US 11,790,809 B2Granted

Glass-inclusive sample viewer, and/or associated methods

AssigneeGuardian Glass, LLC

InventorAlexander Sobolev

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Abstract

Certain example embodiments relate to a box or other viewer that accommodates one or more glass-inclusive samples and that is usable in a plurality of different configurations to facilitate evaluation of the sample(s) from indoor and outdoor viewing perspectives. The sample viewer is “convertible” between a transportation configuration and the indoor and outdoor viewing perspective configurations. For example, certain example embodiments may be used as glass-inclusive sample shipping and storage containers that transform into miniature mockup walls with little manual effort and with little risk of human viewers looking at glass the wrong way (e.g., a manner that would lead to a false impression of the visual aesthetic of the sample(s) therein). The glass-inclusive sample(s) may include one or more uncoated or coated glass sheets, insulated glass (IG) units, vacuum insulated glass (VIG) units, laminated products, and/or the like.

Claims22

Dependent claims

An insulated glass (IG) unit viewing kit, comprising:

at least one sample IG unit, each said sample IG unit comprising:
first and second substantially parallel, spaced apart glass substrates;
a spacer system provided around peripheral edges of the first and second substrates, wherein the spacer system comprises a gap or cavity being defined between the first and second substrates;
and
a sample viewer comprising one or more sample-receiving slots;
an inner sleeve in which the one or more sample-receiving slots are defined;
first and second outer shell members;
at least one first support provided to the first outer shell member;
at least one second support provided to the second outer shell member;
and
an inner member provided to the second outer shell member;
wherein the sample viewer is transformable into at least two configurations, wherein the at least two configurations are selected from the group consisting of a first configuration being an outdoor viewing configuration, a second configuration being an indoor viewing configuration, a third configuration being packaged and adapted for transport with the at least one sample IG unit therein, and combinations thereof.

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Facts

Application: 16/822,374Filed 18 Mar 2020 · continuation
Priority: 19 Mar 2019
Published: US 2020/0302830 A124 Sep 2020
Granted: 17 Oct 2023
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification11 codes

G09F 5/02
Means for displaying samples: portable sample cases
G01N 21/29
Colour; Spectral properties, i.e. comparison of effect of material on the light at two or more different wavelengths or wavelength bands: using…
G02B 27/028
Viewing or reading apparatus: characterised by the supporting structure
G02B 30/29
Involving lenticular arrays: characterised by the geometry of the lenticular array, e.g. slanted arrays, irregular arrays or arrays of varying…

Family

Application62/820,502Us provisional application · filed 19 Mar 2019
Application29/706,216Parent of this continuation · filed 18 Sep 2019
US 2020/0302830 A1Pre-grant publication · published 24 Sep 2020
US D944,081 S1Parent of this continuation
US 11,790,809 B2This patent

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