System and Method for a Portable Wind Break Device
OwnerGregory S. Loosinventor
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Abstract
Embodiments of the invention provide a portable wind break device which incorporates lightweight staking devices or mounting supports, poles that allow attachment of flexible panels, such as fabric panels, and reinforcing supports which reinforce each panel section, making a modular unit as a whole. The portable wind break device permits ease of portability, set up, take down, and provides wind protection and privacy for people, animals, or anything that would benefit from protection from the wind or privacy. Additionally, the portable wind break device permits easy cleaning, and assembly without tools.
Claims20
A portable wind break device comprising:
- a plurality of connecting poles, each of the plurality of connecting poles including at least a first channel and a receiving aperture;
- a panel including a first bead and a second bead, the first bead extending along at least a portion of a first edge portion of the panel, the second bead extending along a second edge portion of the panel, the first bead configured to be received by the at least a first channel of one of the plurality of connecting poles and the second bead configured to be received by another the at least a first channel of another one of the plurality of connecting poles;
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- a reinforcing support including at least a first coupling element and a second coupling element, the first coupling element to couple to the one of the plurality of connecting poles and the second coupling element to couple to the another one of the plurality of connecting poles, the reinforcing support thereby providing tension to the panel between the first edge portion of the panel and the second edge portion of the panel between two of the plurality of the connecting poles.
A portable wind break device comprising:
- a first connecting pole and a second connecting pole;
- a panel including a first side edge and a second side edge and a top edge and a bottom edge, the first side edge configured to be coupled to the first connecting pole and the second side edge of the second connecting pole;
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- a reinforcing support including a first coupling element disposed on a first end and a second coupling element disposed on a second end, the first coupling element and the second coupling element to provide a connection between the reinforcing support and the first connecting pole and the second connecting pole, the first coupling element configured to engage an end of the first connecting pole by allowing the end of the first connecting pole to pass through the first coupling element and the second coupling element configured to engage an end of the second connecting pole by allowing the end of the second connecting pole to pass through the second coupling element, and the first connecting pole and the second connecting pole provide tension between the first side edge and the second side edge of the panel.
A method for assembling a portable wind break device, the method comprising the steps of:
- a) inserting a first connecting pole and a second connecting pole into a first staking pole and a second staking pole, respectively, each of the first connecting pole and the second connecting pole including a a receiving aperture;
- b) engaging a first edge of a panel to the first connecting pole and engaging a second edge portion of the panel to the second connecting pole, respectively;
- c) joining the first connecting pole and the second connecting pole with a first end and a second end of a reinforcing support, the first end including a first coupling element, the second end including a second coupling element;
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- d) engaging the first connecting pole with the first coupling element and engaging the second connecting pole with the second coupling element, such that the reinforcing support provides a tension to the panel between the first connecting pole and the second connecting pole.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.