Adjustable sliding screen apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016298370-A1
Application number	US-201615091131-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Apr 5, 2016
Priority date	Apr 9, 2015
Publication date	Oct 13, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

An adjustable sliding privacy screen for a premium class passenger suite may include a guide rail mounted to a wall partition. The adjustable sliding privacy screen may also include a yaw/roll adjustment bracket slidingly attached to the guide rail and to the screen. The yaw/roll adjustment bracket may include a flanged adjustment screw for adjusting the yaw and roll of the screen and a locking screw for securing the yaw and roll adjustment of the screen. The screen may also include a ball joint adjustment bracket slidingly attached to the guide rail and to the screen. The ball joint adjustment bracket may include a ball joint and adjustment screw for adjusting the pitch of the screen and a locking nut for securing the pitch adjustment of the screen. The device of the present invention thus allows for the adjustment of the yaw, roll, and pitch of the screen.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A premium class aircraft passenger suite enclosed by a fixed partition and an adjustable sliding privacy screen comprising a yaw/roll adjustment bracket for adjusting the yaw/roll of the privacy screen and a ball joint adjustment bracket for adjusting the pitch of the privacy screen.

2 . The premium class aircraft passenger suite of claim 1 wherein the screen is made from lightweight materials and has a low profile relative the fixed partition.

3 . The premium class aircraft passenger suite of claim 1 wherein the yaw/roll adjustment bracket further comprises a flanged adjustment screw for adjusting the yaw and roll of the screen.

4 . The premium class aircraft passenger suite of claim 1 wherein the ball joint adjustment bracket further comprises an adjustment screw for adjusting the pitch of the screen.

5 . The premium class aircraft passenger suite of claim 1 wherein the yaw/roll adjustment bracket and the ball joint adjustment bracket are attached to a top portion of the privacy screen and further comprising a lower yaw/roll adjustment bracket attached to a bottom portion of the privacy screen for adjusting the yaw roll of the screen and a lower ball joint adjustment bracket attached to a bottom portion of the privacy screen for adjusting the pitch of the privacy screen.

6 . A premium class aircraft passenger suite enclosed by a fixed partition and an adjustable sliding privacy screen comprising:
a guide rail mounted to the fixed partition; a yaw/roll adjustment bracket slidingly attached to the guide rail and attached to the screen; and a ball joint adjustment bracket slidingly attached to the guide rail and attached to the screen.

7 . The premium class aircraft passenger suite of claim 6 wherein the yaw/roll adjustment bracket is attached to a top portion of the screen, the ball joint adjustment bracket is attached to the top portion of the screen, and further comprising:
a lower guide rail mounted to a lower portion of the fixed partition;
a lower yaw/roll adjustment bracket slidingly attached to the lower guide rail and attached to a bottom portion of the screen; and
a lower ball joint adjustment bracket slidingly attached to the lower guide rail and attached to a bottom portion of the screen.

8 . The premium class aircraft passenger suite of claim 7 wherein the yaw/roll bracket and the lower yaw/roll bracket each further comprise a flanged adjustment screw for adjusting the yaw and roll of the screen and a locking screw for securing the yaw and roll adjustment of the screen, and wherein the ball joint adjustment bracket and the lower ball joint adjustment bracket each further comprise a ball joint and an adjustment screw for adjusting the pitch of the screen and a locking nut for securing the pitch adjustment of the screen.

9 . The premium class aircraft passenger suite of claim 8 wherein the yaw/roll bracket and the lower yaw/roll bracket each further comprise:
a plurality of roller bearings sized to slide in the respective guide rail and lower guide rail;
a truck attached to the roller bearings;
a carriage attached to the truck and having a void; and
a cradle attached to the screen and to the carriage, sized to fit within the void of the carriage and movable within the void as the flanged adjustment screw is manipulated.

10 . The premium class aircraft passenger suite of claim 8 wherein the ball joint adjustment bracket and the ball joint adjustment bracket each further comprise:
a plurality of roller bearings sized to slide in the respective guide rail and lower guide rail;
a truck attached to the roller bearings;
a carriage attached to the truck; and
a ball joint attached to the truck and to the screen and housed in a housing.

10 . The premium class aircraft passenger suite of claim 6 wherein the screen is lightweight and has a low profile relative the fixed partition.

11 . A premium class aircraft passenger suite enclosed by a fixed partition and an adjustable sliding privacy screen comprising:
an upper guide rail mounted to the fixed partition; a lower guide rail mounted to the fixed partition at an opposite end of the fixed partition from the upper guide rail; an upper yaw/roll adjustment bracket slidingly attached to the upper guide rail and attached to an upper portion of the screen and having a yaw/roll flanged adjustment screw; a lower yaw/roll adjustment bracket slidingly attached to the lower guide rail and attached to the lower portion of the screen and having a yaw/roll flanged adjustment screw; an upper ball joint adjustment bracket slidingly attached to the upper guide rail and attached to the upper portion of the screen and having a pitch adjustment screw; and a lower ball joint adjustment bracket slidingly attached to the lower guide rail and attached to the lower portion of the screen and having a pitch adjustment screw.

12 . The premium class aircraft passenger suite of claim 11 wherein the upper yaw/roll bracket and the lower yaw/roll bracket each further comprise:
a plurality of roller bearings sized to slide in the respective upper guide rail and lower guide rail;
a truck attached to the roller bearings;
a carriage attached to the truck and having a void; and
a cradle attached to the screen and to the carriage, sized to fit within the void of the carriage and movable within the void as the flanged adjustment screw is manipulated.

13 . The premium class aircraft passenger suite of claim 11 wherein the upper ball joint adjustment bracket and the lower ball joint adjustment bracket each further comprise:
a plurality of roller bearings sized to slide in the respective upper guide rail and lower guide rail;
a truck attached to the roller bearings;
a carriage attached to the truck; and
a ball joint attached to the truck and to the screen and housed in a housing.

14 . The premium class aircraft passenger suite of claim 12 wherein the upper yaw/roll bracket and the lower yaw/roll bracket each further comprises a pair of locking screws which extends through the carriage, into the void, and contacts an upper surface of the cradle.

15 . The premium class aircraft passenger suite of claim 13 wherein the upper ball joint adjustment bracket and the lower ball joint adjustment bracket each further comprises a locking nut for securing the pitch adjustment of the screen.

Assignees

• Be Aerospace Inc

Inventors

• Druckman David J
• Frost Ian L

Classifications

• E06B3/4636

  for doors (E06B3/4609 and E06B3/4654 - E06B3/4681 take precedence; sliding shower doors A47K3/34) · CPC title

• E05D15/0678

  on balls or floating rollers · CPC title

• B64C1/1438

  of the sliding type · CPC title

• E05Y2900/502

  for aircraft or spacecraft · CPC title

• E05D15/0656

  Bottom guides · CPC title