CA2129608A1 - Motor vehicle window screen - Google Patents
Motor vehicle window screenInfo
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
- B60J—WINDOWS, WINDSCREENS, NON-FIXED ROOFS, DOORS, OR SIMILAR DEVICES FOR VEHICLES; REMOVABLE EXTERNAL PROTECTIVE COVERINGS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES
- B60J1/00—Windows; Windscreens; Accessories therefor
- B60J1/20—Accessories, e.g. wind deflectors, blinds
- B60J1/2011—Blinds; curtains or screens reducing heat or light intensity
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Abstract
A window screen adapted to be positioned over a window opening of a conventional vehicle door. The window screen is adapted to be fixed on the internal surfaces of the structural components of the vehicle door which surround the window opening. The window screen is thus adapted to be positioned in an overriding relationship relatively to the conventional window glass. Several strips of gripping material are adhesively fixed to the interior surface of the vehicle door. The gripping strips have integrally extending miniature hook fibers. The window screen has a flexible sheet made of meshed fibers which define a set of miniature openings extending therethrough. The miniature hook fibers are configured and sized in order to be releasably and grippingly insertable into the miniature openings extending through the meshed sheet. The peripheral edges of the meshed sheet are thus adapted to be gripped by the miniature hooks of the gripping strips. A set of covering strips may be positioned over the peripheral edges of the meshed sheet in order to provide a visual frame for the window screen. The covering strips have an esthetically pleasing front surface and a set of miniature loop fibers extending integrally from their back surfaces. The peripheral edges of the meshed sheet are thus adapted to be sandwiched between the gripping strips and the covering strips.
Description
21296~8 Patent Application of Michel Verret for BACKGROUND - FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to the field of motor vehicle accessories and is 10 particularly concerned with a motor vehicle window screen.
BACKGROUND - PRIOR ART
Most conventional motor vehicles are provided with a set of side windows which 15 can be selectively opened and closed. Each side window typically consists in a trapezoidally-shaped piece of reinforced glass which is adapted, in its closed position, to seal off a corresponding trapezoidally-shaped window aperture provided in the top portion of a side door.
20Each vehicle window is adapted to be opened and closed by a mechanism which slides the window glass in and out of a slot provided in the main lower portion of the side door.
21296~8 Motor vehicles are used in many types of environments, including environments wherein flying insects are present in the vicinity of the vehicle.
Even though the vehicle may be in an environment wherein insects are present, 5 in a number of situations, it can be desirable to leave at least one of the windows of the vehicle in a partially opened configuration.
Whether the window is opened in order to allow for the positioning of the individual speaker system used in so-called drive-in theaters or simply because the cabin of the 10 vehicle is ventilated by air circulating through the window as the vehicle rolls down a highway, it is always desirable to prevent insects from penetrating inside the cabin of the vehicle.
In fact, in instances where the vehicle is actually in motion, preventing insects from 15 penetrating in the cabin of the vehicle can become crucial since flying insects such as bees could seriously disturb the driver of the vehicle and potentially cause an accident.
A vehicle window screen could also improve the aerodynamic qualities of a vehicle which is being driven with its windows opened since the window screen would deflect 20 some of the air particules away from the cabin while allowing some of the air particules to penetrate inside the cabin.
-- A vehicle window screen could also be used, for example, to prevent a child or an animal from leaving the cabin through the window opening of a parked vehicle while allowing air to penetrate inside the cabin.
s Hence, a window screen such as the ones used in conventional building windows would, in certain instances, prove to be very useful as well for vehicle car windows.
A search amongst prior art has revealed a window screen specifically adapted to be positioned in the window aperture of a motor vehicle. The prior art window screen has a frame adapted to the contour of the window glass. The frame is adapted to be slidably received in the channels surrounding the window opening. The frame has a groove in its lower section which is adapted to receive the upper peripheral edge of the window glass.
The prior art window screen suffers from a set of drawbacks. Firstly, it is relatively tedious and difficult to install. In order to install the prior art window screen, a user must raise the window glass to a predetermined height, insert the upper peripheral edge of the window glass in the bottom channel of the frame, and then further raise the window glass until the frame reaches the top channel of the window opening.
Secondly, insertion of the frame inside the peripheral channels surrounding the window opening is susceptible of damaging the anti-rattle rubber member which lines such channels.
-- Thirdly, in order to be easily insertable over the upper peripheral edge of the window glass, the groove provided in the lower section of the frame must have a relatively rigid consistency. The lower section of the frame will thus prevent the window screen from being easily foldable. The window screen will thus be cumbersome to 5 manipulate and store.
Fourthly, because of the fixing method inherent to the structure of the prior art window screen, the latter must be removed every time the window glass needs to be closed. Consequently, even if the window glass only needs to be closed for a very short 10 period of time, the user of such prior art window screen must resort to removing the window screen and then reinstalling it when the window glass is reopened.
Also, since the fixing method inherent to the structure of the prior art window screen prevents the latter from being used when the window glass in in its closed 15 configuration, the prior art window screen cannot be used to partially block out some of the sun rays when a vehicle is parked with its window glass in their closed configuration.
Thus, the prior art window screen cannot be used in order to minimize the heat build up caused by the trapping of sun rays inside the closed windows of a vehicle.
Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide an improved motor 21296~8 vehicle window screen.
The motor vehicle window screen in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention will be relatively easy and quick to install.
The motor vehicle screen in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention will be readily adaptable to various types of motor vehicle windows.
The motor vehicle window screen in accordance with an embodiment of the 10 present invention will be adapted to be rolled up when not in use in order to facilitate its storage.
The motor vehicle window screen in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention will be provided with a fastening means which is both ergonomical and 15 esthetically pleasing.
The window screen in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention will be adapted to be positioned across the window aperture of a conventional vehicle door even when the window glass of such conventional vehicle door is in its closed 20 configuration.
In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, there is thus provided a window screen adapted to extend across a window opening of a vehicle door, said 21296~8 w,ndow opening being surrounded by a set of internal structural components part of said vehicle door, said window screen comprising: a substantially flexible meshed sheet made of a set of meshed fibers, said meshed sheet having a set of peripheral edges, said meshed sheet being configured and sized so that said sheet is oversized relatively to said 5 window aperture and so that, when said meshed sheet is positioned over said window opening, said peripheral edges of said meshed sheet override at least a fragment of said internal structural components which surround said window opening, said window screnn also comprises a releasable fixing means for releasably fixing said peripheral edges of said meshed sheet to said structural components of said vehicle door which surround said 10 window opening.
Preferrably, said window opening is adapted to be closed by a window glass and wherein each one of said structural components has a structural component inner surface, said window glass extending across a window glass geometrical plane, said 15 structural component inner surfaces extending in a structural component geometrical plane situated inside said vehicle inwardly relatively to said window glass and overriding said window glass geometrical plane, said window screen being configured and sized so that when said meshed sheet is positioned over said window opening, said peripheral edges of said meshed sheet override said structural component inner surfaces of said 20 structural components which surround said window opening.
Conveniently, said releasable fastening means is a set of gripping strips, each one 21296~8 ~r said gripping strips having a gripping strip back surface and a gripping strip front surface, each one of said gripping strip back surface being coated with an adhesive material, each one of said gripping strip front surface having a set of integrally extending miniature hook fibers.
Preferrably, said meshed sheet defines a set of miniature mesh apertures extending through said meshed sheet and wherein said miniature hook fibers of said gripping strips are configured and sized in order to be releasably and grippingly insertable into said miniature apertures of said meshed sheet for releasably gripping said peripheral o edges of said meshed sheet.
Preferrably, said window screen further comprises a set of covering strips, each one of said covering strips having a covering strip front surface and a covering strip back surface, each one of said covering strip back surface having a set of integrally extending 15 miniature loop fibers whereby, said peripheral edges of said meshed sheet are adapted to be sandwiched between said gripping strips and said covering strips with said miniature hook fibers of said gripping strips grippingly extending through said miniature apetures of said meshed sheet and said miniature hook fibers of said gripping strips also grippingly catching said miniature loop fibers of said covering strips.
Conveniently, said window screen further comprisies a pair of transversal slots extending through said covering strips, each one of said transversal slots having a tr~nsversal slot longitudinal axis, said transversal slots being substantially colonear realtively to one antother.
The present invention is also adapted to be sold in the form of a kit for assembling 5 a window screen, said window screen being adapted to be positioned over a window aperture extending through a conventional vehcile door, said kit comprising: a sheet meshed fibers, a strip of gripping tape, said gripping tape having a gripping tape back surface and a gripping tape front surface, an adhesive material coated on said gripping tape back surface, a set of miniature hook fibers extending integrally from said gripping 10 tape front surface.
Conveniently, said kit further comprises a strip of covering tape, said covering tape having a covering tape front surface and a covering tape back surface, a set of miniature loop fibers extend integrally from said covering tape back surface.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
An embodiment of the invention will now be described, by way of example, in 20 reference to the following drawings in which:
FIGURE 1: in a perspective view, illustrates a motor vehicle window screen in accordance ~129608 with an embodiment of the present invention mounted across a window opening of a motor vehicle door;
FIGURE 2: in a perspective view, illustrates a motor vehicle window screen in accordance 5 with an embodiment of the present invention mounted across a window opening of a motor vehicle door. The motor vehicle window screen is shown in a partially opened configuration;
FIGURE 3: in a partially exploded view, illustrates a first embodiment of a fixing 0 component part of a motor vehicle window screen in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. The fixing component is being fixed to the peripheral edge of a conventional motor vehicle window opening;
FIGURE 4: in a partially exploded view, illustrates a second embodiment of a fixing 15 component part of a motor vehicle window screen in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. The fixing component is being fixed to the peripheral edge of a conventional motor vehicle window opening;
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
Referring to figure 1, there is shown a window screen 10 in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. The window screen 10 is shown extending across ~conventional window aperture 12. The window aperture 12 extends through an upper section 14 of a conventional vehicle door.
The vehicle door also has a main lower section 16. The main lower section 16 has 5 a lower section inner panel 18. The lower section inner panel 18 is adapted to be in contact with the interior of the cabin of the vehicle. The main lower section 16 also has a lower section outer panel 20. The lower section outer panel 20 is adapted to be in contact with the external environment.
The lower secti~n inner panel 18 has an upper peripheral edge 22. The upper peripheral edge 22 bends integrally and outwardly into a lower section top panel 24. The lower section top panel 24 has a lower section top panel outer peripheral edge 26. The lower section top panel 24 thus extends from the inner panel upper peripheral edge 22 to the lower section top panel outer peripheral edge 26.
A lower section window glass receiving slot 28 extends across the main lower section 16 between the lower section top panel outer peripheral edge 26 and the lower section outer panel 20. The lower section window glass receiving slot 28 is lined on each side by a strip of anti-rattJe rubber 30. One of the strips 30 thus extends from the lower 20 section outer panel 20 to the lower section window glass receiving slot 28 while the other strip 30 extends from the lower section top panel outer peripheral edge 26 to the lower section window glass receiving slot 28.
The lower section window glass receiving slot 28 is adapted to allow the slidable movement of a conventional vehicle door window glass (not shown) therethrough.
Typically, when the window glass is in its opened configuration as illustrated in figures 1 and 2, the window glass is fully inserted inside the main lower section 16. The main lower section 16 also protectively encloses the opening and closing mechanism of the window glass. When the window glass is to be moved to its closed configuration, the window glass slides out of the lower section window glass receiving slot 28 in order to cover the window aperture 12.
The window aperture upper section 14 typically has a peripheral window frame structure 32. The window frame structure 32 is illustrated partially in cross-section in figures 3 and 4. Each segment of the window frame structure 32 has a substantially "U"-shaped channel 34. Each channel 34 has an inner leg 36 adapted to be in contact with the interior of the cabin of the vehicle. Each channel 34 also has an outer leg 38 adapted 15 to be in contact with the external environment. A spacing leg 40 extends integrally between the interior leg 36 and the outer leg 38. The legs 36, 38 and 40 of the channel 34 define a top section window glass receiving slot 42. Each upper section window glass receiving slot 42 is lined with a correspondingly "U"-shaped anti-rattle rubber component 44.
A guard-panel 46 extends integrally from the outer leg 38 of the "U"-shaped channel 34. The outer leg 38 and the guard-panel 46 form a substantially "L"-shaped channel. A sealing rubber strip 48 having a corresponding substantially "L"-shaped configuration is fixed to the substantially "L"-shaped channel.
The substantially "L"-shaped channel formed by the outer leg 38 and the guard-5 panel 46 is adapted to receive the peripheral edge of the vehicle frame when the door of the vehicle is closed. The substantially "L"-shaped rubber strip 48 is adapted to act as a resilient sealing means for sealing the junction between the substantially "L"-shaped channel and the frame of the vehicle when the door of the vehicle is closed.
The window screen 10 comprises a flexible sheet 50 made of meshed fibers. One of the main characteristics of the present invention resides in the fact that the sheet 50 is oversized relatively to the window aperture 12. The sheet 50 is dimensioned so that its peripheral edges can be releasably fixed to the structural components of the vehicle door which surround the window aperture 12.
Since these structural components are substantially thicker than the window glass, the sheet 50 is adapted to lie in a geometrical plane which overrides the geometrical plane in which the window glass is positioned. By fixing the peripheral edges of the sheet 50 to the structural components which surround the window aperture 12, instead of 20 inserting the sheet 50 in the slots formed in the window aperture, the present invention thus allows for the deployment of the window screen 10 even when the window is in its closed configuration.
In the embodiment illustrated in figures 1 and 2, the sheet 50 has a substantially trapezoidally-shaped configuration. The sheet 50 has a lower peripheral edge 52 adapted to be fixed to the lower section inner panel 18. The sheet 50 also has an upper peripheral edge 54. The upper peripheral edge 54 is adapted to be fixed to the inner leg 36 of the 5 "U"-shaped channel 34 part of a top segment of the window frame structure 32. The sheet 50 further has a rear side peripheral edge 56 and a front side peripheral edge 58.
The rear side peripheral edge 56 is adapted to be fixed to the inner leg 36 of the "U"-shaped channel 34 part of a rear segment of the window frame structure 32. The front side peripheral edge 58 is adapted to be fixed to the inner leg 36 of the "U"-shaped 10 channel 34 part of a front segment of the window frame structure 32.
Another main characteristic of the present invention relates to the method and structure which is used to releasably fix the peripheral edges of the sheet 50 to the structural components of the vehicle door which surround the window opening 12.
In order to releasably fix the sheet 50 to the structural components of the vehicle door which surround the window opening 12, the present invention uses a set of gripping strips 60 made of adherent miniature hook fibers. The adherent miniature hook fibers of which the gripping strip 60 are made of are substantially similar to the miniature hook 20 fibers part of the miniature hook and loop fiber combination widely marketed under the trade name VELCRO.
2129~8 The releasable fixing means using a miniature hook and loop fiber combination and marketed under the trade name VELCRO uses a first strip made of miniature hook fibers to releasably grip a second strip made of miniature loop fibers. The gripping strips 60 used in the present invention are strips of miniature hook fibers substantially similar to the 5 miniature hook fibers of the VELCRO combination. The miniature hooks of the gripping strips 60 are ad.apted to releasably grip the meshed fibers of the sheet 50.
Each gripping strip 60 has a strip back surface 62. Each strip back surface 62 is covered with an adhesive material such as glue. Each back surface 62 of each gripping 10 strip 60 is adapted to be glued to a corresponding structural component of the vehicle door which surrounds the window aperture 12. Each gripping strip 60 has a set of miniature hook fibers 64 extending integrally and substantially forwardly from its back surface 62. As mentioned previously, the miniature hook fibers 64 of the gripping strips 60 are substantially similar to the miniature hook fibers used in the hook and loop fibers 15 known as VELCRO.
The miniature hook fibers 64 are dimensioned and shaped in order to be grippingly and releasably insertable into the miniature apertures 66 defined by the meshed fibers of the sheet 50. The sheet 50 and the gripping strip 60 must therefore be reciprocally 20 gauged so that the miniature hook fibers 64 will cooperate with the miniature apertures 66 for releasably fixing the sheet 50 to the structural components of the vehicle door which surround the window aperture 12.
21296~8 ~ If, for example, the meshing of the sheet 50 needs to be tight in order to repell relatively small insects, the miniature hook fibers 64 of the gripping strips 60 must be correspondingly sized. Conversely, if the apertures 66 extending through the sheet 50 are chosen to be relatively large in order to provide for an improved flow of air through the 5 sheet 50, the miniature hook fibers 64 must be correspondingly relatively large.
If for some reason the apertures 66 are given a size which is to large relatively to the hook fibers 64, then the sheet 50 will have a tendency to fall under its own weight away from the gripping strips 60. If however the apertures 66 are so small that they do 10 not allow for the insertion of the miniature hook fiber 64, then the latter will be unefficient in releasably gripping the sheet 50.
As illustrated in figure 3, in instances wherein the inner leg 36 of the substantially "U"-shaped channel 34 is relatively short, a second gripping strip 60' may be used to 15 further increase the gripping action on the peripheral edges of the sheet 50. The second gripping strip 60' is adapted to be adhesively fixed to the spacing leg 40 of the substantially "U"-shaped channel 34. In such instances, a second covering strip 72' may be readily fixed to the second gripping strip 60'. The second covering strip 72' is thus adapted to be fixed over the peripheral edge of the sheet 50 and underneath the sealing 20 rubber strip 48.
A covering strip 68 is adapted to be releasably fixed over the peripheral edges of the sheet 50. The covering strip 68 is adapted to be releasably fixed over the peripheral edges of the sheet 50 once the latters are releasably fixed to the gripping strip 60. Each covering strip 68 has a front film 70. Each front film 70 has a front film surface 72 and a back film surface 74. A set of loop fibers 76 extend integrally from a section of the back film surfaces 74. The miniature loop fibers 76 are substantially similar to the miniature loop fibers of the miniature hook and loop combination known as VELCRO.
The miniature loop fibers 76 of the covering strips 68 are adapted to cooperate with the miniature hook fibers of the gripping strips 60 for releasably fixing the covering strips 68 over the peripheral edges of the sheet 50 and onto the gripping strips 60. The miniature hook fibers of the gripping strips 60 are adapted to extend through the apertures 66 of the sheet 50 and to grip the miniature loop fibers 76 of the covering strip 68.
The covering strip 68 is adapted to be positioned over the peripheral edges of the sheet 50 for esthetical purposes. The film front surfaces 72 of the covering strips 68 are adapted to be provided with a texture and a colour which are both esthetically pleasing.
The covering strips 68 will thus provide a visual frame for the window screen 10.
The covering strip 68 may also be used as a complementary means for further enhancing the gripping action on the peripheral edges of the sheet 50.
2129~08 ~~ When the peripheral edges of the sheet 50 are sandwiched between the gripping strips 60 and the covering strips 68, the miniature hook fibers 64 grippingly extend through the miniature apertures of the sheet 50. The miniature hook fibers which extend through the miniature apertures 66 also grippingly catch the miniature loop fibers 76 of 5 the covering strips 68.
The covering strips 68 are thus adapted to further increase the gripping action of the miniature hook fibers 64 of the gripping strips 60 on the peripheral edges of the sheet 50.
10In some instances, it may be desirable to release the gripping action of the grapping strips 60 on a predetermined section of the peripheral edges of the sheet 50 without completely removing the sheet 50 so that only a predetermined section of the window opening 12 remains covered by the sheet 50. The releasing of the gripping action of the gripping strips 60 over a predetermined section of the peripheral edges of the sheet 1550 will leave a section of the window opening 12 covered by the sheet 50 and will create an open section wherein the sheet 50is folded in order to uncover the sheet 50 from the window opening 12. Examples of situations wherein it may be desirable to partially open the window screen 10 include situations wherein a user sitting in the seat adjacent the sheet 50 needs to reach through the opening 12 in order to drop some money into the 20 collecting basket of a highway toll booth. Another example includes situations wherein the user may wish to exchange some goods for money at a driving-type of commerce such as service stations or a drive-in restaurant. The passenger may also simply wish to ,~anually adjust a side mirror such as the side mirror referred to by the reference numeral 80 in figure 2.
In all such situations, it may be desirable to provide for a system which will allow 5 for a covered section of the window opening 12 to remain covered by a corresponding section of the sheet 50 while allowing for an uncovered section of the window opening 12 to be temporarily uncovered from a corresponding section of the sheet 50. In order to allow for this type of arrangment, the present invention proposes the use of an interrupted covering strip 68.
As illustrated in figures 1 and 2, the covering strip 68 is provided with a pair of transversal slots 78 extending therethrough. Each transversal slot 78 have a longitudinal axis. The transversal slots 78 are positioned so that their respective longitudinal axis are substantially colinear. The substantially colinear axis of a pair of transversal slots 78 thus 15 define a folding line for the sheet 50. The transversal slots 78 are adapted to facilitate the folding of the covering strip 68 when a section of the sheet 50 is folded.
Since the covering strips 68 are often made of a relatively resilient material, the transversal slots 78 are adapted to prevent the covering strips 68 from biasing the sheet 20 50 towards its unfolded configuration. Furthermore, the transversal slots 78 are adapted to prevent the covering strips from developping unesthetical folding rinkles.
2l2s6as A grasping tab 82 extends integrally from a section of the lower peripheral edge of the lower portion of the covering strip 68. The grasping tab 82 is positioned intermediate a pair of transversal slots 78. The grasping tab 82 is adapted to facilitate the graping of the covering stip 68 when the sheet 50 if folded, as illustrated in figure folding 5 of the sheet 50 The window screen 10 is adapted to be sold in a form of a kit which will allow the user to custumize the shape and size of the sheet 50 and the length of the strips 60 and lO 68 according to the geometry of the window opening 12.
In order to initially install a window screen 10 over a window aperture 12, a user will initially cut the sheet 50 so that the shape and configuration of the sheet 50 once cut will allow the peripheral edges of the sheet 50 to override the structural components of 15 the vehicle door which surround the window opening 12. The user must also initially cut a set of strips of gripping tape 60 to the appropriate length and adhesively fix the strips of gripping tape 60 to the peripheral structures of the vehicle door which surround the - window aperture 12. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the back surface 62 of the gripping tapes 60 will be provided with a peel-off membrane which is adapted to 20 cover the adhesive coating on the back surface 62 during the shipping and handling of the gripping tapes 60 prior to their installation.
2129~8 -- Therefore, in order to install the gripping tapes 60 to their appropriate locations, the user merely needs to cut the gripping tapes to the appropriate length and pe el-off the peel-off membrane covering the back surface 62 prior to positioning the back surfaces 62 of the tapes 60 against the appropriate structural components of the vehicle door 5 which surround the window opening 12. In certain instances, it may be desirable to use a contact-type of glue as a means for further increasing the bound between the gripping tapes 60 and the structural components of the vehicle door on wich they are affixed.
Once the gripping tapes 60 have been appropriately fixed to the structural 10 components of the vehicle door which surround the window opening 12, the user may position the sheet 50 over the window opening 12 with the peripheral edges of the sheet 50 overriding the miniature hooks of the gripping tapes 60. As mentioned previously, the miniature hook fibers 64 are adapted to be grippingly and releasably inserted into the miniature apertures 66 defined in the meshed fibers of the sheet 50. The miniature hook 15 fibers 64 will thus releasably grip the peripheral edges of the sheet 50, hence holding the window screen 10 across the window opening 12.
If desired, the user may also cut some covering strips 68 to the appropriate length in order to be positioned over the gripping strips 60. In other words, the window screen 10 may be sold in a form of a kit which would comprise a relatively large sheet of meshed fibers adapted to be cut into a set of sheets 50 customized to the sixe and shape of the window apertures to be covered. The kit would also comprise a long strip which would 2129~08 be adapted to be cut into a set of gripping strips 60 and a long strip which would be also adapted to be cut into covering strips 68.
Once the sheet 50 has been initially cut to its proper size, and oce the gripping 5 strips 60 have been appropriately fixed to the structural components which surround the window opening 12, the user may position the sheet 50 at will over the window aperture 12 and may also remove the window screen 10 at will from its position wherein it overrides the window opening 12. When the window screen 10 in not in use, because of the flexible nature of the sheet 50 and of the covering strips 68, the window screen 10 10 can easily be rolled up in order to minimize storage space.
The window screen 10 in accordance with the present invention could also be sold in combination with a conventional vehicle door.
The present invention relates to the field of motor vehicle accessories and is 10 particularly concerned with a motor vehicle window screen.
BACKGROUND - PRIOR ART
Most conventional motor vehicles are provided with a set of side windows which 15 can be selectively opened and closed. Each side window typically consists in a trapezoidally-shaped piece of reinforced glass which is adapted, in its closed position, to seal off a corresponding trapezoidally-shaped window aperture provided in the top portion of a side door.
20Each vehicle window is adapted to be opened and closed by a mechanism which slides the window glass in and out of a slot provided in the main lower portion of the side door.
21296~8 Motor vehicles are used in many types of environments, including environments wherein flying insects are present in the vicinity of the vehicle.
Even though the vehicle may be in an environment wherein insects are present, 5 in a number of situations, it can be desirable to leave at least one of the windows of the vehicle in a partially opened configuration.
Whether the window is opened in order to allow for the positioning of the individual speaker system used in so-called drive-in theaters or simply because the cabin of the 10 vehicle is ventilated by air circulating through the window as the vehicle rolls down a highway, it is always desirable to prevent insects from penetrating inside the cabin of the vehicle.
In fact, in instances where the vehicle is actually in motion, preventing insects from 15 penetrating in the cabin of the vehicle can become crucial since flying insects such as bees could seriously disturb the driver of the vehicle and potentially cause an accident.
A vehicle window screen could also improve the aerodynamic qualities of a vehicle which is being driven with its windows opened since the window screen would deflect 20 some of the air particules away from the cabin while allowing some of the air particules to penetrate inside the cabin.
-- A vehicle window screen could also be used, for example, to prevent a child or an animal from leaving the cabin through the window opening of a parked vehicle while allowing air to penetrate inside the cabin.
s Hence, a window screen such as the ones used in conventional building windows would, in certain instances, prove to be very useful as well for vehicle car windows.
A search amongst prior art has revealed a window screen specifically adapted to be positioned in the window aperture of a motor vehicle. The prior art window screen has a frame adapted to the contour of the window glass. The frame is adapted to be slidably received in the channels surrounding the window opening. The frame has a groove in its lower section which is adapted to receive the upper peripheral edge of the window glass.
The prior art window screen suffers from a set of drawbacks. Firstly, it is relatively tedious and difficult to install. In order to install the prior art window screen, a user must raise the window glass to a predetermined height, insert the upper peripheral edge of the window glass in the bottom channel of the frame, and then further raise the window glass until the frame reaches the top channel of the window opening.
Secondly, insertion of the frame inside the peripheral channels surrounding the window opening is susceptible of damaging the anti-rattle rubber member which lines such channels.
-- Thirdly, in order to be easily insertable over the upper peripheral edge of the window glass, the groove provided in the lower section of the frame must have a relatively rigid consistency. The lower section of the frame will thus prevent the window screen from being easily foldable. The window screen will thus be cumbersome to 5 manipulate and store.
Fourthly, because of the fixing method inherent to the structure of the prior art window screen, the latter must be removed every time the window glass needs to be closed. Consequently, even if the window glass only needs to be closed for a very short 10 period of time, the user of such prior art window screen must resort to removing the window screen and then reinstalling it when the window glass is reopened.
Also, since the fixing method inherent to the structure of the prior art window screen prevents the latter from being used when the window glass in in its closed 15 configuration, the prior art window screen cannot be used to partially block out some of the sun rays when a vehicle is parked with its window glass in their closed configuration.
Thus, the prior art window screen cannot be used in order to minimize the heat build up caused by the trapping of sun rays inside the closed windows of a vehicle.
Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide an improved motor 21296~8 vehicle window screen.
The motor vehicle window screen in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention will be relatively easy and quick to install.
The motor vehicle screen in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention will be readily adaptable to various types of motor vehicle windows.
The motor vehicle window screen in accordance with an embodiment of the 10 present invention will be adapted to be rolled up when not in use in order to facilitate its storage.
The motor vehicle window screen in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention will be provided with a fastening means which is both ergonomical and 15 esthetically pleasing.
The window screen in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention will be adapted to be positioned across the window aperture of a conventional vehicle door even when the window glass of such conventional vehicle door is in its closed 20 configuration.
In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, there is thus provided a window screen adapted to extend across a window opening of a vehicle door, said 21296~8 w,ndow opening being surrounded by a set of internal structural components part of said vehicle door, said window screen comprising: a substantially flexible meshed sheet made of a set of meshed fibers, said meshed sheet having a set of peripheral edges, said meshed sheet being configured and sized so that said sheet is oversized relatively to said 5 window aperture and so that, when said meshed sheet is positioned over said window opening, said peripheral edges of said meshed sheet override at least a fragment of said internal structural components which surround said window opening, said window screnn also comprises a releasable fixing means for releasably fixing said peripheral edges of said meshed sheet to said structural components of said vehicle door which surround said 10 window opening.
Preferrably, said window opening is adapted to be closed by a window glass and wherein each one of said structural components has a structural component inner surface, said window glass extending across a window glass geometrical plane, said 15 structural component inner surfaces extending in a structural component geometrical plane situated inside said vehicle inwardly relatively to said window glass and overriding said window glass geometrical plane, said window screen being configured and sized so that when said meshed sheet is positioned over said window opening, said peripheral edges of said meshed sheet override said structural component inner surfaces of said 20 structural components which surround said window opening.
Conveniently, said releasable fastening means is a set of gripping strips, each one 21296~8 ~r said gripping strips having a gripping strip back surface and a gripping strip front surface, each one of said gripping strip back surface being coated with an adhesive material, each one of said gripping strip front surface having a set of integrally extending miniature hook fibers.
Preferrably, said meshed sheet defines a set of miniature mesh apertures extending through said meshed sheet and wherein said miniature hook fibers of said gripping strips are configured and sized in order to be releasably and grippingly insertable into said miniature apertures of said meshed sheet for releasably gripping said peripheral o edges of said meshed sheet.
Preferrably, said window screen further comprises a set of covering strips, each one of said covering strips having a covering strip front surface and a covering strip back surface, each one of said covering strip back surface having a set of integrally extending 15 miniature loop fibers whereby, said peripheral edges of said meshed sheet are adapted to be sandwiched between said gripping strips and said covering strips with said miniature hook fibers of said gripping strips grippingly extending through said miniature apetures of said meshed sheet and said miniature hook fibers of said gripping strips also grippingly catching said miniature loop fibers of said covering strips.
Conveniently, said window screen further comprisies a pair of transversal slots extending through said covering strips, each one of said transversal slots having a tr~nsversal slot longitudinal axis, said transversal slots being substantially colonear realtively to one antother.
The present invention is also adapted to be sold in the form of a kit for assembling 5 a window screen, said window screen being adapted to be positioned over a window aperture extending through a conventional vehcile door, said kit comprising: a sheet meshed fibers, a strip of gripping tape, said gripping tape having a gripping tape back surface and a gripping tape front surface, an adhesive material coated on said gripping tape back surface, a set of miniature hook fibers extending integrally from said gripping 10 tape front surface.
Conveniently, said kit further comprises a strip of covering tape, said covering tape having a covering tape front surface and a covering tape back surface, a set of miniature loop fibers extend integrally from said covering tape back surface.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
An embodiment of the invention will now be described, by way of example, in 20 reference to the following drawings in which:
FIGURE 1: in a perspective view, illustrates a motor vehicle window screen in accordance ~129608 with an embodiment of the present invention mounted across a window opening of a motor vehicle door;
FIGURE 2: in a perspective view, illustrates a motor vehicle window screen in accordance 5 with an embodiment of the present invention mounted across a window opening of a motor vehicle door. The motor vehicle window screen is shown in a partially opened configuration;
FIGURE 3: in a partially exploded view, illustrates a first embodiment of a fixing 0 component part of a motor vehicle window screen in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. The fixing component is being fixed to the peripheral edge of a conventional motor vehicle window opening;
FIGURE 4: in a partially exploded view, illustrates a second embodiment of a fixing 15 component part of a motor vehicle window screen in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. The fixing component is being fixed to the peripheral edge of a conventional motor vehicle window opening;
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
Referring to figure 1, there is shown a window screen 10 in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. The window screen 10 is shown extending across ~conventional window aperture 12. The window aperture 12 extends through an upper section 14 of a conventional vehicle door.
The vehicle door also has a main lower section 16. The main lower section 16 has 5 a lower section inner panel 18. The lower section inner panel 18 is adapted to be in contact with the interior of the cabin of the vehicle. The main lower section 16 also has a lower section outer panel 20. The lower section outer panel 20 is adapted to be in contact with the external environment.
The lower secti~n inner panel 18 has an upper peripheral edge 22. The upper peripheral edge 22 bends integrally and outwardly into a lower section top panel 24. The lower section top panel 24 has a lower section top panel outer peripheral edge 26. The lower section top panel 24 thus extends from the inner panel upper peripheral edge 22 to the lower section top panel outer peripheral edge 26.
A lower section window glass receiving slot 28 extends across the main lower section 16 between the lower section top panel outer peripheral edge 26 and the lower section outer panel 20. The lower section window glass receiving slot 28 is lined on each side by a strip of anti-rattJe rubber 30. One of the strips 30 thus extends from the lower 20 section outer panel 20 to the lower section window glass receiving slot 28 while the other strip 30 extends from the lower section top panel outer peripheral edge 26 to the lower section window glass receiving slot 28.
The lower section window glass receiving slot 28 is adapted to allow the slidable movement of a conventional vehicle door window glass (not shown) therethrough.
Typically, when the window glass is in its opened configuration as illustrated in figures 1 and 2, the window glass is fully inserted inside the main lower section 16. The main lower section 16 also protectively encloses the opening and closing mechanism of the window glass. When the window glass is to be moved to its closed configuration, the window glass slides out of the lower section window glass receiving slot 28 in order to cover the window aperture 12.
The window aperture upper section 14 typically has a peripheral window frame structure 32. The window frame structure 32 is illustrated partially in cross-section in figures 3 and 4. Each segment of the window frame structure 32 has a substantially "U"-shaped channel 34. Each channel 34 has an inner leg 36 adapted to be in contact with the interior of the cabin of the vehicle. Each channel 34 also has an outer leg 38 adapted 15 to be in contact with the external environment. A spacing leg 40 extends integrally between the interior leg 36 and the outer leg 38. The legs 36, 38 and 40 of the channel 34 define a top section window glass receiving slot 42. Each upper section window glass receiving slot 42 is lined with a correspondingly "U"-shaped anti-rattle rubber component 44.
A guard-panel 46 extends integrally from the outer leg 38 of the "U"-shaped channel 34. The outer leg 38 and the guard-panel 46 form a substantially "L"-shaped channel. A sealing rubber strip 48 having a corresponding substantially "L"-shaped configuration is fixed to the substantially "L"-shaped channel.
The substantially "L"-shaped channel formed by the outer leg 38 and the guard-5 panel 46 is adapted to receive the peripheral edge of the vehicle frame when the door of the vehicle is closed. The substantially "L"-shaped rubber strip 48 is adapted to act as a resilient sealing means for sealing the junction between the substantially "L"-shaped channel and the frame of the vehicle when the door of the vehicle is closed.
The window screen 10 comprises a flexible sheet 50 made of meshed fibers. One of the main characteristics of the present invention resides in the fact that the sheet 50 is oversized relatively to the window aperture 12. The sheet 50 is dimensioned so that its peripheral edges can be releasably fixed to the structural components of the vehicle door which surround the window aperture 12.
Since these structural components are substantially thicker than the window glass, the sheet 50 is adapted to lie in a geometrical plane which overrides the geometrical plane in which the window glass is positioned. By fixing the peripheral edges of the sheet 50 to the structural components which surround the window aperture 12, instead of 20 inserting the sheet 50 in the slots formed in the window aperture, the present invention thus allows for the deployment of the window screen 10 even when the window is in its closed configuration.
In the embodiment illustrated in figures 1 and 2, the sheet 50 has a substantially trapezoidally-shaped configuration. The sheet 50 has a lower peripheral edge 52 adapted to be fixed to the lower section inner panel 18. The sheet 50 also has an upper peripheral edge 54. The upper peripheral edge 54 is adapted to be fixed to the inner leg 36 of the 5 "U"-shaped channel 34 part of a top segment of the window frame structure 32. The sheet 50 further has a rear side peripheral edge 56 and a front side peripheral edge 58.
The rear side peripheral edge 56 is adapted to be fixed to the inner leg 36 of the "U"-shaped channel 34 part of a rear segment of the window frame structure 32. The front side peripheral edge 58 is adapted to be fixed to the inner leg 36 of the "U"-shaped 10 channel 34 part of a front segment of the window frame structure 32.
Another main characteristic of the present invention relates to the method and structure which is used to releasably fix the peripheral edges of the sheet 50 to the structural components of the vehicle door which surround the window opening 12.
In order to releasably fix the sheet 50 to the structural components of the vehicle door which surround the window opening 12, the present invention uses a set of gripping strips 60 made of adherent miniature hook fibers. The adherent miniature hook fibers of which the gripping strip 60 are made of are substantially similar to the miniature hook 20 fibers part of the miniature hook and loop fiber combination widely marketed under the trade name VELCRO.
2129~8 The releasable fixing means using a miniature hook and loop fiber combination and marketed under the trade name VELCRO uses a first strip made of miniature hook fibers to releasably grip a second strip made of miniature loop fibers. The gripping strips 60 used in the present invention are strips of miniature hook fibers substantially similar to the 5 miniature hook fibers of the VELCRO combination. The miniature hooks of the gripping strips 60 are ad.apted to releasably grip the meshed fibers of the sheet 50.
Each gripping strip 60 has a strip back surface 62. Each strip back surface 62 is covered with an adhesive material such as glue. Each back surface 62 of each gripping 10 strip 60 is adapted to be glued to a corresponding structural component of the vehicle door which surrounds the window aperture 12. Each gripping strip 60 has a set of miniature hook fibers 64 extending integrally and substantially forwardly from its back surface 62. As mentioned previously, the miniature hook fibers 64 of the gripping strips 60 are substantially similar to the miniature hook fibers used in the hook and loop fibers 15 known as VELCRO.
The miniature hook fibers 64 are dimensioned and shaped in order to be grippingly and releasably insertable into the miniature apertures 66 defined by the meshed fibers of the sheet 50. The sheet 50 and the gripping strip 60 must therefore be reciprocally 20 gauged so that the miniature hook fibers 64 will cooperate with the miniature apertures 66 for releasably fixing the sheet 50 to the structural components of the vehicle door which surround the window aperture 12.
21296~8 ~ If, for example, the meshing of the sheet 50 needs to be tight in order to repell relatively small insects, the miniature hook fibers 64 of the gripping strips 60 must be correspondingly sized. Conversely, if the apertures 66 extending through the sheet 50 are chosen to be relatively large in order to provide for an improved flow of air through the 5 sheet 50, the miniature hook fibers 64 must be correspondingly relatively large.
If for some reason the apertures 66 are given a size which is to large relatively to the hook fibers 64, then the sheet 50 will have a tendency to fall under its own weight away from the gripping strips 60. If however the apertures 66 are so small that they do 10 not allow for the insertion of the miniature hook fiber 64, then the latter will be unefficient in releasably gripping the sheet 50.
As illustrated in figure 3, in instances wherein the inner leg 36 of the substantially "U"-shaped channel 34 is relatively short, a second gripping strip 60' may be used to 15 further increase the gripping action on the peripheral edges of the sheet 50. The second gripping strip 60' is adapted to be adhesively fixed to the spacing leg 40 of the substantially "U"-shaped channel 34. In such instances, a second covering strip 72' may be readily fixed to the second gripping strip 60'. The second covering strip 72' is thus adapted to be fixed over the peripheral edge of the sheet 50 and underneath the sealing 20 rubber strip 48.
A covering strip 68 is adapted to be releasably fixed over the peripheral edges of the sheet 50. The covering strip 68 is adapted to be releasably fixed over the peripheral edges of the sheet 50 once the latters are releasably fixed to the gripping strip 60. Each covering strip 68 has a front film 70. Each front film 70 has a front film surface 72 and a back film surface 74. A set of loop fibers 76 extend integrally from a section of the back film surfaces 74. The miniature loop fibers 76 are substantially similar to the miniature loop fibers of the miniature hook and loop combination known as VELCRO.
The miniature loop fibers 76 of the covering strips 68 are adapted to cooperate with the miniature hook fibers of the gripping strips 60 for releasably fixing the covering strips 68 over the peripheral edges of the sheet 50 and onto the gripping strips 60. The miniature hook fibers of the gripping strips 60 are adapted to extend through the apertures 66 of the sheet 50 and to grip the miniature loop fibers 76 of the covering strip 68.
The covering strip 68 is adapted to be positioned over the peripheral edges of the sheet 50 for esthetical purposes. The film front surfaces 72 of the covering strips 68 are adapted to be provided with a texture and a colour which are both esthetically pleasing.
The covering strips 68 will thus provide a visual frame for the window screen 10.
The covering strip 68 may also be used as a complementary means for further enhancing the gripping action on the peripheral edges of the sheet 50.
2129~08 ~~ When the peripheral edges of the sheet 50 are sandwiched between the gripping strips 60 and the covering strips 68, the miniature hook fibers 64 grippingly extend through the miniature apertures of the sheet 50. The miniature hook fibers which extend through the miniature apertures 66 also grippingly catch the miniature loop fibers 76 of 5 the covering strips 68.
The covering strips 68 are thus adapted to further increase the gripping action of the miniature hook fibers 64 of the gripping strips 60 on the peripheral edges of the sheet 50.
10In some instances, it may be desirable to release the gripping action of the grapping strips 60 on a predetermined section of the peripheral edges of the sheet 50 without completely removing the sheet 50 so that only a predetermined section of the window opening 12 remains covered by the sheet 50. The releasing of the gripping action of the gripping strips 60 over a predetermined section of the peripheral edges of the sheet 1550 will leave a section of the window opening 12 covered by the sheet 50 and will create an open section wherein the sheet 50is folded in order to uncover the sheet 50 from the window opening 12. Examples of situations wherein it may be desirable to partially open the window screen 10 include situations wherein a user sitting in the seat adjacent the sheet 50 needs to reach through the opening 12 in order to drop some money into the 20 collecting basket of a highway toll booth. Another example includes situations wherein the user may wish to exchange some goods for money at a driving-type of commerce such as service stations or a drive-in restaurant. The passenger may also simply wish to ,~anually adjust a side mirror such as the side mirror referred to by the reference numeral 80 in figure 2.
In all such situations, it may be desirable to provide for a system which will allow 5 for a covered section of the window opening 12 to remain covered by a corresponding section of the sheet 50 while allowing for an uncovered section of the window opening 12 to be temporarily uncovered from a corresponding section of the sheet 50. In order to allow for this type of arrangment, the present invention proposes the use of an interrupted covering strip 68.
As illustrated in figures 1 and 2, the covering strip 68 is provided with a pair of transversal slots 78 extending therethrough. Each transversal slot 78 have a longitudinal axis. The transversal slots 78 are positioned so that their respective longitudinal axis are substantially colinear. The substantially colinear axis of a pair of transversal slots 78 thus 15 define a folding line for the sheet 50. The transversal slots 78 are adapted to facilitate the folding of the covering strip 68 when a section of the sheet 50 is folded.
Since the covering strips 68 are often made of a relatively resilient material, the transversal slots 78 are adapted to prevent the covering strips 68 from biasing the sheet 20 50 towards its unfolded configuration. Furthermore, the transversal slots 78 are adapted to prevent the covering strips from developping unesthetical folding rinkles.
2l2s6as A grasping tab 82 extends integrally from a section of the lower peripheral edge of the lower portion of the covering strip 68. The grasping tab 82 is positioned intermediate a pair of transversal slots 78. The grasping tab 82 is adapted to facilitate the graping of the covering stip 68 when the sheet 50 if folded, as illustrated in figure folding 5 of the sheet 50 The window screen 10 is adapted to be sold in a form of a kit which will allow the user to custumize the shape and size of the sheet 50 and the length of the strips 60 and lO 68 according to the geometry of the window opening 12.
In order to initially install a window screen 10 over a window aperture 12, a user will initially cut the sheet 50 so that the shape and configuration of the sheet 50 once cut will allow the peripheral edges of the sheet 50 to override the structural components of 15 the vehicle door which surround the window opening 12. The user must also initially cut a set of strips of gripping tape 60 to the appropriate length and adhesively fix the strips of gripping tape 60 to the peripheral structures of the vehicle door which surround the - window aperture 12. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the back surface 62 of the gripping tapes 60 will be provided with a peel-off membrane which is adapted to 20 cover the adhesive coating on the back surface 62 during the shipping and handling of the gripping tapes 60 prior to their installation.
2129~8 -- Therefore, in order to install the gripping tapes 60 to their appropriate locations, the user merely needs to cut the gripping tapes to the appropriate length and pe el-off the peel-off membrane covering the back surface 62 prior to positioning the back surfaces 62 of the tapes 60 against the appropriate structural components of the vehicle door 5 which surround the window opening 12. In certain instances, it may be desirable to use a contact-type of glue as a means for further increasing the bound between the gripping tapes 60 and the structural components of the vehicle door on wich they are affixed.
Once the gripping tapes 60 have been appropriately fixed to the structural 10 components of the vehicle door which surround the window opening 12, the user may position the sheet 50 over the window opening 12 with the peripheral edges of the sheet 50 overriding the miniature hooks of the gripping tapes 60. As mentioned previously, the miniature hook fibers 64 are adapted to be grippingly and releasably inserted into the miniature apertures 66 defined in the meshed fibers of the sheet 50. The miniature hook 15 fibers 64 will thus releasably grip the peripheral edges of the sheet 50, hence holding the window screen 10 across the window opening 12.
If desired, the user may also cut some covering strips 68 to the appropriate length in order to be positioned over the gripping strips 60. In other words, the window screen 10 may be sold in a form of a kit which would comprise a relatively large sheet of meshed fibers adapted to be cut into a set of sheets 50 customized to the sixe and shape of the window apertures to be covered. The kit would also comprise a long strip which would 2129~08 be adapted to be cut into a set of gripping strips 60 and a long strip which would be also adapted to be cut into covering strips 68.
Once the sheet 50 has been initially cut to its proper size, and oce the gripping 5 strips 60 have been appropriately fixed to the structural components which surround the window opening 12, the user may position the sheet 50 at will over the window aperture 12 and may also remove the window screen 10 at will from its position wherein it overrides the window opening 12. When the window screen 10 in not in use, because of the flexible nature of the sheet 50 and of the covering strips 68, the window screen 10 10 can easily be rolled up in order to minimize storage space.
The window screen 10 in accordance with the present invention could also be sold in combination with a conventional vehicle door.
Claims (8)
1. A window screen adapted to extend across a window opening of a vehicle door, said window opening being surrounded by a set of internal structural components part of said vehicle door, said window screen comprising:
- a substantially flexible meshed sheet made of a set of meshed fibers, said meshed sheet having a set of peripheral edges, said meshed sheet being configured and sized so that said sheet is oversized relatively to said window aperture and so that, when said meshed sheet is positioned over said window opening, said peripheral edges of said meshed sheet override at least a fragment of said internal structural components which surround said window opening - a releasable fixing means for releasably fixing said peripheral edges of said meshed sheet to said structural components of said vehicle door which surround said window opening.
- a substantially flexible meshed sheet made of a set of meshed fibers, said meshed sheet having a set of peripheral edges, said meshed sheet being configured and sized so that said sheet is oversized relatively to said window aperture and so that, when said meshed sheet is positioned over said window opening, said peripheral edges of said meshed sheet override at least a fragment of said internal structural components which surround said window opening - a releasable fixing means for releasably fixing said peripheral edges of said meshed sheet to said structural components of said vehicle door which surround said window opening.
2. A window screen as recited in Claim 1, wherein said window opening is adapted to be closed by a window glass and wherein each one of said structural components has a structural component inner surface, said window glass extending across a window glass geometrical plane, said structural component inner surfaces extending in a structural component geometrical plane situated inside said vehicle inwardly relatively to said window glass and overriding said window glass geometrical plane, said window screen being configured and sized so that when said meshed sheet is positioned over said window opening, said peripheral edges of said meshed sheet override said structural component inner surfaces of said structural components which surround said window opening.
3. A window screen as recited in Claim 1, wherein said releasable fastening means is a set of gripping strips, each one of said gripping strips having a gripping strip back surface and a gripping strip front surface, each one of said gripping strip back surface being coated with an adhesive material, each one of said gripping strip front surface having a set of integrally extending miniature hook fibers.
4. A window screen as recited in Claim 3, wherein said meshed sheet defines a set of miniature mesh apertures extending through said meshed sheet and wherein said miniature hook fibers of said gripping strips are configured and sized in order to be releasably and grippingly insertable into said miniature apertures of said meshed sheet for releasably gripping said peripheral edges of said meshed sheet.
5. A window screen as recited in Claim 4, wherein said window screen further comprises a set of covering strips, each one of said covering strips having a covering strip front surface and a covering strip back surface, each one of said covering strip back surface having a set of integrally extending miniature loop fibers whereby, said peripheral edges of said meshed sheet are adapted to be sandwiched between said gripping strips and said covering strips with said miniature hook fibers of said gripping strips grippingly extending through said miniature apetures of said meshed sheet and said miniature hook fibers of said gripping strips also grippingly catching said miniature loop fibers of said covering strips.
6. A window screen as recited in Claim 5, further comprising a pair of transversal slots extending through said covering strips, each one of said transversal slots having a transversal slot longitudinal axis, said transversal slots being substantially colonear realtively to one antother.
7. A kit for assembling a window screen, said window screen being adapted to be positioned over a window aperture extending through a conventional vehicle door, said kit comprising:
- a sheet of meshed fibers, - a strip of gripping tape, said gripping tape having a gripping tape back surface and a gripping tape front surface, - an adhesive material coated on said gripping tape back surface, - a set of miniature hook fibers extending integrally from said gripping tape front surface.
- a sheet of meshed fibers, - a strip of gripping tape, said gripping tape having a gripping tape back surface and a gripping tape front surface, - an adhesive material coated on said gripping tape back surface, - a set of miniature hook fibers extending integrally from said gripping tape front surface.
8. A kit as recited in Claim 7 further comprising a strip of covering tape, said covering tape having a covering tape front surface and a covering tape back surface, a set of miniature loop fibers extending integrally from said covering tape back surface.
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