Patent ID: 8365803
Filing Date: 2013-02-05
Classification: E06B,F41H

Abstract:
1. A debris entrapment system comprising: a track having a guide and configured to be mounted proximate a window opening; a metal mesh curtain having an attachment edge, the metal mesh curtain further having first and second opposite edges; a plurality of slidable carriers attached proximate the attachment edge of the metal mesh curtain and configured to fit with the guide and be slidably attached to the track; a first plurality of trapped carriers attached proximate the attachment edge and the first edge of the metal mesh curtain and a second plurality of trapped carriers attached proximate the attachment edge and the second edge of the metal mesh curtain, and the trapped carriers configured to fit with the guide and trapped from sliding along the guide; and a reinforcement strip with a plurality of links, wherein one or more of said links is attached to the metal mesh curtain a location corresponding to a respective pleat of the metal mesh curtain and corresponding to a respective slidable carrier, and wherein first and second end of the reinforcement strip are configured to extend from the metal mesh curtain and be attached to a structure.