Patent ID: 6814127
Filing Date: 2004-11-09
Classification: E06B

Abstract:
A retractable flexible screen to be installed to a frame of a fenestration product with the flexible screen extending and retracting across an opening in the fenestration product, the frame having first and second pairs of frame members bounding the fenestration product, the flexible screen comprising:flexible screen material; a roller system upon which the flexible screen material is unwound and wound during extension and retraction, respectively, the roller system extending across a length of the opening from one of the first pair of frame members to an opposite one of the first pair of frame members with the flexible screen material extending toward one of the second pair of frame members as a closing member; a pair of mounting brackets, each attachable to one of the first pair of frame members, the roller system mounting to the pair of mounting brackets at each end; a control bar connected to the flexible screen material at a first edge; and first and second tracks, each mountable to one of the first pair of frame members adjacent to the roller between the roller and the closing member toward which the flexible screen material extends, the first and second tracks each coupled to the control bar at an opposite end, such that the control bar moves back and forth along the first and second tracks from the roller system to the closing member, wherein the control bar further comprises a sill plug interposed between the end of the control bar and one of the first and second tracks, the sill plug moveably engaged with the control bar end and connected to the track so as to move along the track between the roller and the closing member.