one end roller tube and at least one tracking element operatively associated with the roller tube, the at least one tracking element configured for riding in the helical groove to convert axial rotation of roller tube into axial movement of the roller tube on the support tube. The tracking element engages the helical groove from a position more proximal to one end of the roller tube. The starting axial position of the roller tube in relation to the support tube is configured to be adjustable by manually rotating the spindle without rotating the support tube. | 03-24-2016 |
20160115729 | OVERLAPPING FIRE REFLECTIVE INSULATING BLINDS - A blind system for use in a vehicle with a windscreen and two or more doors with windows. At least one blind is adapted to be permanently supported at its upper edge above the window of one door and deploy over the door window and at least partially over the windscreen. Typically there is a first door blind attached above the first door window and adapted to deploy over the window and partially over the windscreen, a second door blind attached above the second door window and partially over the windscreen and a third blind supported above the windscreen and adapted to deploy at least partially over the windscreen and of a size and shape so that each of the first and second door blinds overlaps at least a portion of the third blind. | 04-28-2016 |