Claims
- 1. An elongate substantially rectangular louver comprising a removable louver slat insert and first and second webs attached thereto wherein said louver slat insert is defined by smooth and continuous lateral edges and smooth inward and outward faces, and wherein said webs attached thereto form a cylindrical web having an inner circumference similar to the outer circumference taken as a smooth line drawn around the inner periphery of said webs and said outer circumference taken as a smooth line around the outer extremes of said louver slat insert, wherein said webs are brought under tension by engaging attachment means on said louver slat insert, said attachment means comprising two opposing, lateral longitudinal inner receiving channels on said louver slat insert for accepting said first web, two inner insert beads each containing an outer longitudinal channel, and two outer insert beads, wherein said inner insert beads attach lateral portions of said first web covering said inward face, the lateral portions removably held within said inner receiving channels, and each said outer insert beads attach lateral portions of said second web covering said outward face, said outward web removably held within said outer longitudinal channels.
- 2. An elongate substantially rectangular louver comprising a two-piece louver slat insert and a web having lateral portions attached thereon, said louver slat insert containing inward and outward facing slat members wherein said outward facing slat member comprises opposing lateral receiving channels for engaging lateral edges of said inward facing slat member, one said channel on said outward facing slat member removably engages one lateral edge of said inward facing slat member, the opposite said lateral receiving channel on said outward facing slat removably engages the opposite lateral edge of said inward facing slat member thereby creating flexural tension in said slat members and retaining at least one lateral portion of said web in a pinch between at least one of said lateral receiving channels and a corresponding lateral edge of said inward facing slat member.
- 3. An elongate substantially rectangular louver comprising a louver slat and a web having lateral portions, said louver slat comprising inward and outward facing slat members integrally joined at a hinge means at one lateral edge, said louver slat including an attachment means for securing said web thereto comprising:
- opposing interlocking latch means at lateral edges of said slat members opposite said hinge means for removably joining said slat members and said web in snap-fit engagement, said web lateral portions held in a pinch between said interlocking latch means and thereby covering said louver slat has been inserted.
- 4. A louver of claim 3 wherein said outward and inward facing slat members further comprise:
- web attachment means on the inner walls of said slat members, each of said attachment means comprising:
- a receiving channel for engaging said lateral portions of said web spanning said channels, and insert beads, said web is attached in snap-fit engagement within said receiving channels.
Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of Ser. No. 07/898,659 filed Jun. 15, 1992, abandoned, which is a division of Ser. No. 07/762,036 filed Sep. 17, 1991, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,141,042 which is a continuation of Ser. No. 07/459,890, filed Jan. 2, 1990, now abandoned.
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