ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,094, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to METACO INC. (Tokyo).
"Screen apparatus" was invented by Yasubumi Okachi (Kanagawa, Japan), Yuichiro Nishioka (Kanagawa, Japan) and Hiroaki Ishii (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A looped tension member is disposed in a Z-axis direction, and an inside of a slidable frame is divided into first and second storage portions for respectively storing first and second guides at opposite sides in the X-axis direction. The first and second storage portions allow the tension member to pass, and direction changing members on which the tension member is suspended are provided in opposite end ...