US 12,227,941 B2
Folding dividing screen structure
Ting-Yu Lai, Puxin Township, Changhua County (TW)
Assigned to KADEYA ENTERPRISE CO. , LTD, Changhua County (TW)
Filed by KADEYA ENTERPRISE CO., LTD, Puxin Township, Changhua County (TW)
Filed on Jul. 11, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/372,505.
Prior Publication US 2023/0007891 A1, Jan. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. E04B 2/74 (2006.01); E05D 3/12 (2006.01)
CPC E04B 2/7405 (2013.01) [E05D 3/12 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/20 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A folding dividing screen structure comprising:
at least two screen panels,
a plurality of sealing covers,
at least two connecting members, each connecting member having a respective vertical through channel on opposite sides of the connecting member and a protruding member on at least one of two opposite ends of the connecting member defining a respective gap on opposite sides of the protruding member,
the connecting members vertically aligned each other, and
at least two vertical strips, wherein:
each screen panel is secured in an outer frame,
the connecting members are pivotally connected with the two screen panels via the two vertical strips,
each outer frame has four edge strips connected by the sealing covers, each outer frame respectively having a vertical contacting surface formed by one of the edge strips and the sealing covers at opposite ends of the one of the edge strips, each vertical contacting surface having an engaging member disposed on the vertical contacting surface and in the gaps at a location between adjacent pairs of connecting members, and having a respective engaging member disposed adjacent to the sealing covers at opposite ends of the vertical contacting surface in the gaps defined by protruding members adjacent to the sealing covers, each engaging member having a through aperture, and
the connecting members are disposed between the two screen panels, and each of the vertical strips is inserted through a respective one of the two through channels at opposite sides of each of the connecting members, and through the through apertures of the engaging members along a respective one of the vertical contacting surfaces;
therefore the two screen panels are respectively independently pivoted with two opposite sides of the connecting members, each screen panel capable of independently pivoting 180 degrees with respect to the other of the two screen panels, and the at least two connecting members are coupled to each other by the vertical strips passing through the engaging members disposed in the gaps between adjacent pairs of connecting members.