Patent ID: 6085823
Filing Date: 2000-07-11
Classification: E06B

Abstract:
A covering assembly, which is mountable on a door or window frame having a first side and a second opposite side, said assembly comprising a first rail adapted to be secured to said first side of said window or door frame, a second rail adapted to be releasably secured to said second, opposite side of said frame, a resiliently tensionable cable extending between said first and second rails, a flexible covering material supported and guided by said cable, between extended and retracted positions of said flexible covering material with respect to said door or window, and tensioning means to tension said cable, wherein said tensioning means comprises: a slider having an exterior portion and being freely movable longitudinally along one of said first and second rails by pushing on said exterior portion, and a self-locking clamp on said slider, said self-locking clamp being attached to said cable, wherein said clamp comprises manually releasable means for lockingly engaging said one of said first and second rails to hold said slider at a desired location along said one of said first and second rails to provide a desired tension in said cable, so that said one of said first and second rails is either held in engagement with said frame or is free to be released from its engagement with said frame.