Modular solarium kit comprising frame members with arcuate recesses and flexible, heat shrinking window panels with locking edge frames
US6338226B1 · kind B1 · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 18, 1999 |
| Grant date | Jan 15, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 18, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S52/17
- WIPO fieldCivil engineering
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A solarium includes window panel frames for supporting a plurality of window panels. Each window panel frame comprises a set of frame members defining a first surface, a diametrically opposed second surface, and a pair of third surfaces extending therebetween. The third surfaces define a third surface connecting recess positioned adjacent their corresponding intersection with the first surfaces. The window panels are made of thin and flexible sheets of material, such as heat shrinkable polymeric resin. A panel locking component is attached to the marginal edges of the window panels. The panels are undersized relative to the window frames when not mounted thereto, are secured to the window panel frame using the panel locking components, and then heat shrunk to a tensed state.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.