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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7600553 | Safety device and mechanism comprising one such device used to manoeuvre a closing or sun protection installation A safety mechanism for a closing installation, comprising a shaft and an element having teeth for cooperating with a catch which oscillates during rotational movements of the shaft. The mechanism further comprises a safety system including a ring for braking the osc... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7438112 | Roll-up barrier A roll-up barrier has a base, an end cap, a drive shaft connected between the base and the end cap, a rolling assembly, a resilient element and a flexible barrier. The end cap has an arresting mechanism having a control button and an arrestor. The rolling assembly i... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7168195 | Scroll advertising device A scroll advertising display device which utilizes a housing which includes a windup mechanism which is attached to a sheet member with the sheet member to be extendable from the housing and then retractable by the windup mechanism to be confined in conjunction with... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7165688 | Retractable hanging apparatus A retractable hanging apparatus that includes an engagement structure, such as a bar, upon which an article is hung or secured, with the engagement structure being suspended by one or more lines that are attached to a spring-biased roller assembly rotatably mounted ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7040372 | Information presentation device An information presentation device and methods for mounting a display sheet to the device. The device includes an elongate housing having a first opening through which the display sheet passes. The display sheet is wound onto a drum within the housing. A releasable ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6907914 | Locking device A locking device for a safety gate which includes a gate surface made from material which may be wound up with a mechanism for prevention of unintentional unwinding of gate material, the mechanism including a catch wheel which co-rotates with the unwinding, a rotata... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6902141 | Roller shade mounting system A roller shade mounting system includes a pair of assemblies for limiting sagging in a roller shade tube. The assembly includes a single bearing supported by a shaft to position the bearing at a distance from an end of the tube. Alternatively, the assembly includes ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6715525 | Separation devices for motor vehicles A separation device for a motor vehicle, with a flexible flat shaped article, which is held on a winding shaft located in a box housing between a rolled-in rest position and a pulled-out protective position which is rigidly connected to the vehicle with holding devi... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6684541 | Prayer scroll A secure hand-held prayer scroll is provided for creating and retaining writings such as prayers. A replaceable paper webbing is retained on, and in use unwound from, a rotary spool within a hollow housing. To rewind the paper webbing onto the spool, a lo... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6135186 | Window screen assembly and method A retractable window screen assembly which includes a housing easily mounted on an existing double hung sliding window sill or similar type is disclosed. The screen is wound about a spring mounted core and extends from the housing when the window is opene... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6131642 | Locking device A locking device (38) for locking a hollow longitudinally extending tubular roller (12) of a shade (16) of an architectural covering (1) releasably in any unwound position of the shade. The locking device (38) includes a center shaft (28) concentrically a... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6059010 | Roller sunshade for mounting on car roof A roller sunshade for mounting on a car roof mainly includes more than one adhering sucker mechanism and an automatic sunshade winding mechanism. The adhering sucker mechanism can adhere to any point on the car roof by vacuum suction and each includes for... | 05/09/2000 |
| 5078198 | Take-up roller for curtains of the roll-up type A roller on which a curtain is rolled up has its respective ends closed by a washer and by a cap having two opposed recesses one inside and the other outside the roller. A first support in the outer recess supports one end of a threaded rod passing inside... | 01/07/1992 |
| 4819706 | Travel lock for retractable awning A travel lock system for use on retractable awnings incorporating a support arm and a rafter arm wherein the rafter arm is adapted to be moved into a channel provided in the support arm when the awning is retracted, includes a lock arm adapted, in a locki... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4674550 | Window shade motor and roller assembly A window shade motor and a window shade roller assembly which is characterized by easier release and release with greater certainty, as contrasted to current construction, while having fewer parts which is based, in part, on arranging the pivot axes of th... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4653567 | Automatically winding window shade In a window shade which automatically winds up by a releasable spring mechanism, mounted in a rotatable shaft, a roll for a cord is secured to the end of the shaft. A free end of the cord is secured to the roll. The amount of the cord to be wound up on th... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4346749 | Motor and roller support for window shades and the like A motor and roller support includes a reversible lock clutch mechanism having a housing including an annular portion having a plurality of alternately deep and shallow recesses and a spindle axially received in the housing and having at least one flexible... | 08/31/1982 |
| 4320922 | Storable automotive seat cover The invention is a seat cover that can be stored when not in use or when not needed without the complicated process of totally removing it from the seat. The invention consists of a rollable seat cover that will self-wind when activated. The seat cover is... | 03/23/1982 |
| 4009745 | Window shade support roller and method of assembling A window shade support roller having an improved spring motor construction and method of manufacture includes a spring retaining structure which holds a driving spring and a spear structure having an integral spear. The spear structure and the spring reta... | 03/01/1977 |
