Modular glare screen system
AssigneeAmerican Louver Company
InventorsWilliam A. Stukel, David S. Clark
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Abstract
A glare-blocking system includes a glare-blocking member and a rail. The glare-blocking member includes a bottom edge, a left recess, and a right recess. The rail includes a left lateral portion that includes a left protrusion configured to mate with the left recess of the glare-blocking member. The rail also includes a right lateral portion that includes a right protrusion configured to mate with the right recess of the glare-blocking member. The rail includes a projecting contour between the left and right lateral portions that defines a groove configured to receive the bottom edge of the glare-blocking member.
Claims15
A system comprising:
- a glare-blocking member including:
- a bottom edge;
- a left recess;
- a right recess;
- and
- a rail including:
- a left lateral portion including a left protrusion configured to mate with the left recess of the glare-blocking member;
- a right lateral portion including a right protrusion configured to mate with the right recess of the glare-blocking member;
- a projecting contour between the left and right lateral portions that defines a groove configured to receive the bottom edge of the glare-blocking member;
- and
- a second projecting contour between the first projecting contour and one of the left and right lateral portions that defines a second groove configured to receive the bottom edge of the glare-blocking member.
A rail for a barricade, the rail comprising:
- a first vertical edge portion on a left side of the rail that defines a first protrusion at an end of the first vertical edge portion that is configured to mate with a first recess of a glare-blocking member;
- a second vertical edge portion on a right side of the rail that defines a second protrusion at an end of the second vertical edge portion that is configured to mate with a second recess of the glare-blocking member;
- a projecting contour between the first and the second vertical edge portions that defines a groove configured to receive a bottom edge of the glare-blocking member;
- and
- a second projecting contour between the first projecting contour and one of the first and the second vertical edge portions that defines a second groove configured to receive the bottom edge of a glare-blocking member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.