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3form, Inc.

Hunter Douglas Industries Switzerland Gmbh

Kay Ruggles

Kirby V Rea

A semi-private partition or covering includes a collapsible structure having a plurality of uniform perforations formed therein. The plurality of uniform perforations can be configured in size, shape, and dimension to provide not only aesthetic but functional differences from one partition to the next. A manufacturer can make a partition by forming a collapsible structure, such as by bonding a plurality of elongate cells along a plurality of different horizontal seams. The manufacturer can then position a plurality of cutout apparatus about the structure and apply the cutout apparatus to create hollow perforations passing through the entire depth of the collapsible structure (e.g., when expanded). The partition can be mounted to a top or side support structure for any combination of vertical or horizontal expansion/contraction of the partition.

Collapsible light-weight perforated partition

The present invention is in a swivel shutter that incorporates louvers that are pivotally mounted in a rectangular frame that is formed by joining, at their ends, top and bottom rails with left and right stiles. The louver pivotal mounting includes fixed and retracting conical shaped pivots that are individually fitted as aligned pairs or are arranged as bars of joined pivot sections into appropriate holes or slots in the left and right stiles. The individual pivots are for fitting into conical shaped holes that are formed in louver ends, the pivot of each retracting pivot to retract against a spring biasing into and below the level of the stile side, allowing a louver end hole to be aligned therewith. The invention further includes a tilt rod for mounting across aligned louver ends to simultaneously pivot the louvers between open and closed attitudes and a system for applying, to each louver faces, a section or sections of a flexible material as a veneer.

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Kay Ruggles