US 12,252,933 B1
Reduced visibility window/door screen with a reduced frame profile and internal hardware
Thomas Randall Iles, State College, PA (US); John C. St. Clair, Ashville, PA (US); John Joseph Keller, Newtown, PA (US); John France, Mantua, OH (US); Christopher Seebode, Basking Ridge, NJ (US); and Varadarajan Swamydashu, Millersburg, PA (US)
Assigned to THE RITESCREEN COMPANY, LLC, Elizabethville, PA (US)
Filed by THE RITESCREEN COMPANY, LLC, Elizabethville, PA (US)
Filed on Jan. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/150,383.
Application 17/150,383 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/850,159, filed on Dec. 21, 2017, granted, now 11,125,012.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/961,778, filed on Jan. 16, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/473,764, filed on Mar. 20, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/473,749, filed on Mar. 20, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/440,463, filed on Dec. 30, 2016.
Int. Cl. E06B 9/52 (2006.01); B05C 5/02 (2006.01); B05C 13/02 (2006.01)
CPC E06B 9/52 (2013.01) [B05C 5/0204 (2013.01); B05C 5/0225 (2013.01); B05C 13/02 (2013.01); E06B 2009/527 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A frame assembly for a window screen comprising:
a corner connector, said corner connector comprising a first leg and a second leg, with a hole through said first leg oriented along an axial direction of said first leg;
at least a bottom frame portion; said bottom frame portion comprising:
an axial opening;
a first opening on a side of said bottom frame portion being interconnected with said axial opening; and
a second opening on said side of said bottom frame portion being interconnected with said axial opening;
a plunger assembly; said plunger assembly comprising:
a compression spring;
a holder member, said holder member comprising:
a body;
a first protrusion that protrudes from a first side of said body, and engages a first end of said compression spring; and
a plunger housing; said plunger housing comprising:
a shaft, said shaft comprising:
an opening configured to receive said holder member when engaged with said compression spring, with a second end of said compression spring configured to contact a first surface within said opening of said plunger housing;
a pin, wherein said pin protrudes from a first end of said shaft;
a pull tab;
wherein said plunger assembly is received within said axial opening of said bottom frame portion, with a portion of said holder member being received within and fixed with respect to said first opening of said bottom frame portion and being engaged with a distal end of said first opening, to secure said holder member to said plunger housing and support said compression spring to normally bias said pin out from said bottom frame portion;
wherein at least a portion of said first leg of said corner connector is received through said axial opening of said bottom frame portion, with said pin received through said hole in said first leg; and
wherein a portion of said pull tab extends through said second opening of said bottom frame portion and is coupled to said plunger housing.