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Patent No.:

US 8960259 B1

PDFFull Text
Expired
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015

Filed:

Sep. 13, 2011

Variable screening

Applicant:

Mark Weston, Bradenton, FL (US);

Inventor:

Mark Weston, Bradenton, FL (US);

Assignee:

University of South Florida, Tampa, FL (US);

Attorney:

Thomas | Horstemeyer, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Katherine Mitchell

Assistant Examiner:

Jeremy Ramsey

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E06B 9/56 (2006.01); A47G 5/02 (2006.01); A47H 23/00 (2006.01); E04F 10/06 (2006.01); E06B 9/08 (2006.01); A47H 7/00 (2006.01); E06B 9/06 (2006.01); F24F 13/08 (2006.01); F24F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E06B 9/06 (2013.01); F24F 13/082 (2013.01); F24F 2011/0038 (2013.01);
Abstract

In one embodiment, a variable screen includes a generally flat sheet having a front surface, a back surface, and a plurality of elongated slits that extend through the sheet from the front surface to the back surface, wherein the sheet includes a shape memory material that enables the slits to open into openings through which light and fluid can pass when a tensile force is applied to the sheet in a direction generally perpendicular to the slits and further enables the slits and openings to automatically when the tensile force is removed.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Weston, Mark. (2015). Variable screening (U.S. Patent No. 8960259). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8960259

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