US1837135A - Window screen for automobile doors - Google Patents

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1931- E. Ti PousHA ET AL 1,837,135

WINDOW SCREEN FOR AUTOMOBILE DOORS Filed July 16, 1951 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 gwuemtoq E. TPouaha' DanieZ-Maasei Dec. 15, 1931.

E. T. POUSHA ET AL 1{337,135

WINDOW SCREEN FOR AUTOMOBILE DOORS 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed July 16, 1951 3 EETPouaha panielflfassei Patented Dec. 15, 1931 PATENT OFFICE EDWARD T. POUSHA AND DANIEL ILASSEI, OF MONROE, MICHIGAN WINDOW SCREEN FOR AUTOMOBILE DOORS Application filed July 16, 1981.

This invention relates to window screens, and has for one of its objects to provide a novel device of this character which shall be especially adapted for automobile doors, and which shall be adapted to be easily and quickly inserted in the window opening of an automobile door and secured therein in such manner as to prevent it from rattling and becoming accidentally displaced.

The invention has for a further object to provide a window screen which shall be adapted to be secured within the window opening in such manner as not to interfere with the raising or lowering of the glass panel of the window.

To attain the foregoing and other ob ects, the nature of which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention comprehends the provision of a window screen which shall be adapted to be positioned in the window opening at one side of the path of movement of the window panel. and which shall embody retaining elements adapted to engage in the felt strip receiving recesses in the side walls of the window opening.

The invention further comprehends the provision of a window screen which shall be provided at its upper, lower and one end edge with cushioned flanges adapted to contact with the upper and lower walls and one side wall of the window opening, which shall be provided at said end thereof with a fixed retaining element adapted to engage in the felt strip receiving recess of said side wall, which shall be provided at the other end thereof with a channeled member slidably receiving a bar carrying a movable retaining element adapted to engage in the felt strip recess in the other side of the window, and which shall embody a spring normally holding the movable retaining element in active position beyond the channeled member.

The invention is hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a sectional view of an automobile door equipped with a window screen constructed in accordance with our invention.

Figure 2 is a sectional view on an enlarged Serial No. 551,279.

scale taken on the horizontal plane indicated by the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on the vertical plane indicated by the line 33 of Figure 1.

igure 4 is a View partly in elevation and partly in vertical section of a fragmentary portion of the window screen.

Figure 5 is a sectional view taken on a plane extending horizontally through portions of the window screen and door with the movable retaining element of the screen in retracted position, and

Figure 6 is an elevational view of fragmentary portions of the main frame, wire cloth and clamping frame of the window screen.

Referring in detail to the drawings, 1 designates the upper portion of an automobile door of conventional construction. 2 designates the window opening of the door 1, 3 the glass panel of the window, and 4 and 5 the channeled felt strips of the window. The strips 4 are recessed in the side walls of the window opening 2 and slidably receive the 7 edgeportions of the panels 3, and the strip 5 is recessed in the top wall of the window opening and receives the upper edge portion of the panel when the latter is in closed position. The door 1 is equipped with means through the medium of which the panel 3 may be raised and lowered. This means is not shown for the reason that the construction and operation thereof are well understood by those skilled in the art.

The window screen, which is generally designated 6, is substantially equal in length to the distance between the side walls of the window opening 2, and is substantially equal in height to the distance between the upper and lower walls of the window opening. The screen 6 comprises a main frame 7 a wire cloth panel 8 and a clamping frame 9. The frames 7 and 9, which are each of one piece construction and which may be made from any light sheet metal suitable for the purpose, are of open formation and are of elongated rectangular formation in plan. The frames 7 and 9 are similar as to size, and the 10 wire cloth panel 8 is secured to the frame 7 panel 8 is secured.

by the frame 9 which is in turn secured to the frame 7 by bolts 10. The frame 7 is provided at its outer upper, lower and end edges with flanges 11, 12, 13 and 13a, respectively, which are formed integrall with the frame and with each other. The anges 11, 12, 13 and 13a project from the outer side of the frame 7 to which side the wire cloth The flanges ll, 12 and 13 are provided at their outer sides with cushions 14 made from felt or other suitable material. The frame 7 is provided at its ends with retaining elements 15 and 16 which extend from the upper to the lower edge of the frame and which also extend longitudinally from the frame. The retaining element 15 may be secured or welded in any other suitable manner to the frame 7, and extends laterally beyond the adjacent flange 13 of the frame. The other flange 13a of the frame is provided with projections 17 which are equal in length to and extend laterally beyond this flange to provide a channel 18 in which is slidably mounted a bar 19. The bar 19 carries the retaining element 16 to permit it to be readily moved into and out of the channel 18. A leaf spring 20 positioned between the flange 13a and the bar 19, and bearing between its ends ainst the flange and at its ends against the ar, serves to normally maintain the retaining element in projected or active position beyond the channel 18. A pole rod 21 secured to the bar 19 and passing through an o ening 22 in the flange 13a, and provided wit a milled knob 23, provides means by which the retaining element 16 may be retracted or drawn into the channel 18 a ainst the tension of the spring 20. The ar 19 is provided at its outer side with a head 23' made of felt or other suitable material.

The screen 6 is adapted to be inserted in the window opening 2 with its flanges 11 and 12 in contact with the top and bottom walls of the opening, with its flange 13 in contact with one side of the side walls of the openin with its bar 19 in contact with the other si e wall of the opening, and with its retaining elements 15 and 16 located between the side felt strips 4 and the adjacent walls of the recesses in which the strips are located. The beads 14 and 23 which contact directly with the walls of the window opening 2 prevent the screen from marring the finish of the walls. The distance between the remote vertical edges of the retaining element 15 and the channel 18 is slightly less than the distance between the side walls of the window opening 2, and the retaining element 16 when fully retracted is located wholly within the channel 18, with the result that the screen may be readily placed in the window opening. The screen 6 is applied with the retaining element 16 held retracted, and after the insertion of the retaining element 15 in the recess receiving one of the felt stri s 4 the retaining element 16 is released or movement by the spring 20 into the recess receiving the other felt strip 4. As the upper and lower flanges 11 and 12 contact withthe upper and lower walls of the window opening 2, as the flange 13 and bar 19 contact with one side wall of the o enin and are held in contact therewith by t e spring 20, the screen 6 will not rattle. As the retaining flanges 12 and 13 are engaged with the recesses receiving the side felt strips 4 and held therein by the spring 20 the screen 6 is positively held against displacement from the window opening 2.

e To remove the screen 6 from the window opening, it is only necessary to retract the movable retaining element 16 through the medium of the pole rod 21, and thereafter swing the screen in a direction to carry the fixed retaining element out of its recess. The screen 6 is, when in applied position, located at one side of the window panel 3, and in view thereof the panel may be raised or lowered without removing the screen.

The size of the screen will depend upon the size of the window opening to which it is to be applied. As it extends from the upper to the lower wall of the window opening, and from one side Wall to the other of the window opening, the screen will positively prevent flies, mosquitoes and other insects from entering the automobile. As the screen does not interfere with the raising or lowering of the window panel, the latter may be fully or partly closed or opened depending upon the condition of the weather.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it should beapparent that the screen is strong and durable, may be easily and quickly applied to or removed from a window opening, that it will not rattle and cannot be accidentally displaced from the window opening, and that it may be manufactured and sold at a comparatively low cost.

While we have described the principle of our invention, together with the structure which we now consider the preferred embodiment thereof, it is to be understood that the structure shown is merely illustrative and that such changes may be made, when desired, as fall within the scope of the invention as claimed.

What is claimed is 1. A screen for the window opening of an automobile door, comprising a frame, a wire cloth panel secured to the frame, a retaining element fixed to and extending longitudinally from one end of the frame, a channeled member secured to the other end of the frame, a bar removably mounted in the channel, a second retaining element carried by the bar for movement therewith longitudinally of the frame into and out of active position, a spring bearing against the bottom wall of the channeled member and against the bar to normally maintain said second retaining element in active position, and a member carried by the bar and through which the bar may be actuated to move said second retaining element into inactive position.

2. A screen for the window otpening of an automobile door, comprising a rame, a wire cloth panel secured to the frame, a retaining element fixed to and extending longitudinally from one end of the frame, a channeled member secured to the other end of the frame and extending beyond one side thereof, flanges secured to the outer edges of the upper and lower sides and to the outer edges of said first end of the frame and extending beyond said side of the frame, a bar mounted in the channeled member for movement longitudinally of the frame, a second retaining element secured to the bar for movement therewith into and out of active position, a spring bearing against the bottom wall of the channeled member and against the bar to normally maintain said second retaining element in active position, and means by which the barmay be actuated to move said second retaining element into inactive position.

3. A screen for the window opening of an automobile door, comprising a frame, a wire cloth panel secured to the frame, a retaining element fixed to and extending longitudinally from one end of the frame, a channeled member secured to the other end of the frame and extending beyond one side thereof, flanges secured to the upper and lower sides and said end of the frame and extending beyond said side of the frame, a bar mounted in the channeled member for movement longitudinally of the frame, a second retaining element secured to the bar for movement therewith into and out of active position, a spring bearing against the bottom wall of the channeled member and against the bar to normally maintain said second retaining element in active position, the retaining elements, the channe ed member and the bar being equal in height to the frame, a pull rod secured to the bar and passing through the bottom wall of the channeled member, and pads secured to the flanges and bar.

In testimony whereof we hereunto aflix our signatures.

EDWARD T. POUSHA. DANIEL MASSEI.

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