US 12,203,326 B2
Retractable screen retention system
Justin R. Collins, Lavon, TX (US)
Filed by Justin R. Collins, Lavon, TX (US)
Filed on Mar. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/710,280.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/173,123, filed on Apr. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0325578 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. E06B 9/62 (2006.01); E06B 9/42 (2006.01); E06B 9/58 (2006.01); E06B 9/54 (2006.01)
CPC E06B 9/581 (2013.01) [E06B 9/42 (2013.01); E06B 9/62 (2013.01); E06B 9/54 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A retractable screen retention system, comprising:
a track assembly;
a guiding rail;
a sliding assembly;
a screen;
the sliding assembly comprising a retention housing and a weight bar;
the guiding rail being detachably mounted within the track assembly;
the guiding rail being positioned centrally across a width of the track assembly;
the retention housing being slidably mounted along a length of the track assembly;
the weight bar being detachably connected to a terminal end of the retention housing, opposite to the track assembly;
the retention housing and the weight bar being positioned normally across the length of the track assembly;
a first terminal edge of the screen being engaged within the guiding rail and a second terminal edge of the screen being engaged within the sliding assembly;
the retention housing comprising a body, an end cap, a cavity, a plurality of shafts, a plurality of sliding members, a plurality of second springs, and a first screen channel;
the cavity laterally traversing through the body;
the plurality of shafts being mounted within the cavity;
each of the plurality of sliding members and each of the plurality of second springs being threaded through a corresponding shaft, wherein the corresponding shaft is from the plurality of shafts;
the end cap being terminally mounted onto a first terminal edge of the body;
the end cap being positioned centrally along the first terminal edge of the body; and
the first screen channel traversing along a second terminal edge of the body.