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US 8,893,434 B1Granted
Light-control assembly
OwnerMoshe Konstantininventor
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Abstract
A light-control assembly including a modular beam with a plurality of adjacent circular bores separated by web portions, and a series of light-controlling members with laterally compliant edge structures mounted in the beam so that the edge structures accommodate the webs between the bores when the light-controlling members are closed to achieve enhanced, blackout or near blackout light-blocking along the edges of the light-controlling members.
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A light-control assembly comprising:
- a beam having first and second opposed faces and at least two adjacent circular bores extending through the beams between the opposed faces,
- with beam web portions separating the adjacent circular bores;
- and
- laterally compliant slats rotatably and diametrically disposed in the bores, where the slats include a walled central cavity and laterally disposed compliant lateral segments attached to the walled central cavity by flexible links.
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A light-control assembly comprising:
- a beam having first and second opposed faces and at least two adjacent circular bores extending through the beams between the opposed faces,
- with beam web portions separating the adjacent circular bores;
- and
- laterally compliant slats rotatably and diametrically disposed in the bores, where the slats include a walled central cavity and laterally disposed trapezoidal compliant lateral segments with flexible members attached to the lateral segments by flexible arms.
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A light-control assembly comprising:
- a beam having first and second opposed faces and at least two adjacent circular bores extending through the beams between the opposed faces,
- with beam web portions separating the adjacent circular bores;
- and
- light-controlling members comprising slats with a walled central cavity and laterally disposed compliant lateral segments attached to the walled central cavity by flexible links with laterally compliant edges rotatably mounted in the bores to rotate into a closed position with abutting adjacent compliant lateral segments.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.