Patent · US Expired

Glass porch enclosure

US5549150A · kind A · utility

3Cited by
5References
15Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 15, 1994
Grant dateAug 27, 1996
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 15, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
  • CPC primaryE06B7/082
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A porch enclosure system for enclosing a porch having a framework including a pair of side members with vertical parallel slots, a top member for housing a motor mechanism and storing a plurality of glass panels and a bottom member for receiving a reciprocating shuttle. The plurality of glass panels each having a weatherseal either on the top edge of the preferred embodiment or on the lower edge on a second embodiment and slot engaging side edges. The motor mechanism is connected to the reciprocating shuttle by cables to raise and lower the shuttle. The shuttle carries the glass panels up and down in the slots where each panel is stopped by a pair of removable stops in each slot in a relationship to create an enclosure. The bottom member and side member slots cooperate to remove all or individual glass panels. The bottom member has a removable panel and the slotted side members have unslotted areas where glass panels are quickly and easily removed by removing the stops.

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