Patent ID: 8528623
Filing Date: 2013-09-10
Classification: E06B

Abstract:
1. A retractable screen assembly comprising: a fixed screen post; a displaceable handle post having a first end region that is an upper end region and an opposed second end region that is a lower end region, said displaceable handle post being displaceable away from said fixed screen post towards a closed position, and being displaceable towards said fixed screen post back into an open position; a first guide track that is an upper guide track and a second guide track that is a lower guide track, which are respectively operatively engaged with said first end region and said second end region of said displaceable handle post that guides movement of said displaceable handle post between said open and said closed positions; a flexible sheet extending between said fixed screen post and said displaceable handle post; a roller at said fixed screen post onto which said flexible sheet is rolled when said displaceable handle post moves from said closed position to said open position and from which said sheet is drawn when said displaceable handle post moves from said open position to said closed position, said roller having a recoil spring which biases said displaceable handle post to said open position; and a brake arrangement for braking said displaceable handle post in a selected position intermediate to said open position and said closed positions, comprising: a single brake control which is mounted on said displaceable handle post and operatively connected to said first brake assembly biasing arrangement and said second brake assembly biasing arrangement, said single brake control being manually operated to overcome said first biasing force generated by said first brake assembly biasing arrangement and said second biasing force generated by said second brake assembly biasing arrangement to release said brake arrangement and permit said displaceable handle post to be moved along said first guide track and said second guide track.