Patent ID: 8064154
Filing Date: 2011-11-22
Classification: B64G,G02B,G03B

Abstract:
1. Protective device for optical and/or electronic apparatuses wherein the device is provided for removably closing an aperture, through which apparatuses may be accessed, the device being such as to achieve a first and second operating configuration, for allowing or inhibiting, respectively, access to apparatuses through said aperture, said protective device comprising: a supporting structure comprising at least one supporting beam, which is transversely positioned with respect to said aperture; a plurality of covering elements comprising at least a pair of elements, each covering element of said pair of elements having an internal lateral edge which is rotatably coupled to the supporting beam and an opposed external lateral free edge; actuation means for rotating the covering elements of said pair of elements about the supporting beam between a first and second angular position, in order for the device to attain the first or second operating configuration, respectively, wherein, in the second operating configuration, the covering elements are such as to define, together, a screen for said aperture; and an inflatable stiffening system, which may be activated for stiffening the screen in the second operating configuration.