Patent ID: 7109885

Claim:
A portable expandable screen for blocking passing motorists' and pedestrians' views of accidents on a roadway to prevent rubbernecking and promote traffic flow and increased highway safety, comprising: a plurality of telescoping panels assembled in an accordion type manner, one of the panels being a base panel, and another panel being an outermost panel, each of the panels having an outside surface, an inside surface, a bottom end, an inside edge, and an outside edge, the panels each having a plurality of horizontally extending plastic strips surrounded by an aluminum frame; a retracting motor attached to the inside edge of the base panel for lowering and lifting the portable expandable screen into and out of a truck for transport and storage; a horizontal track located on the inside surface at the bottom end of every panel; a small wheel fixed to the inside edge at the bottom end of every panel, the small wheel of one panel being fitted within the track of an adjacent panel for sliding along the track to allow expansion and contraction; a handle attached to the outside edge of the outermost panel for helping a user to facilitate expanding the panels; a ground wheel attached to the bottom end of each panel near the outside edge for helping to slide the panels outwardly into position, and back inwardly for transport and storage; and an access door, built within at least one panel which opens and closes for allowing access therethrough when the portable expandable screen is assembled.