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U.S. Screen Corporation

Dan Poirier

Robert Yellin

Ryan Gustafson

This disclosure describes apparatuses and methods related to a rechargeable roller panel system. A rechargeable roller panel assembly may comprise a rechargeable control system that rotates a winding tube to wind and unwind a panel. An end cap is provided at a lateral end of the winding tube. The end cap comprises a magnetic break-away electrical connector exposed from the exterior of the end cap. An internal electrical connector is internally electrically connected to the magnetic break-away electrical connector. A recharge system electrical connector for the rechargeable control system is connected to the internal electrical connector such that the rechargeable control system may be recharged by an external recharging system connected via the magnetic break-away electrical connector. The roller panel system further includes a set of brackets to mount the end cap to a support structure and the roller panel assembly to the end cap.

Inductive rechargeable roller shade or screen system

Improvements in a variable aspect ratio media screen frame are disclosed. The variable aspect ratio media screen frame includes a frame or chassis consisting of a fixed central portion and one or more movable side, top and bottom wings. The movable wing(s) nests inside the center frame. The movable wing(s) nest(s) inside said fixed central portion for a smaller aspect ratio, and at least partially exists outside the fixed central portion for a larger aspect ratio. The variable aspect ratio media screen frame allows the viewing media to deploy from the front of the viewing area, into a storage area encased, out of view, in the movable frame. The current embodiment employs an overlapping 'U' shaped roller channel to move the screen from the front to the back of the frame, and springs and tension bars to maintain even tension on the viewing media at all times.

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Austin, TX, United States of America

Dan Poirier