Recreational vehicle and trailer window treatment adjustment system
AssigneeState Wide Aluminum, Inc.
InventorsGeorges Aboukhaled, Jason Barhydt, Jack Shanholt, II
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Abstract
A window treatment adjustment assembly is provided that includes a slider having a base movable along a portion of the frame. A handle extends from the base. A pocket is formed in the screen and includes: a pocket frame attached to the screen to form an opening through the screen; a shroud member attached to at least a portion of the pocket frame. The handle of the slider extends through the opening of the pocket and past the shroud member. The base of the slider is in communication with a mechanism that moves the window treatment.
Claims20
A vehicle window assembly which includes a frame that holds two spaced apart window panes and a movable window treatment located between the two spaced apart window panes, a mechanism that moves the window treatment located adjacent the movable window treatment, a screen that is spaced apart from and covers at least one of the two spaced apart window panes, wherein the frame is movable between an open position away from the screen and a closed position proximal to the screen, and an improvement to the vehicle window assembly that includes a window treatment adjustment assembly located on the frame to operate the window treatment, wherein the window treatment adjustment assembly comprises:
- a longitudinally-extending guide rail located on the frame;
- a slider that includes:
- a base movable along a portion of the frame;
- a handle that extends from the base and the frame;
- a coupler that engages the longitudinally-extending guide rail so the base is movable with respect to the longitudinally-extending guide rail;
- wherein the longitudinally-extending guide rail defines a path of travel of the slider and the slider is movable along the path of travel of the longitudinally-extending guide rail;
- a pocket formed in the screen over the path of travel of the longitudinally-extending guide rail, the pocket includes:
- a pocket frame attached to the screen to form an opening through the screen;
- a shroud member attached to at least a portion of the pocket frame;
- wherein at least a portion of the shroud member is resilient to selectively cover the opening within the pocket frame;
- wherein the handle of the slider extends through the opening of the pocket and past the shroud member when the frame is in the closed position;
- wherein the handle is movable in the pocket and moves the base of the slider;
- wherein the base of the slider is in communication with the mechanism that moves the window treatment so that movement of the base moves the window treatment between the two spaced apart window panes;
- wherein as the handle moves in the pocket a portion of the opening of the pocket that is not occupied by the handle is covered by the shroud member due to the resiliency of the shroud member;
- wherein the handle of the slider does not extend through the opening of the pocket when the frame is in the open position;
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- wherein the shroud member covers the opening of the pocket when the handle of the slider is not extended through the opening of the pocket when the frame is in the open position.
A vehicle window assembly which includes a frame that holds two spaced apart window panes and a movable window treatment located between the two spaced apart window panes, a mechanism that moves the window treatment located adjacent the movable window treatment, a screen that is spaced apart from and covers at least one of the two spaced apart window panes, wherein the frame is movable between an open position away from the screen and a closed position proximal to the screen, and an improvement to the vehicle window assembly that includes a window treatment adjustment assembly located on the frame to operate the window treatment, wherein the window treatment adjustment assembly comprises:
- a slider that includes:
- a base movable along a portion of the frame;
- a handle that extends from the base and the frame;
- and
- a pocket formed in the screen;
- wherein the pocket includes:
- a pocket frame attached to the screen to form an opening through the screen;
- a shroud member attached to at least a portion of the pocket frame;
- wherein the handle of the slider extends through the opening of the pocket and past the shroud member a portion of which is displaced;
- wherein the handle moves the base of the slider;
- and
- wherein the base of the slider is in communication with the mechanism that moves the window treatment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.