Patent ID: 8196638
Filing Date: 2012-06-12
Classification: E06B

Abstract:
1. A screen apparatus, which includes: an elongated overhead frame member having one end and an opposite end, the overhead frame member defining lengthwise an overhead travel path; a transverse fixed side frame member having a lower end and an upper end that is fixedly mounted to the overhead frame member towards said one end, the fixed side frame member defining a side travel path extending longitudinally up the side frame member, that is continuous with the overhead travel path and that has a travel path entrance towards the bottom end thereof; a displaceable side frame member substantially parallel to the fixed side frame member that is displaceable towards the fixed side frame member to open the screen and is displaceable away from the fixed side frame member to close the screen; an elongated articulated bottom frame member having one end that is attached towards a bottom end of the displaceable side frame member so that the articulated bottom frame member is displaced when the screen is moved from the closed to the open position, the articulated bottom frame member having a length that is greater than that of the side travel path so that it enters the side travel path through the travel path entrance, and travels up through the side travel path and then through at least part of the overhead travel path when the displaceable side frame member is displaced towards the fixed side frame member to open the screen apparatus; and a screen member extending between the frame members, the screen member being interchangeable between a collapsed condition when the screen is open and an extended condition when the screen is closed by movement of the displaceable side frame member.