Modular glare screen system
AssigneeAmerican Louver Company
InventorsWilliam A. Stukel, David S. Clark
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Abstract
A glare-blocking system includes a glare-blocking member and a rail. The glare-blocking member includes a bottom edge, a left recess, and a right recess. The rail includes a left lateral portion that includes a left protrusion configured to mate with the left recess of the glare-blocking member. The rail also includes a right lateral portion that includes a right protrusion configured to mate with the right recess of the glare-blocking member. The rail includes a projecting contour between the left and right lateral portions that defines a groove configured to receive the bottom edge of the glare-blocking member.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a glare-blocking member including:
- a bottom edge;
- a left recess;
- a right recess;
- and
- a rail including:
- a left lateral portion including a left protrusion configured to mate with the left recess of the glare-blocking member;
- a right lateral portion including a right protrusion configured to mate with the right recess of the glare-blocking member;
- and
- a projecting contour between the left and right lateral portions that defines a groove configured to receive the bottom edge of the glare-blocking member.
A glare-blocking member for a barricade, the glare-blocking member comprising:
- a top edge and a bottom edge;
- left and right edges that extend between the top edge and the bottom edge;
- a left recess formed in the left edge proximate to the bottom edge;
- and
- a right recess formed in the right edge proximate to the bottom edge,
- wherein the glare-blocking member is configured to be inserted into a rail that runs along a top of the barricade, wherein the left and right recesses are configured to receive a pair of protrusions at either end of the rail when the glare-blocking member is inserted into the rail, wherein the recesses cooperate with the protrusions to secure the glare-blocking member to the rail.
A rail for a barricade, the rail comprising:
- a first vertical edge portion on a left side of the rail that defines a first protrusion at an end of the first vertical edge portion that is configured to mate with a first recess of a glare-blocking member;
- a second vertical edge portion on a right side of the rail that defines a second protrusion at an end of the second vertical edge portion that is configured to mate with a second recess of the glare-blocking member;
- and
- a projecting contour between the first and the second vertical edge portions that defines a groove configured to receive a bottom edge of the glare-blocking member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.