Patio cover and storm protection device
OwnerMarie France Caire, Serge Veneziainventors
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Abstract
An adjustable patio cover and storm protection device capable of remote operation which acts as a security screen that prevents access through a doorway or window to which it is coupled, reduces the amount of light able to pass through the doorway or window, and also acts as a storm barricade when in its closed or down/vertical position, and which acts as an awning or sun shade that provides shade for the area in front of the door or window to which it is coupled when it is in its open or up/horizontal position.
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A patio cover and storm protection device comprising:
- at least one screen, each screen having a front face and a back face and a first side and a second side and a top side and a bottom side;
- at least one track, each at least one track comprising;
- a substantially vertical portion having a higher end and a lower end, the substantially vertical portion being proximate a building structure;
- a curved portion having a vertical end and a horizontal end, the vertical end being coupled to the higher end of the substantially vertical portion;
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- a substantially horizontal portion having a proximate end and a distal end, the proximate end being coupled to the horizontal end of the curved portion and the distal end of the substantially horizontal portion extending away from the building structure;
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- at least one track roller coupled to each at least one screen, the at least one track roller dimensioned to permit the at least one screen to travel along the at least one track so that at least a portion of the at least one screen being disposed anywhere between a substantially vertical position covering the building structure and a substantially horizontal position extending away from the building structure.
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A patio cover and storm protection device comprising:
- at least one track, the track having a vertical portion and a horizontal portion;
- at least one screen;
- a plurality of track rollers, each track roller having a first end coupled to the screen and having a second end coupled to the track, the track rollers allowing the screen to move along a length of the track;
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- support means coupled to the track.
A patio cover and storm protection device comprising:
- two tracks, each track having a vertical portion coupled to a building structure and a horizontal portion extending outwardly from the building structure;
- a screen disposed between the two tracks;
- a first set of track rollers coupled along a first side of the screen, each of the track rollers of the first set having a first end coupled to the first side of the screen and a second end coupled to one track;
- a second set of track rollers coupled along a second side of the screen, each of the track rollers of the second set having a first end coupled to the second side of the screen and a second end coupled to the other track;
- a first support member coupled at one end to the horizontal portion of one track and extending perpendicularly to the ground;
- a second support member coupled at one end to the horizontal portion of the other track and extending perpendicularly to the ground;
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- a motorized drive mechanism for causing the screen to move along the tracks;
- wherein the tracks are pitched so a distal end of the horizontal portion of each track is lower in elevation than a proximal end of the horizontal portion of each track.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.