Patent ID: 6065523
Filing Date: 2000-05-23
Classification: B64C,E06B

Abstract:
An aircraft window comprising:a generally rectangular frame having a top member and a bottom member and two side members;a multiplicity of shade rails, said multiplicity of shade rails including a lowermost shade rail mounted transversely between the two side members;a shade having a multiplicity of discrete, flat laying shade segments, each shade segment engaging one of said multiplicity of shade rails, each of the multiplicity of shade segments with a top horizontal edge and a bottom horizontal edge;means for slideably engaging the shade rails to the side members of the frame;a handle cooperating with at least one of the multiplicity of shade rails for moving the shade rails between a raised and a lowered position, said raised position with the shade rails adjacent one another near the top rail of said frame and with the shade segments stacked in overlapping fashion, said lowered position with the shade rails generally equidistant apart and equally spaced between the top and the bottom members of said frame and with the shade segments top horizontal edge laying generally adjacent the bottom horizontal edge of the shade segment above it, so as to substantially prevent light from passing through the window; andmeans for engaging the multiplicity of shade rails such that vertical movement of one of the shade rails between the raised and the lowered position will cause the other of the multiplicity of shade rails to move likewise.