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US 5,680,893 AGranted
Decorative privacy screen
OwnerDana L. Neerinventor
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Abstract
A device and assembly for screening an area from view. Specifically, an aesthetically pleasing decorated screen or panel for proving privacy to an area such as a pool, patio or lanai. The privacy screen assembly is readily adapted to the geographical location of the purchaser, the intended area to be screened, and the overall amount of privacy which is desired.
Claims19
A privacy screen assembly, comprising:
- a decorative screen, said decorative screen including upper and lower edges, first and second sides, and left and right edges, wherein said decorative screen comprises a base screen and a decorative pigmented coating;
- frame means for supporting said decorative screen in a vertical planar orientation;
- and
- attachment means by which said decorative screen may be attached to said frame means,
- wherein said decorative pigment coating is provided on at least said first side and comprises at least two different colors, said different colors cooperating to define a reflected pattern in said decorative screen when viewed from said first side, such that the light reflective and absorptive properties of the decorative pattern viewed from said first side decrease the ability of a viewer to view activities or persons on the opposite side of the screen.
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A privacy screen assembly comprising:
- a decorative screen, said decorative screen including upper and lower edges, first and second sides, and left and right edges, wherein said decorative screen comprises a base screen and a decorative pigmented coating;
- frame means for supporting said decorative screen in a vertical planar orientation;
- and
- attachment means by which said decorative screen may be attached to said frame means;
- and
- means to attenuate the ambient light on said second side of said screen,
- wherein said base screen material is of uniform mesh size, and wherein said decorative pigmented coating is applied to said base screen material in at least two different coating thicknesses, said different coating thicknesses cooperating to define a transmitted pattern in said decorative screen when viewed from said first side forming a decorative pattern decreasing the ability of a viewer to view activities or persons on the second side of the screen, yet enabling a viewer on the second side of the screen to view activities or persons on the first side of the screen.
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A method for increasing privacy in a residential area, said method comprising:
- (a) defining a privacy area to be screened from public view;
- (b) providing along at least a part of the perimeter of the area to be screened a decorative privacy screen assembly comprising:
- a decorative screen, said decorative screen including upper and lower edges, left and right edges, a side facing the public and a side facing the privacy area, wherein said decorative screen comprises a base screen and a polychromatic decorative pigmented coating forming a scene or pattern on the side facing the public;
- frame means for supporting said decorative screen in a vertical planar orientation;
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- attachment means by which said decorative screen may be attached to said frame means, and
- (c) ensuring that the amount of ambient light impinging on the screen from the side visible to the public is greater than the amount of light impinging on the screen from the side facing the privacy area,
- such that the light reflective and absorptive properties of the decorative pattern decrease the ability of a viewer on the side of the screen facing the public to view activities or persons on the opposite side of the screen.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.