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Timothy M Whitten

Silas A Brown

Bernard J Rotter

A porch is provided having a ceiling, floor and at least three walls, the fourth wall being in most cases the wall of a house or other building to which the porch is attached. Each wall is made up of a plurality of identical window units or modules in side-by-side relationship and each window module includes a pair of laterally spaced apart vertically disposed parallel frames, one frame on each side. A multi-channel window track is mounted on the side of each frame. Both the frames and the tracks extend from the ceiling down below the floor of the porch. Independently movable window sashes are slidably mounted in each of the channels and are stored when not in use in a pocket at least partially below the floor level so that the lower edge of each window opening is spaced above the floor by a distance less than the height of one of the sashes so that the window openings are close enough to the floor to help promote a visual illusion of being outside.

Porch with recessible windows

A collapsible portable sign is described having a pair of vertically disposed parallel laterally spaced apart legs connected together at their upper ends by means of a center piece, all of which can be formed from metal or plastic tubing. The legs are releasably connected to the center piece as by means of pivots or removable socket connections enabling the legs to be folded parallel to the center piece for compact storage. A movable support bar extends between the legs when the sign is erect and a flexible sheet of cloth (e.g., nylon cloth) or plastic is supported between the center piece and the support bar to provide a display surface having information printed thereon.

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Eden Prairie, MN, United States of America

Timothy M Whitten