Retractable covering for a door opening
OwnerPierce A. Thumanninventor
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Abstract
A retractable covering for a door comprising a housing mounted on one side of the door and a latching strip mounted on the opposite side of the door, the housing containing a roll of screen or similar sheeting material that can be pulled out of the housing across the door opening, one side edge of the screen being fixed to a biased roller assembly interiorally of the housing, the other side edge of the screen being affixed to a rigid side member that has a formation that engages with a formation on the latching strip on the opposite side of the door such that when the screen is pulled out of the housing, it can be latched across the entire opposite side edge of the door, the housing comprising a base plate that abuts one side of the door frame and a casing, or cover, that preferably snap-fits to the base plate.
Claims11
A retractable covering for a door opening, said door opening a height and a width and being at least partially defined by a first side support, a second side support, a top edge surface, and a bottom edge surface, comprising:
- an elongate housing secured to said first support, said elongate housing including an elongate base plate for abutting said first side support and an elongate, generally U-shaped cover, said base plate and said cover being provided with longitudinally extending connecting formations projecting as to one and receiving as to the other whereby said cover can be fitted to said base plate, said housing including an elongate slot facing said second side support;
- means for securing said base plate and said cover to one another and to said first side support;
- a flexible sheet having a size sufficient to substantially cover said door opening, said flexible sheet having a first side edge, a second side edge, a top edge, and a bottom edge, said first side edge being fixed in said housing, said sheet being movable from a first position, wherein said sheet is contained in said housing to a second position wherein said sheet substantially covers said door opening;
- means for retracting said sheet into said housing into said first position;
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- latching means for releasably holding said sheet in said second position when said sheet is moved from said first position to said second position.
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