US 6,283,427 B1Granted

Supporting means of a screening device

AssigneeVKR Holding A/S

InventorsBrent Møller, Torben Holst Nielsen, Carsten Brønnum Grinvalds, Gert Godvig Lassen

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Abstract

A supporting mechanism for a window screening device comprises a first pair of bracket members for mounting on each of a pair of opposed parallel frame surfaces of the frame structure and a second pair of coupling members engageable by the screening device. Each bracket member and each coupling member comprises an engaging mechanism for releasable sliding engagement of a coupling member with a bracket member. Each bracket member or each coupling member is provided with a resilient mechanism engageable with an abutment of a coupling member or a bracket member to retain the bracket member and the coupling member in mutual engagement. The bracket members are identical standard members each comprising a relatively flat front part protruding from said frame surface and having a substantially smooth external surface and engaging mechanism formed by a pair of opposed parallel side edges. Each coupling member is formed as a substantially flat brick-shaped member provided with an open recess limited by leg portions forming engaging mechanism engageable with the engaging mechanism on the bracket members.

Claims16

Dependent claims

Supporting means for supporting a screening device in a frame structure with frame members comprising top and bottom members (1) as well as side members (2, 26) and lining an opening in a building, in particular a door or a window, comprising:

a first pair of bracket members (6;
106;
206;
306;
406;
24, 29) for mounting on each of a pair of opposed parallel frame surfaces (2, 26) of said frame structure and a second pair of coupling members (7;
107;
207;
307;
36) each provided with first engaging means (17;
117) engageable by engaging means on said screening device (120), each of said bracket members (6;
106;
206;
306;
406;
24, 29) and each of said coupling members (7;
107;
207;
307;
36) further comprising second engaging means (11-16;
111-116;
33-34;
39-42) for releasable sliding engagement of one of said pair of coupling members with one of said pair of bracket members;
each member of one of said first and second pair being provided with a resilient member (9;
109;
209;
309;
409;
31, 32) engageable with an abutment (19;
219;
319;
38) of a member of the other of said first and second pairs to retain a bracket member and coupling member in mutual engagement, characterized in that the bracket members (6;
106;
206;
306;
406;
24, 29) of said first pair are identical standard members for mounting on said opposed frame surfaces (2, 26), each comprising a relatively flat front part protruding from said frame surface (2, 26) in the mounted position of said bracket member and having a substantially smooth external surface, said second engaging means (11-12;
111-112;
33-34) being formed by a pair of opposed parallel side edges of said front part, and that each coupling member (7;
107;
207;
307;
36) is formed as a substantially flat brick-shaped member provided with an open recess limited by at least one leg portion (13-14;
113-114;
313-314;
41-42) forming engaging means (15-16;
215-216;
315-316;
39-40) engageable with said engaging means on the bracket members.

46 more elements

A skylight window for installation in an inclined roof surface, comprising:

a frame structure composed of top and bottom members (1), as well as side members (2, 26), said frame structure lining an opening in a building;
and
supporting means for supporting a screening device in the frame structure, comprising a first pair of bracket members (6;
106;
206;
306;
406;
24, 29) for mounting on each of a pair of opposed parallel frame surfaces (2, 26) of said frame structure and a second pair of coupling members (7;
107;
207;
36) each provided with first engaging means (17;
117) enageable by engaging means on said screening device (120), each of said bracket members (6;
106;
206;
306;
406;
24, 29) and each of said coupling members (7;
107;
207;
307;
36) further comprising second engaging means (11-16;
111-116;
33-34, 39-42) for releasable sliding engagement of one of said pair of coupling members with one of said pair of bracket members each member of one of said first and second pairs being provided with a resilient member (9;
109;
209;
309;
409;
31, 32) engageable with an abutment (19;
219;
319;
38) of a member of the other of said first and second pairs to retain a bracket member and a coupling member in mutual engagement, characterized in that the bracket members (6;
106;
206;
306;
406;
24, 29) of said first pair are identical standard members for mounting on said opposed frame surfaces (2, 26), each comprising a relatively flat front part protruding from said frame surface (2, 26) in the mounted position of said bracket member and having a substantially smooth external surface, said second engaging means (11-12;
111-112;
33-34) being formed by a pair of opposed parallel side edges of said front part, and that each coupling member (7;
107;
207;
307;
36) is formed as a substantially flat brick-shaped member provided with an open recess limited by at least one leg portion (13-14;
113-114;
313-314;
41-42) forming engaging means (15-16;
215-216;
315-316;
39-40) engageable with said engaging means on the bracket members.

45 more elements

A screening device assembly for a skylight window comprising:

a frame structure composed of top and bottom members (1), as well as side members (2, 26), said frame structure lining an opening in a building;
and
supporting means for supporting a screening device in the frame structure, said means comprising a first pair of bracket members (6;
106;
206;
306;
406;
24, 29) for mounting on each of a pair of opposed parallel frame surfaces (2, 26) of said frame structure and a second pair of coupling members (7;
107;
207;
36) each provided with first engaging means (17;
117) engageable by engaging means on said screening device (120), each of said bracket members (6;
106;
206;
306;
406;
24, 29) and each of said coupling members (7;
107;
207;
307;
36) further comprising second engaging means (11-16;
111-116;
33-34, 39-42) for releasable sliding engagement one of said pairs of coupling members with one of said pairs of bracket members each member of one of said first and second pairs being provided with a resilient member (9;
109;
209;
309;
409;
31, 32) engageable with an abutment means (19;
219;
319;
38) of a member of the other of said first and second pairs to retain a bracket member and a coupling member in mutual engagement, characterized in that the bracket members (6;
106;
206;
306;
406;
24, 29) of said first pair are identical standard members for mounting on said opposed frame surfaces (2, 26), each comprising a relatively flat front part protruding from said frame surface (2, 26) in the mounted position of said bracket member and having a substantially smooth external surface, said second engaging means (11-12;
111-112;
33-34) being formed by a pair of opposed parallel side edges of said front part, and that each coupling member (7;
107;
207;
307;
36) is formed as a substantially flat brick-shaped member provided with an open recess limited by at least one leg portion (13-14;
113-114;
313-314;
41-42) forming engaging means (15-16;
215-216;
315-316;
39-40) engageable with said engaging means on the bracket members, wherein said screening device assembly comprises said pair of coupling members (7;
107;
207;
307;
36) of the supporting means.

49 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 09/380,296Filed 31 Aug 1999
Priority: DK 0927/9712 Aug 1997
Granted: 4 Sep 2001
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

E06B 9/323
Operating, guiding, or securing devices therefor: structure or support of upper box
E06B 9/52
Screening or protective devices for wall or similar openings, with or without operating or securing mechanisms; Closures of similar construction:…
Y10S 160/903
Flexible or portable closure, partition, or panel: roll type bracket means
E06B
Fixed or movable closures for openings in buildings, vehicles, fences or like