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Class Number: 160 Class Title: FLEXIBLE OR PORTABLE CLOSURE, PARTITION, OR PANEL Subclass Subclass Number Title 1 AUTOMATIC CONTROL 2 .Non-thermal automatic initiator 3 ..Force initiated 4 ...Weight 5 ..Weather and/or light initiated 6 .Non-fusible thermal initiator 7 .With starting or driving means 8 .With retarding means 9 .With releasing means for operator and/or counterbalance 10 WITH SIGNAL, INDICATOR OR SIGN 11 WITH WIPER OR CLEANER 12 WITH INSECT EXITS 13 .Applied to slidably interconnected frames or panels 14 .Zigzag or crimped surface 15 .Spaced or overlapping sections 16 .Conical, prismatic or other protuberances 17 .Bar, grooved or apertured 19 WITH HOOD, CANOPY, SHIELD STORAGE CHAMBER OR OUTRIGGED RIGID PANEL 20 .Outrigged rigid panel, with flexible panel sides 21 .Changeable size 22 .For outrigged flexible panels (i.e., awnings) 23.1 .For roll type 24 ..Portable 25 ..With plural flexible or portable panels 26 ..Casement housed roll 27 ...Fabric free edge connected to movable closure 28 ..Fabric free edge connected to movable closure 29 ..Movable hood, canopy, shield, storage chamber or outrigged rigid panel 30 ...Mounted upon movable closure 31 ..Combined with frame or demountable side guides 32 .For plural strip, slat or panel and/or pleating type 33 ..Casement housed 34 ..Venetian blind and/or collapsing 35 ..Pleating or edge hinged gathering type 36 ..Edge hinged, slidably mounted 37 .Slidable into storage chamber 38 .Structure 39 ..Extensible 40 WITH FILLER AND FILLER TYPE 41 .For roll type 42 ..Between outrigged roll type 43 .Between parallel plane, relatively slidable panels 44 WITH LIQUID SUPPLYING AND/OR DRAINING MEANS 45 WITH OUTRIGGERS (I.E., AWNINGS) 46 .Floor or ground engaging outrigger 47 .With groove engaging mounting means 48 .With rigid closure 49 ..Movable rigid closure related 50 .With non-outrigged flexible panel 51 ..Convertiblee 52 ..With non-outrigged roll type 53 .Umbrella type 54 .Plural outrigged type 55 ..One roll type 56 .Non-planar fabric arrangements 57 ..Planar surface, with sides 58.1 ...Sides foldable, rollable, or collapsible 59 .Multi-positional 60 .Convertible 61 .Plural strip, slat or panel type 62 ..Telescopic and/or collapsible 63 .With fabric having diverse areas 64 .Adjustable size 65 .With braced outrigger 66 .Roll type 67 ..Shiftable position roll 68 ..Fabric free edge connected operator 69 ..Multi-part outrigger 70 ...Two part, intermediate pivot 71 ...Telescopic 72 ..Swinging outriggers 73 ...With pivotal motion preventing means 74 ...Sliding pivot 75 ..Sliding outriggers 76 .With fabric frame 77 ..Pivoted 78 .Multi-part outrigger 79 ..Two part, intermediate pivot 80 ..Telescopic 81 .Swinging 82 ..With sliding pivot 83.1 .Rigid or nonmovable 84.1 R PLEATING TYPE 84.1 A .With power operating means 84.1 B .Multiple section unit 84.1 C .With preformed pleats 84.1 D ..Honey comb type 84.1 E .With side guides 84.1 F .Fan type (e.g., for arched windows) 84.1 G .Plural panel type 84.2 .Lazy-tong links pivot about axes transverse to panel 84.3 .Lazy-tong links pivot about axes parallel to panel 85 PLURAL RUN TYPE 86 .Endless 87 PLURAL AND/OR WITH RIGID CLOSURE 88 .Non-planar, non-parallel arrangement 89 .Diverse types 90 ..With rigid closure 91 ...Diverse rigid closures 92 ...Swinging rigid closures 93 ....Intermediate axis 94 .....With opposite, parallel, offset flexible panels 95 ....Flexible or portable panel related to rigid closure operating or fastening means 96 ....Facing flexible or portable panel and mounted for optional or conjoint movement 97 ....Flexible or portable panel complementary to form complete closuree 98 ...Roll type flexible panel 99 ....Connected to slidable rigid closure 100 .....Fabric free edge connected closure 101 ...Flexible panel between slidable parallel plane rigid closures 102 ...Flexible panel connected to and moved by slidable rigid closure 103 ...Flexible or portable panel related to rigid closure operating or fastening means 104 ...Grille or shutter type 105 ...Flexible panel removably mounted in slidable rigid closure guides 106 ...Removably mounted over fabric in frame 107 ...Plural strip, slat or panel type 108 ..Roll and hanging or drape type only 109 ...Shiftable position 110 ....With extensible pole, roller, bar or support therefor 111 ....Vertically slidable 112 ...With extensible pole, roller, bar or support therefor 113 .Plural strip, slat or panel assemblies 114 ..Non-planar 115 ..Multiple section unit 116 ...One closing passage through another 117 ..Mounted on opposite sides of single opening 118 ...Track guided 119 ..Mounted on opposite sides of single support 120 .Roll type 121.1 ..Single roll 122 ..Differently directed fabrics 123 .Hanging or draped type 124 ..Side-by-side arranged, on single pole or or track 125 ..Shiftable pole 126 ..Laterally overlapping fabrics and/or co-elevational parallel tracks 127 COMBINED 128 CONVERTIBLE 129 .Plural movably interconnected strip, slat or panel type 130 PLURAL STRIP, SLAT OR PANEL TYPE 131 .Longitudinally crooked strip, slat or panel 132 ..Bow or U-shape, pivoted together at ends 133 .Roll type 134 .Fan type 135 .Portable 136 .Parallelogram type 137 ..Plural differently movable parallelogram section with a common side 138 ..With operator 139 ...Unit collapsing only 140 ....Diverse types of operators 141 .....One operator a spring 142 .....One operator a weight 143 ......Weighted parallelogram element extension 144 ....Spring 145 .....In brace 146 ....Weight 147 .....Strand carried 148 .....Weighted parallelogram element extension 149 ....With gearingg 150 ....With strand and pulley 151 ....Unit carried operator 152 ..With means to hold unit in partially collapsed or collapsed position 153 ...Combined tension and compression means 154 ...Pivoted compression bar 155 ....Friction catch 156 ...Tension members 157 ....Flexible member foreshortened at end 158 ....Friction catch 159 ..Unit collapsing on guides 160 ..Unit pivoted to support 161 ..Unit structures 162 ...With additional set of plural strips, slats or panels 163 ....Plural diverse additional sets 164 ....Additional set composed of interconnected strips, slats or panels 165 ....Pivots parallel to unit plane 166.1 .Venetian blind type 167 ..Changeable position assemblies 168.1 ..With accumulating means 169 ...Accumlated at stationary end 170 ...Drum or roller wound strand 171 ....Axially traversed drum or roller 172 ...With side guides 173 ...Units and subcombinations thereof 174 ..Adjustable strip, slat or panel angle 175 ...With latch or detent 176.1 ...With angle adjusting means 177 ...Units and subcombinations thereof 178.1 ..Subcombination or structure thereof 178.2 ...Cord lock 178.3 ...Slat support (e.g., tape ladder) 179 .Plural fabrics in a single frame 180 .One closing opening in another 181 .With mounting or supporting means 182 ..Removable frame type support 183 ..Non-planar non-parallel arrangement on support 184 ..Strip, slat or panel not interconnected for relative motion 185 ..Strip, slat or panel interconnected for diverse relative motions 186 ..Arranged to provide plural passageways on opening 187 ...Strip, slat or panel pivotally interconnected 188 ..With operating means 189 ...Counterbalance and additional operator 190 ...Counterbalance only 191 ....Spring 192 ...Spring 193 ...Strand 194 ..Movably mounted track 195 ...Pivotally mounted 196.1 ..Unit hung from horizontal track 197 ...Strips, slats or panels slidably interconnected 198 ...Track parallel to axis of interconnection pivots 199 ...Strip, slat or panel constrained for pivotal folding 200 ...With independently movable strip, slat or panel 201 ..Track guided 202 ...Strips, slats or panels slidably interconnectedd 203 ...Unit pivoted to support, pivot displaced from unit plane 204 ...Track parallel to interconnection pivot axis 205 ...With independently movable strip, slat or panel 206 ...Strip, slat or panel constrained for pivotal folding 207 ....Vertical track 208 ...A single strip, slat or panel connected to track 209 ...With means to force against mount or support 210 ..Pivotally mounted unit 211 ...Strips, slats or panels slidably interconnected 212 ...Support pivot at angle to interconnection pivot axis 213 ...Constrained for pivotal folding 214 ..Slidably mounted unit 215 ..Removable unit 216 ...Strip, slat or panel slidably interconnected 217 ...Pivotal interconnection necessary to removal and insertion 218 .Movably interconnected 219 ..Unit having diverse areas 220 ..Interconnected for plural relative motions 221 ...Doubly extensible by sliding only 222 ..Slidably interconnected 223 ...Plural individually interconnected strips, slats or panels 224 ...With operator and/or anti-friction means 225 ...With relative slidable motion preventing means 226 ...Embracing type 227 ....Integral embracing means 228 ...Tongue, bead, bolt or dog into groove or slot 229.1 ..Edge-to-edge interconnected 230 ...Single covering fabric 231.1 ...Interconnected by strand, fabric, rubber, or plastic 231.2 ....Interconnected by rubber or plastic 232 ...Hollow, filled or covered elements 233 ...With relative pivotal motion preventing means 234 ....Acting to keep unit planar only 235 ...By curled or bent side edges 236 .Strip or slat structure 237 WITH FABRIC HAVING DIVERSE AREAS 238 ROLL TYPE 239 .Framed 240 ..Adjustable size frame 241 .Plural roll 242 .Shiftable position roll 243 ..Roll translated for winding or unwinding operation only 244 ...Fabric free edge adjustable 245 ...Spring roller 246 ..Straight line non-axial translation in fabric plane only 247 ...Center operated, roll support 248 ...Rack and pinion operated 249 ...One side, non-strand operated 250 ...Extensible roller and/or roll support 251 ...Step-by-step 252 ...Strand shifted 253 ....Pulley or drum lift on roller 254 ....Winding drum 255 .....With roll guide 256 ....Roll intermediate guides for translating strands 257 ....With position holding means 258 .....Strand holder 259 ......Roll guidedd 260 ....Roll guided 261 ...With elevator rod 262 .Crooked roll, non-cylindrical or flexible roller 263 .Adjustable dimension roll 264 .With fabric reinforcements 265 .With fabric free edge connected operator 266 .With guides or fabric edge holders 267.1 ..Fabric side edge and stick 268.1 ..Fabric side edge 269 ...Clamping 270 ...Slot or channel type 271 ....Fabric receiving 272 .....Guide mounted in a channel 273.1 .....With interlock between fabric and guide 274 ..Stick guided only 275 ...With positive stop or detent 276 ....Reciprocable detent 277 ...Guides of bar or strand form 278 ....With release mechanism 279 ....Guide strand axially through or into stick 280 ...Leading edge holders movable axially of stick 281 ....With release mechanism 282 .....With guide engaging rollers and friction elements 283 ......And roll brake 284 .....With guide engaging rollers 285 ....With guide engaging rollers and friction elements 286 .....And roll brake 287 ....With guide engaging rollers 288 ....With axially acting friction elements 289 ...With friction elements 290.1 .With fabric leading edge fastening means 291 .With brake or stop 292 ..Plural 293.1 ..Limit of travel 294 ...For spring operated roller 295 ....Screw operated brake or stop 296 ..Speed limiting 297 ..Ball or roller, form brake or stop 298 ..Friction 299 ...For spring operated roller 300 ..Pawl or detent 301 ...For spring operated roller 302 ....Spring urged pawl or detent 303 ....Pawl or detent mounted off the roller 304.1 ....Sliding pawl or detent 305 ..For spring operated roller 306 ...With means to prevent uncoiling of spring on removal from support 307 ..For strand operated roll 308 ...Strand operated brake or stop 309 .With rotating means 310 ..Electric operation or control 311 ..Motor or fluid pressure control 312 ..Plural, diverse 313 ..Spring 314 ...External of roll 315 ...With winding or tensioning means 316 ...Nested helical springss 317 ...Plural 318 ...With spring anchor 319 ..Strand 320 ...With weight or handgrip 321 ...Endless 322 ...With compensating and shock absorbing spring 323.1 .With supporting or journaling means or with roller end structure 324 ..With pintle clamping or holding means 325 ..With pintle journaled in rolled 326 ..With roller gudgeons 327 NON-FRAMED PLURAL EDGED HELD FABRIC 328 .With fabric stretching means 329 ..Resilient stretching means 330 HANGING OR DRAPE TYPE 331 .Motor operating means or electric or fluid pressure control 332 .Chain, cable and/or strand type 333 .Shiftable position pole 334 ..Plural motions 335 ..Swingable 336 ...Vertical swing 337 ...With pole operating means 338 ..Vertically shiftable 339 ...With strand operator 340 .With fabric operating means 341 ..Laterally gathered fabric 342 ...Lazy tongs 343 ...Spring or screw 344 ...Strand 345 ....Hollow or slotted track 346 .....With anti-friction means 347 ....With anti-friction means 348 .With pleating means 349.1 .With bottom or intermediate holding, weighting, or draping means 349.2 ..Intermediate holding means 350 .Portable 351 PORTABLE 352 NON-PLANAR (E.G., THREE DIMENSION) 353 WITH PLURAL FRAMES 354 WITH NON-RIGID FRAME OR BORDER ELEMENTS 368.1 WITH MOUNTING, FASTENING, OR SUPPORTING MEANS 368.2 .Shiftable support for overlying shield, e.g., pillow sham type 369 .For framed type 370 .With guide for strand 370.1 .Grain car type temporary closure 370.2 R .Automobile windshield weather protector or sun shield 370.2 A ..Roll type 370.2 B ..Pleating type 371 FRAMED TYPE 372 .Adjustable frame size 373 ..With excess or extensible fabric 374 ..Double extensible 374.1 ...Expandable at corner joint, e.g., artist's canvas stretcher frame 375 ..Shiftable edge bar section only 376 ...With spring thrustt 377 .Collapsible or knockdown 378 .Fabric stretching 379 .With intermediate reinforcing bars, members or braces 380 .Two superimposed frame elements, fabric clamping 381 .With corner structure 382 FABRIC FASTENING MEANS 383 .To elongated element 384 ..Additional things fastened 385 ..With modified fabric 386 ...Plural layers in panel portion 387 ...With fabric hem 388 ...With loops 389 ...With strips or strands 390 ...With fabric openings or pockets 391 ..Longitudinally divided or with fabric receiving externally exposed channel or groove 392 ...Internal fastener larger than groove or channel fabric exit 393 ....With end cap and/or sleeve 394 ....Sheet material elongated element 395 ...Elongated fastener in channel or groove 396 ....With end cap and/or sleeve 397 ....Sheet material elongated element 398 ...With pointed, piercing and/or hook elements 399 ...Externally applied clamp, clasp, sleeve or end cap 400 ..Sheet or strand 401 ..By sleeve and/or end cap 402 ..By externally applied clamp or clasp 403 ..By elongated fastener 404 ..By pointed, piercing and/or hook elements 405 MISCELLANEOUS AND PROCESSES OF USING * ****************************** * CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS * ****************************** 900 VERTICAL TYPE VENETIAN BLIND 901 LAZY-TONG CONNECTED PLURAL STRIPS, SLATS, OR PANELS 902 VENETIAN BLIND TYPE BRACKET MEANS 903 ROLL TYPE BRACKET MEANS 904 ELECTRIC OR PNEUMATIC AWNING OPERATOR 905 LAZY-TONG-LINK AWNING OPERATOR 906 SCREW-THREADED AWNING OPERATOR 907 SPRING (OTHER THAN SPRING ROLLER) AWNING OPERATOR 908 STRAND AWNING OPERATOR 909 .ENDLESS STRAND 910 .DRUM WOUND STRAND 911 WORM GEAR AWNING OPERATOR 912 RACK AND PINION AWNING OPERATOR 913 GEAR AWNING OPERATOR * ****************************** * DIGESTS * ****************************** DIG 1 Auto radiator screens DIG 2 Auto screens and miscellaneous DIG 3 Auto visors and glare shields DIG 4 Auto side awnings DIG 5 Awning head and front bars DIG 6 Bath curtains DIG 7 Fabric DIG 8 Flexible doorr DIG 9 Fireplace screen DIG 10 Roll screen DIG 11 Roll screen idler roll DIG 12 Overlapping, on windows DIG 13 Suction cup DIG 14 Step joints DIG 15 Web-to-tube fasteners DIG 16 Magnetic DIG 17 Venetian blinds, motor driven DIG 18 Zipper DIG 19 Storm sash