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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7354089 | Tonneau cover A tonneau cover assembly for a truck having a bed and a pair of upstanding sidewalls generally includes a panel having a perimeter conforming to a perimeter of the bed and a mechanism for enabling movement of the panel between the first position abutting the bed and... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7331510 | Mail indication apparatus The invention features a mail indication device for determining whether the daily mail postal person has deposited mail in a rural or suburban mailbox. The mailbox indicator features a signal indicator composed of a dense material, a linking tether, and an attachmen... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7290581 | Half spread folding door A half spread folding door is comprised of plural door leaves; door frames supporting each door leaf in both side ends thereof; a hinge means for connecting successively each door leaf with adjacent door leaf along its width direction, a pair of hinge means are leng... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7195290 | Apparatus for a fire-rated duct A duct system comprising duct sections which are factory manufactured and field modifiable. The field modifiable duct system comprises fire resistant materials and is fire-rated. The duct sections when assembled create a continuous conduit that allows air to flow fr... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7131480 | Colonial style pressure vent hurricane shutter A colonial style pressure-vent hurricane shutter having predetermined requisite strength of shutter framework (1) encompassing slatted-louver apertures (4) with slat-support guides (7) for protection against storm-borne objects, wind and rain an... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7117922 | DIY window curtain A DIY window curtain able to be combined by a user includes a plurality of hang rods and a pulley base. The hang rods are respectively inserted through the hang hole of a curtain, which is formed with pleated edges according to the length of each hang rod. The pulle... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7089989 | Lifting folding door A folding door apparatus for homes and other building structures that is formed of a plurality of panels hinged together in accordion fashion. The door panels are raised and lowered along parallel vertical rails by a pair of winding reels and cable. A stability pin ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7059379 | Low head room overhead door system with adjustable short radius track section A universal overhead door system includes a pair of horizontal track members, a pair of vertical track members and a pair of track radius members interconnecting the horizontal and vertical track members. A pair of adjustable short radius members extend from the tra... | 06/13/2006 |
| 6925681 | Vehicle curtain lock A vehicle curtain lock has a U-shaped track, an abutting head, a sliding body, a resilient element and a clasp device. The U-shaped track has an inner channel and a longitudinal opening and slidably holds the sliding body, the abutting head and the resilient element... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6523288 | Foldable display panel A foldable display panel wherein a plurality of individual panels, each panel being small enough to be easily transportable and storable, are hingably connected in such a manner that in a folded state, the individual panels will fold into a single stack w... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6478204 | Receptacle cover Known covers, for example for receptacles in automobiles, have drawbacks in that they require several components in addition to the depositing receptacle and/or require additional reception space clearly exceeding the dimensions of the deposition receptac... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6470948 | Safety gate A collapsable, child, safety gate for selectively forming a barrier across an opening inside a house such as a stairwell, including a storage housing capable of being fixed in position across the house opening, either permanently or temporarily, and a fol... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6321819 | Retractable cover system A retractable cover system that folds into a compact storage position which can also be easily removed from the pickup truck box. The inventive device includes a pair of opposing rails attachable to the upper portions of a box of a pickup truck, a front m... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6119758 | Closure device with a flexible screen According to the invention, the lateral edges of the screen are substantially incompressible or rendered incompressible in their lengthwise direction. A driving device is provided making it possible to apply a thrust force to these edges in the longitudin... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6035917 | Foldable security bar assembly A foldable security bar assembly, is convenient, aesthetic and less costly than existing security systems, and is used primarily for security rather than a shutter assembly. The assembly is for placing over or in an opening and has a plurality of horizont... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5924468 | Retractable window protection device A retractable window protection device is disclosed that can be extended to cover a window when needed, for example during a severe storm with high winds. The retractable window protection device incorporates at least one housing mounted to the building a... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5893403 | Lifting folding door A lifting folding door, having two primarily vertically extending rails, each arranged on one side of an opening to be closed by the door; a number of panels hinged together, each guided by both rails; and a guiding system connected at the top of each of ... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5813178 | Modular office furniture partition The invention relates to an upright partition for use in a modular office furniture system, the partition comprising: a frame comprising: two vertical posts each having outward opposing faces defining spaced apart parallel forward and rearward planes; a p... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5469905 | Security and hurricane shutter A security and hurricane shutter of greater strength and stability than available shutters using blades which are longitudinally pivoted to each other. The angle between adjacent blades is adjustable to provide for greater strength and stability at smalle... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5370722 | Filtering assembly for air intake A filtering assembly for protecting an air intake of a structure. A flexible screen is mounted so as to cover an air intake opening of the structure. The screen may be selectively moved in either of opposite directions so as to be raised or lowered across... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5211442 | Curtain installation structure A curtain installation structure for a vehicle is comprised of a garnish which is installed to cover a pillar of the vehicle. The garnish defines a curtain receiving section at a side end portion of a window. A cover member is hingedly connected to the ga... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5201563 | Motor vehicle windshield curtain control A motor vehicle windshield curtain control comprising a casing transversely fastened behind the windshield of a motor vehicle at a top, two side tracks respectively obliquely extending downward from said casing and fastened behind said windshield at two o... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5133398 | Shutter assembly A shutter assembly which requires minimal storing space substantially comprises a) a plurality of transparent or glass slats which form a shutter by being vertically suspended one after another, b) a storage case storing the slats in a stacked condition, ... | 07/28/1992 |
| 5076337 | Mail arrival alert for mailbox A simplified attachment for a mailbox which alerts the mailbox addressee that mail has been delivered. The attachment includes a signal flag mounted on a spring activated spool rotatably secured within a housing affixed to the side of the mailbox. When th... | 12/31/1991 |
| 5005629 | Compact curtain for the closure of passages A low bulk curtain is provided for the closure of passages, comprising a succession of high inertia elements each formed by a wide central web and a reinforcement flange, and hinged together by hinges. The curtain opens out under the effect of gravity for... | 04/09/1991 |
| 4966217 | Safety cover for automotive service pits A safety cover 10 for automotive service pits 1 is constructed of square cross section hollow support members 11 welded to alternate links of double pitched roller chain segments 15. Cover 10 is divided into two halves wherein each half has support member... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4867220 | Sunshade assembly of motor vehicle A sunshade assembly for use with a sun roof construction of a motor vehicle is disclosed, which comprises two chain units each including first and second groups of guided pieces and a plurality of links pivotally connected to the first and second groups o... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4763947 | Sunshield for motor vehicle A window shade for a motor vehicle is made of a generally rectangular sheet of material and provided with substantially straight upper, lower and side edges. The sheet is provided with an axial fold line and a plurality of radial fold lines emanating from... | 08/16/1988 |
| 4610289 | Shutter The shutter is composed of a number of slats kept in parallel each other, and the slats are connected to each other with hinges so as to be folded in both forward and backward directions. The hinges comprise the pins provided at the inside and outside corners ... | 09/09/1986 |
| 4603723 | Shutter A shutter which has a number of wide slats connected to each other by a hinge mechanism with the slats remaining separate so that an opening for a side gate can be formed at a desired position on the shutter. The slats of the side gate are connected vertically... | 08/05/1986 |
| 4538661 | Garage door operator and method of assembling A garage door and opener which can be manufactured as separate units and shipped in pre-assembled units and which can be easily and quickly assembled and installed by one or more persons. The door and the operator are self-contained in the units and all o... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4460030 | Collapsible garage door An improved sectional overhead garage door with an integral automatic opener and closer which comprises a plurality of horizontal sections which are hinged together on opposite sides in alternate fashion and wherein the panels are made strong and light by... | 07/17/1984 |
| 4379478 | Folding overhead doors A folding overhead door assembly is provided having a guide means up of two superimposed oval channels on each side of a door opening, the channels having side-by-side vertical legs and spaced apart horizontal legs, a plurality of normally coplanar door s... | 04/12/1983 |
| 4084570 | Fireplace closure and safety device A fireplace closure device having both safety and decorative features is provided for mounting on the front of various sized masonry fireplaces. Fundamentally, the device comprises a plurality of laterally hinged slats with tapered pins being provided to ... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4013113 | Foldable rolling shutters The shutter includes a curtain formed of elongated bars hinged to one another at longitudinal edges and guided at their ends in laterally spaced guide grooves extending along opposite sides of an opening to be controlled by the shutter. A rotatable member... | 03/22/1977 |
