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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2016
Robert Yellin, Austin, TX (US);
Dan Poirier, Austin, TX (US);
Robert Yellin, Austin, TX (US);
Dan Poirier, Austin, TX (US);
Other;
Abstract
Improvements in a variable aspect ratio media screen frame are disclosed. The variable aspect ratio media screen frame includes a frame or chassis consisting of a fixed central portion and one or more movable side, top and bottom wings. The movable wing(s) nests inside the center frame. The movable wing(s) nest(s) inside said fixed central portion for a smaller aspect ratio, and at least partially exists outside the fixed central portion for a larger aspect ratio. The variable aspect ratio media screen frame allows the viewing media to deploy from the front of the viewing area, into a storage area encased, out of view, in the movable frame. The current embodiment employs an overlapping 'U' shaped roller channel to move the screen from the front to the back of the frame, and springs and tension bars to maintain even tension on the viewing media at all times.