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US 2018/0002977 A1Published application
Tambour-door assembly
AssigneeGrammer AG
InventorsEberhard LUBER, Manuel Sauer, Tobias Schneeberger
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Abstract
A tambour door has an elongated first slat, at least one elongated second slat extending parallel to and adjacent the first slot and a deformable connecting strip extending along the first and second slats. Interengageable anchor formations on the strip and on the slits coupling same together while permitting the slats to move limitedly transversely of themselves relative to one another.
Claims14
A tambour door comprising:
- an elongated first slat;
- at least one elongated second slat extending parallel to and adjacent the first slot;
- a deformable connecting strip extending along the first and second slats;
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- interengageable anchor formations on the strip and on the slits coupling same together while permitting the slats to move limitedly transversely of themselves relative to one another.
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In combination:
- a receptacle having an opening with opposite edges each carrying a respective guide;
- an array of parallel elongated slats each extending along a respective longitudinal axis and having ends engageable in the guides;
- a pair of transversely extending and longitudinally spaced connecting strips each extending along the slats adjacent a respective one of the ends at the guides, the strips each being flexible but generally inextensible and incompressible;
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- formations coupling the slats to the strips such that the slats can move between a closed position blocking the opening and an open position freeing the opening.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.