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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2001
Joseph Hutchins, Killingworth, CT (US);
Chanel, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A display device includes a frame, a first screen, a second screen, a third screen and a fourth screen. The first and second screens each have a distal end that is movable generally in a first direction between a first limit position and a second limit position. The third and fourth screens each have a first distal end that is movable generally in a second direction between a first limit position and a second limit position. The second direction is at an angle with respect to the first direction. Tension is applied in the first direction to each of the first distal end of each of the first screen and the second screen in a direction away from the respective second proximal end. A first guide channel is fixedly connected to an upper portion of the frame. A second guide channel is fixedly connected to a lower portion the frame. A first and second set of support carriers, each having at least one roller, are rotatably received in the first and second guide channels, respectively. A spring connects one of the first set of support carriers to the top end of the first screen, and one of the second set of support carriers to the bottom end of the first screen. The springs are in tension so that at least one roller of each of the support carriers of the first set maintain contact with the first guide channel and at least one roller of each of the support carriers of the second set maintain contact with the second guide channel.