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US 2020/0302830 A1Published application
Glass-inclusive sample viewer, and/or associated methods
AssigneeGuardian Glass, LLC
InventorAlexander SOBOLEV
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AssigneeGuardian Glass, LLC
InventorAlexander SOBOLEV
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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.
An insulated glass (IG) unit viewing kit, comprising:
A sample viewer comprising one or more sample-receiving slots, the number of sample-receiving slots being greater than or equal to a number of transparent-panel inclusive samples receivable in the sample viewer, the sample viewer being transformable into at least two of first, second, and third configurations, the first configuration being an outdoor viewing configuration, the second configuration being an indoor viewing configuration, and the third configuration being packaged and adapted for transport with the at least one sample IG unit therein.
A method of making a sample viewer, the method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.