SCREEN ASSEMBLY FOR A FRAME OPENING

Abstract

A screen assembly is disposed in a frame opening of a building. The screen assembly includes a first rail bounding one side of the frame opening and a second rail spaced from and fixed relative to the first rail bounding an opposite side of the frame opening. A first guide is adjustably coupled to the first rail and a second guide extends from the second rail. The screen assembly includes a screen apparatus having a screen and a slide component coupled to the screen. The slide component slides along the first and second guides for extending the screen across the frame opening. The location of the first guide may be adjusted relative to the first rail to align the first and second guides thereby allowing the slide component to freely slide along the guides.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Other advantages of the present invention will be readily appreciated, as the same becomes better understood by reference to the following detailed description when considered in connection with the accompanying drawings wherein:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a screen assembly disposed in a frame opening with the screen assembly including a pair of canisters each retractably supporting one of a pair of screens;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the screen assembly partially exploded to show a first rail and a first guide adjustably coupled with the first rail;

FIG. 3A is a cross-sectional side view of the of the first rail and the first guide along line 3A in FIG. 2;

FIG. 3B is a cross-sectional side view of a second rail and a second guide along line 3B in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4A is a perspective view of a portion of the screen assembly with fasteners of the first guide in a disengaged position;

FIG. 4B is a perspective view of a portion of the screen assembly with fasteners of the first guide in the engaged position;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of another embodiment of the screen assembly including a screen frame; and

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional side view of an alternative embodiment of the first rail and the first guide illustrating, in particular, a fastener fixed to the first rail.

Claims

1. A screen assembly for disposition in a frame opening, said screen assembly comprising: a first rail for bounding one side of the frame opening;a second rail spaced from and fixed relative to said first rail for bounding an opposite side of the frame opening,a first guide adjustably coupled to said first rail for selectively moving said first guide relative to said first rail;a second guide extending from said second rail; anda screen apparatus including a screen and a slide component coupled to said screen with said slide component extending between and slideably interacting with said first guide and said second guide for selectively extending and retracting the screen across the frame opening.

2. The screen assembly as set forth in claim 1 wherein said first guide defines an aperture and said screen assembly further includes a fastener engaging said first rail and extending through said aperture to enable the selective movement of said first guide relative to said first rail.

3. The screen assembly as set forth in claim 2 wherein said fastener is fixed to said first rail.

4. The screen assembly as set forth in claim 2 wherein said fastener is adjustably coupled to said first rail with said fastener moveable between an engaged position for preventing movement of said first guide relative to said first rail and a disengaged position for allowing movement of said first guide relative to said first rail.

5. The screen assembly as set forth in claim 4 wherein said fastener includes a head sized larger than said aperture engaging said first guide in said engaged position and a shaft extending from said head through said aperture of said first guide engaging said first rail.

6. The screen assembly as set forth in claim 5 wherein said aperture is sized larger than said shaft along an axis extending between the first rail and the second rail for allowing movement of said first guide along said axis when said fastener is in said disengaged position.

7. The screen assembly as set forth in claim 6 wherein said first guide defines said aperture as having a slot-shape such that said shaft is moveable along said slot-shape.

8. The screen assembly as set forth in claim 2 wherein said first guide defines a plurality of apertures and said screen assembly further includes a plurality of fasteners with each of said apertures respectively receiving one of said plurality of fasteners.

9. The screen assembly as set forth in claim 1 wherein said first rail extends horizontally with said second rail vertically spaced below the first rail and extending horizontally.

10. The screen assembly as set forth in claim 1 wherein said first rail includes an elongated base portion and an elongated flange portion extending from said elongated base portion.

11. The screen assembly as set forth in claim 1 wherein said screen includes a trailing edge and said screen apparatus includes a canister supporting said trailing edge with said screen selectively dispensable from said canister for extending and retracting across the frame opening.

12. The screen assembly as set forth in claim 11 further including a second screen apparatus having a second canister and a second screen supported by said second canister with said second screen selectively dispensable from said second canister for extending and retracting across the frame opening.

13. (canceled)

14. The screen assembly as set forth in claim 1 wherein said first guide includes a pair of first guides and said first rail includes and extends between a first end portion and a second end portion with one of said pair of first guides extending from said first end portion of said first rail toward said second end portion of said first rail and with another of said pair of first guides extending from said second end portion toward said first end portion.

15. The screen assembly as set forth in claim 1 wherein said first guide includes an elongated attachment portion and an elongated bead portion extending along said elongated attachment portion and said slide component defines a first channel complimentary in configuration to said elongated bead portion and receiving said elongated bead portion such that said slide component is slideable along said first guide on said elongated bead portion.

16. A method of installing a screen assembly into a frame opening with the screen assembly including a first and second rail, a first guide adjustably coupled to the first rail, and a second guide extending from the second rail, said method comprising: installing the first rail in the frame opening;installing the second rail in the frame opening spaced from and fixed relative to the first rail; andselectively aligning the first guide relative to the second guide by selectively moving the first guide relative to the first rail.

17. The method as set forth in claim 16 wherein the first guide defines an aperture and the screen assembly further includes a fastener engaging the first rail and extending through the aperture and wherein the step of selectively aligning the first guide relative to the second guide includes selectively moving the first guide relative to the fastener.

18. The method as set forth in claim 17 further including the step of adjusting the fastener between a disengaged position to allow movement of the first guide relative to the first rail and an engaged position to prevent movement of the first guide relative the first rail.

19. The method as set forth in claim 18 wherein the step of selectively aligning the first guide relative to the second guide is further defined as aligning the first guide relative to the second guide when the fastener is in the disengaged position.

20. The method as set forth in claim 19 including a slide component extending between and slideably interacting with the first guide and the second guide and wherein the step of aligning the first guide relative to the second guide is further defined as selectively sliding the slide component along the first guide and the second guide when the fastener is in the disengaged position.

21. The method as set forth in claim 19 further including the step of selectively adjusting the fastener to the engaged position after aligning the first guide to maintain the first guide in alignment with the second guide.

22. The method as set forth in claim 18 wherein the fastener is defined as a plurality of fasteners and the aperture is defined as a plurality of apertures with each aperture respectively receiving one of the plurality of fasteners and wherein the step of adjusting the fastener is further defined as adjusting each of the plurality of fasteners from the disengaged position to the engaged position.

23. The method as set forth in claim 16 wherein the frame opening includes a top side and a bottom side and wherein the step of installing the first rail in the frame opening is further defined as positioning the first rail horizontally along the top side of the frame opening and wherein the step of installing the second rail in the frame opening is further defined as positioning the second rail vertically spaced below the first rail along the bottom side of the frame opening.