Self-tensioning magnetic tracks and track assemblies
AssigneeDefender Screens International, LLC
InventorsArthur James, Jan Gross
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Abstract
A magnetic track assembly including an elongate channel having an open side, an end wall, and two parallel side walls; a first magnet disposed within the elongate channel near an interior side of the end wall; a compartment defined within the elongate channel spaced from the first magnet; and a screen receiver disposed within the compartment and including a second magnet arranged facing the first magnet. In the magnetic track assembly, the first and second magnets are of opposite polarity and the screen receiver is loosely disposed within the compartment such that a magnetic bond is intact between the first and second magnets when the first and second magnets are close together and the magnetic bond is broken when the first and second magnets are pulled apart.
Claims16
A magnetic track assembly, comprising:
- an elongate channel having an open side, an end wall, and two parallel side walls;
- a first magnet disposed within the elongate channel near an interior side of the end wall;
- a compartment defined within the elongate channel spaced from the first magnet;
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- a screen receiver disposed within the compartment and including a second magnet arranged facing the first magnet;
- wherein the first and second magnets are of opposite polarity and the screen receiver is loosely disposed within the compartment such that a magnetic bond is intact between the first and second magnets when the first and second magnets are close together and the magnetic bond is broken when the first and second magnets are pulled apart, and
- wherein the compartment is defined by interior partition walls that extend inward from their respective one of the two parallel sidewalls, and wherein each of the partition walls extend inward a distance less than half a distance between the two parallel side walls.
A magnetic track assembly, comprising:
- an elongate channel having an open side, an end wall, and two parallel side walls;
- a first magnet disposed within the elongate channel near an interior side of the end wall;
- a compartment defined within the elongate channel spaced from the first magnet;
- a screen receiver disposed within the compartment, the screen receiver comprising a C-shaped channel opening in a direction of the open side of the elongate channel, and a second magnet arranged facing the first magnet;
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- a screen tensioner slidably received within the C-shaped channel;
- wherein the first and second magnets are of opposite polarity and the screen receiver is loosely disposed within the compartment such that a magnetic bond is intact between the first and second magnets when the first and second magnets are close together and the magnetic bond is broken when the first and second magnets are pulled apart, and
- wherein the compartment is defined by interior partition walls that extend inward from their respective one of the two parallel sidewalls, and wherein each of the partition walls extend inward a distance less than half a distance between the two parallel side walls.
A magnetic track assembly, comprising:
- an elongate channel having an open side, an end wall, and two parallel side walls;
- a first magnet disposed within the elongate channel near an interior side of the end wall;
- a compartment defined within the elongate channel spaced from the first magnet;
- and
- a screen receiver disposed within the compartment and including a second magnet arranged facing the first magnet;
- wherein the first and second magnets are of opposite polarity and the screen receiver is loosely disposed within the compartment such that a magnetic bond is intact between the first and second magnets when the first and second magnets are close together and the magnetic bond is broken when the first and second magnets are pulled apart, and
- wherein the second magnet is outside of the compartment when the magnetic bond between the first and second magnets is intact, and within the compartment when the bond between the first and second magnets is broken.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.