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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 1977
Filed:
Jan. 06, 1976
Applicant:
Inventor:
Donald J Brown, Naperville, IL (US);
Assignee:
Knox Manufacturing Co., Wood Dale, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ; E06B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
350117 ; 49324 ; 160310 ;
Abstract
A projection screen apparatus includes a modular screen unit and a separate modular drive motor unit generally forming an extension of the screen unit. The screen unit has an elongate roller and a flexible screen which is wound on the roller when it is in a closed position and unwound from the roller when it is in an exposed position. The drive unit is detachably secured adjacent the screen unit and has an electric motor releasably coupled to the roller to rotate the roller to move the screen between exposed and closed positions.