Patent ID: 7933068
Filing Date: 2011-04-26
Classification: G03B

Abstract:
1. A reconfigurable projection-screen system, comprising: a flexible screen including a screen perimeter and a viewing region interior the screen perimeter; and a frame assembly including a plurality of frame members, where at least some of the plurality of frame members include a screen perimeter engaging portion, and where the plurality of frame members are selectively arrangeable in at least an assembled viewing configuration and a disassembled configuration, where in the assembled viewing configuration the screen perimeter engaging portions of the at least some of the plurality of frame members, extend the screen perimeter and hold the viewing region substantially flat, where in the disassembled configuration the screen perimeter engaging portions of the at least some of the plurality of frame members allow the viewing region to fold, where the plurality of frame members includes a plurality of joints and a plurality of elongated spanners, each elongated spanner having a first end and a second end, where each of the first end and the second end of each elongated spanner includes a joint-engaging portion, where the first end of one of the plurality of elongated spanners is tethered to the second end of another of the plurality of elongated spanners, where at least some of the plurality of frame members are resiliently bent and tension the flexible screen when the frame assembly is arranged in the assembled viewing configuration; and where the viewing region comprises a first side and a second side and wherein the plurality of frame members do not overlap or occlude the first side or second side of the viewing region when in the assembled viewing configuration.