| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 219203000 | Windshield or window | 50 |
| 20130075383 | TRANSPARENT HEATING DEVICE - Disclosed herein is a transparent heating device. The transparent heating device according to exemplary embodiments of the present invention includes a transparent heating unit disposed on one side portion of the window to generate heat so as to remove and prevent frost or condensation over the window. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130032584 | SELF-ACTUATED DEFOGGER SYSTEM - A defogger system includes structure defining a window or a mirror, a heating element operatively connected to the structure to selectively apply heat to the structure, and a source of electrical energy. The defogger system also includes a switch and an electrically conductive path from the source of electrical energy to the heating element. The switch includes an active material member, and is configured such that the switch interrupts the electrically conductive path when the active material member is above a predetermined temperature. The switch is also configured such that the switch does not interrupt the electrically conductive path when the active material member is below the predetermined temperature. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130082043 | HEATABLE TRANSPARENCY - An aircraft transparency has a heatable member to remove fog, ice and snow from the outer surface of the transparency. The heatable member includes a pair of spaced parallel bus bars with the ends of the bus bars offset from one another, and a coating including a plurality of spaced segments of an electrically conductive coating electrically connecting the bus bars. The ratio of the major diagonal to the minor diagonal is in the range of greater than 1 to 1.25 to more uniformly heat the coating and the outer surface of the transparency. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130048622 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR HEATING WINDOWS OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - Method and apparatus for heating windows of a motor vehicle with a vehicle heating system which directs warm air onto the windows in a controlled manner, wherein the motor vehicle has electrically heated windows (in particular a front windscreen and/or a rear backlite window) and side windows without electrical heating. The warm air from the vehicle heating system is concentrated on the windows without electrical heating when the electric window heating is switched on. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20100006555 | ASSEMBLY FORMED BY AN ELECTRICALLY-HEATABLE GLAZING UNIT AND AN APPARATUS SENSITIVE TO MAGNETIC FIELDS - In an electrically-heated glazing unit including a plurality of collector conductors configured to supply a plurality of heating conductors with an electric current used to heat up the heating conductors and the glazing unit, at least one partial region of the surface of the glazing unit includes an arrangement of parallel heating conductors in which the current flows in opposing directions. The arrangement of the heating conductors in the partial region of the surface is tuned to minimize by mutual compensation or eliminate the magnetic field acting locally within this partial region and perpendicularly to the plane of the glazing unit when the current flows. The operation of an apparatus sensitive to magnetic fields, for example a compass, in the immediate vicinity of the glazing unit thus becomes more reliable. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20090206068 | Window-glass heating device - A window-glass heating device for providing each adequate heat amount in accordance with each parts of the glass and for securing the good visibility to a driver, comprises: a first heater having a transparent heating film attached on the whole surface of the vehicle window glass; a second heater having a transparent heating film attached on a part of the surface of the vehicle window glass and being arranged at least overlapped with the first heater; a heating-requirement detector for detecting at least one of heating requirements such as the outside temperature, the inside temperature and any input through the operational equipments of vehicle inside; and a heating controller for controlling heat amount of the first and second heaters depending on the heating requirement. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090014426 | Heatable Glass Pane - Disclosed is a heated window pane ( | 01-15-2009 |
| 20120234816 | Systems And Methods For Windshield Deicing - Cost efficient, lightweight and rapid windshield deicing systems and methods are disclosed. The systems utilize step-up converters or inverters, or dual-voltage batteries, to provide a voltage high enough to deice a windshield in less than thirty seconds at ambient temperatures above −10 C. Some of the disclosed systems include sensors for deicing element and ambient temperatures, and in some embodiments windspeed. All embodiments have a controller for limiting deicing time to that sufficient to melt a boundary layer of ice. The controller of embodiments with sensors computes deicing time as a function of ambient temperature. Embodiments interact with wiper systems to enable wipers to clear ice once the boundary layer is melted. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20110297661 | DEFROSTING, DEFOGGING AND DE-ICING STRUCTURES - Defrosting, defogging, and de-icing structures are disclosed herein. An example of the structure includes at least one optically transparent member, at least one electrical strip extending along the at least one surface of the at least one optically transparent member; and an optically transparent composite established on at least the at least one surface of the at least one optically transparent member. The composite is in thermal communication with the at least one electrical strip. The composite includes a matrix, and a predetermined amount of graphene. The predetermined amount is based upon a predetermined transparency for the structure and a predetermined thermal conductivity of the structure. Furthermore, the structure is configured such that the graphene functions as a thermal conductor for substantially uniform heating of the composite and not an electrical conductor. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20080203078 | WINDSHIELD HEATER - The present invention is a vehicle windshield assembly for assisting a vehicle defroster in melting ice or snow on a vehicle windshield by engaging and heating an outer circumference area of an inner side of the windshield using a flexible electrical heating element, an adhesive for adhering the heating element to the windshield, an electrical conductor for electrically connecting the heating element to an electrical outlet in the vehicle, and an electrical control device for controlling operation of the heating element at a plurality of heating levels. The heating element may be capable of plugging directly into a universal vehicle power outlet, lighter socket, fuse box, or the vehicle's electrical system. A heating element is held to an outer perimeter of the windshield using a flexible adhesive tape, a permanent adhesive, or may be sandwiched between two panels of glass forming the windshield. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20100032421 | FLAT ELECTRIC HEATER ELEMENT, IN PARTICULAR FOR GLASS PANES OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - Flat electric heater element having a self-adhesive surface for the purpose of adhesive-bonding to a glass pane of a motor vehicle, and having a passage opening to allow the passage of signals from/to a signaling device which is installed in the motor vehicle. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20090050614 | VEHICLE SIDE WINDOW HEATING SYSTEMS - In accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a heating system for a side window of a vehicle is provided. The heating system comprises a belt seal and a resistive element. The belt seal is configured to be installed on the vehicle at a location at least partially surrounding the side window. The resistive element is embedded within the belt seal. The resistive element is configured to receive power from a power source and to heat the side window. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20100084389 | Systems And Methods For Modifying An Ice-To-Object Interface - A windshield deicer has a windshield with a substantially transparent heating element that generates heat in response to applied power in a magnitude sufficient to melt an interfacial layer of ice on the windshield; and a controller for limiting duration of the applied power such that a heat diffusion distance into the interfacial layer of ice and/or the windshield is less than about a thickness of the ice and/or the windshield. In an embodiment, the heating element is visually transparent semiconductor material having an electron gap larger than about 3 eV, and examples are given including ZnO and ZnS films. In another embodiment, the heating element is a transparent conductor made from indium tin oxide (ITO), tin oxide, metal, and mixtures thereof. In another embodiment, the heating element dissipates at least 2 kilowatts per square meter. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20110198334 | METHOD FOR OBTAINING A HEATED GLAZING - The subject of the invention is a method of obtaining a heated window, comprising
| 08-18-2011 |
| 20110204037 | WINDSHIELD HEATER - A windshield heater for heating the bottom section of a vehicle windshield includes a heating element located proximate the windshield selectively energized by direct current from the electrical circuit of the vehicle. The heater may be a heating element directly adhered to the windshield. Alternatively, the heater may include a sleeve enveloping the length of the heating element and a corresponding length of compressible material to lodge the heater between the windshield and the adjacent section of a dashboard to place the heating element proximate the windshield. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20080308542 | Heated Glass Guard with Sensorless Control for Forklift Trucks - An open forklift truck is provided having an elongated windshield that protects the operator from wind chills experienced when operating the truck in a cold storage environment. The windshield is a laminate having a plurality of heating elements disposed therein that are electrically connected to a control that monitors speed, battery voltage, temperature, and ambient feedback and adjusts the power supply to the windshield based on this feedback. Accordingly, the windshield is maintained at a predetermined temperature selected to limit condensation and fogging of the windshield. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20110006050 | Thermally Heated Collapsible Sun shade - The present invention is a heated sun shield assembly that has suction cups which attach the shield to the windshield of an automobile. The shade has a flexible opaque heated sheet that is attached to a flexible frame. The frame is designed and can be folded and twisted into a plurality of concentric loops that can be placed in a pouch for storage. The opaque sheet has affixed to one surface, a thermal electric foil or conductive ink grid, which connects to 12-volt supply wires, a 12-volt cigarette lighter adapter and a timer delay mechanism. Therefore it is the object of the present invention to provide a collapsible or roll up heated sun shield assembly that can shade the interior of an automobile as well as defrost the windshield. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110215078 | WINDSHIELD HEATER - A windshield heater includes a substrate that is sized and shaped to cover a typical automotive windshield when placed adjacent an interior side of the windshield. The device includes one or more heating elements supported by the substrate, with the heating elements being connected to a power source to carry an electrical current or other means of producing heat throughout the heating elements. The heating elements radiate heat toward the windshield, thereby warming the windshield and either defrosting it or preventing frost from building up in the first place. The heater may include a timer and thermal control circuitry. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20120193340 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CLEANING AND DE-ICING - A windshield heated liquid spray assembly including a liquid heating assembly and a heated liquid spray assembly operative to spray the heated liquid onto a windshield, the liquid heating assembly including a liquid heating chamber, at least one heating element disposed in the liquid heating chamber and an electrical power supply connection to the at least one heating element that includes a meltable conductor portion. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120193341 | COATED DISK HAVING A HEATABLE COMMUNICATION WINDOW - A transparent disk that can be electrically heated over a large surface area, comprising: a large-surface-area, electrically conductive, transparent coating, which is applied to a transparent substrate, at least two bus ribbons, which are electrically connected to the electrically conductive transparent coating, at least one locally delimited region free from the coating, wherein at least one heating conductor having two poles is applied inside the free region, and wherein the first pole is electrically connected to the electrically conductive, transparent coating and the second pole is electrically connected to the electrically conductive, transparent coating or a bus ribbon. A method for the production of the disk is also described. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20100193494 | Conductive Compositions - A conductive composition having a conductive component, a glass frit component, an organic medium, a boride component and a platinum group metal component, is provided. Embodiments of the conductive composition incorporate a palladium component and boride component selected from ZrB | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100258547 | ELECTRICALLY HEATABLE LAMINATED GLAZING - The invention discloses an electrically heated window having minimised hot spots. The window comprises at least two plies of a glazing material having a ply of an interlayer material laminated therebetween. An array of heating wires is carried by one of the plies, the heating wires extending between a first electrical connection means and a second electrical connection means for supplying current through the wires, the first and second electrical connection means being substantially parallel to each other. The first electrical connection means is shaped so as to define a wire-free area to allow a data signal to be transmitted through the window to a device positioned in the vicinity of the wire-free area. The second electrical connection means is shaped to correspond to the first electrical connection means, such that the heating wires in the array have a substantially constant length. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20110174796 | Vehicles Including Rear Defroster Assemblies with Protective Barriers - A vehicle includes a rear window and a defroster assembly including heating lines extending across the rear window. A protective barrier at least partially covers the heating lines. The protective barrier includes a film that provides a barrier between the heating lines and sulfur gases generated by components of the vehicle. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20100213183 | TRANSPARENT WINDOW WITH AN ELECTRICALLY HEATABLE COATING - A transparent window ( | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100219173 | VIEWING WINDOW FOR THE ARRANGEMENT OF AN OPTICAL SENSOR AND/OR DETECTION SYSTEM IN A VEHICLE - A viewing window for an optical sensor and/or detection system in a vehicle, wherein at least one viewing field of the optical system is defined within the viewing window. A window-heating device encircles the viewing field while the viewing field itself is designed to be free from integrated elements or surface-mounted elements. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100243632 | VEHICLE WINDOW PANEL - A vehicle window panel includes a panel body having a plate shape and made of a resin material. The panel body integrally includes a window portion permitting light to pass therethrough. A conductive layer strip is formed on an interior surface of the window portion by applying a paste containing silver powder, as a main component, and thermosetting resin, as a binder, onto the interior surface. The layer strip has a width ranging from 0.05 mm to 0.1 mm, both inclusive. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100252545 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTION TO PRINTED CIRCUITS ON PLASTIC PANELS - A system for effectively defrosting a plastic window includes a transparent plastic panel, a heater grid having a plurality of grid lines that are integrally formed with the plastic panel, and equalizing means for equalizing the electrical current traveling through each of the grid lines. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20110233182 | HEATED VEHICLE WINDOW - A heated vehicle window includes at least one ply of a glazing material, provided with an antenna and an array of electrical conductors forming a heating circuit. The heating circuit comprises a plurality of electrical conductors and at least two busbars for supplying direct electrical current to which the electrical conductors are connected. A discrete electrically conductive layer is provided to cover at least a portion of at least two of the busbars in direct current electrical isolation therefrom. The busbars and the discrete electrically conductive layer act as a capacitor in the presence of alternating electrical current. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20090321407 | HEATABLE VEHICLE GLAZING - A vehicle glazing comprising a pane of glazing material, e.g. glass, and a heatable coating layer provided on a surface of the glazing, in electrical contact with first and second electrically conductive busbars, each busbar having a length, a width and first and second ends, the width of at least one of the busbars being gradually reduced towards at least one of its ends. The glazing may be a laminate, having a further pane of glazing material joined to the pane of glazing material by a ply of interlayer material. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100059495 | Heated Multiple Layer Glazings - The present invention provides interlayers that comprise a polymer film onto which micro lines have been formed from a conductive material. The interlayers comprising such films can be incorporated, for example, into a two glass pane multiple layer glazing. Such glazings can be used, for example, in automobile windscreens or rear window applications or other applications that require a heated glazing panel. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20110062139 | Transparent Window Pane Provided with a Resistive Heating Coating - A transparent glazing unit including a resistive heating coating that extends over a substantial part of the glazing unit, in particular over a main viewing field, and is electrically connected to at least two busbars such that, when an electrical supply voltage is applied between the busbars, a current flows, which heats a heating field in the coating. The heating field includes at least one semiresistive region in direct contact with at least one busbar. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20080290081 | Anti-Fogging Device and Anti-Fogging Viewing Member - An anti-fogging device has a substantially transparent or optically clear plastic layer with a heater element formed of etched metallic foil bonded to it. The device has an adhesive element disposed at the periphery of the device for sticking to a viewing member such as a motorcycle helmet visor, surgical mask or rear windscreen for a convertible car, to leave a gap between the heater element and the viewing member. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20110253692 | Electrical heater for vehicle windshields and windows - An electrical heater for vehicle windshields and windows includes an electrically driven heater element and heater circuit wiring electrically connected to the element for electrically the element to produce heat from the element when energized, wherein the heater circuit wiring is adapted to only be electrically connected to a conventional DC electrical system of a vehicle, and wherein the heater element is adapted to only be mounted to the under-windshield vents of the vehicle to thereby direct airflow flowing over the heater element as forced by the vehicle's heater core fan through the vehicle ducting and out from the vehicle's under-windshield vents only onto the underside of the windshield. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20080203079 | Vehicle window with de-icing feature and method - A window such as a vehicle window (e.g., windshield) has a de-icing feature. In certain example embodiments, a conductive structure is provided on an interior surface of a substrate of the window, AC tuned to an ice removal frequency is caused to run through the conductive structure, and fields generated by the AC passing through the conductive structure propagate through the substrate to an exterior surface of the window and can be absorbed by ice thereby causing the ice to melt and/or be removed from the window. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20110132888 | DEVICE FOR ELECTRICALLY CONNECTING LAMINATED GLAZING TO AN APPARATUS OUTSIDE THE GLAZING, METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING GLAZING PROVIDED WITH ONE SUCH CONNECTION DEVICE, AND RESULTING GLAZING - A connection device configured to equip a laminated glazing unit requiring an electrical connection to equipment outside of the glazing unit. The laminated glazing unit includes at least one set of two sheets having a glass function between which are positioned a lamination interlayer sheet and at least one current lead. The connection device includes conductive portions that extend both on the inside and outside of the glazing unit, the internal conductive region configured to be connected to the current lead(s) and the external conductive region configured for connection to the equipment outside of the glazing unit and protected by an insulating shell. The external conductive region with its insulating shell is in a form of a connection box for connection via wiring to the equipment outside the glazing unit, the box including a mechanism receiving the conductive portion inside the glazing unit. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20100237055 | DEFROSTING OR DEFOGGING STRUCTURE - A defrosting or defogging structure includes at least one optically transparent member and an optically transparent composite laminated to the optically transparent member(s). The optically transparent composite includes a thermally and electrically conductive filler material embedded in a polymer matrix. The filler material has at least one dimension on the nanoscale. The optically transparent composite is configured to heat the optically transparent member(s) when an electric current is applied thereto. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20120000896 | ELECTRICALLY EXTENSIVELY HEATABLE, TRANSPARENT OBJECT, METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF, AND USE THEREOF - A heatable, transparent object and methods of making such device are described. Such device can be electrically heatable and can be created on an electrically insulating substrate. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20110155713 | Carbon nanotube defrost windows - A defrost window includes a transparent substrate, a carbon nanotube film, a first electrode, a second electrode and a protective layer. The transparent substrate has a top surface. The carbon nanotube film is disposed on the top surface of the transparent substrate. The first electrode and the second electrode electrically connect to the carbon nanotube film and space from each other. The protective layer covers the carbon nanotube film. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20120152930 | ELECTRICALLY HEATED WINDOW - An electrically heated window comprising at least two plies of a glazing material; at least one ply of an interlayer material; a grid of at least one electrically conductive pathway attached to a film; and an electrical connector for supplying current to the grid in order to heat the window; wherein the at least one ply of an interlayer material, the grid and the film are laminated between the at least two plies of a glazing material. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120103961 | TRANSPARENT ARTICLE WHICH CAN BE ELECTRICALLY EXTENSIVELY HEATED, METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF AND THE USE THEREOF - An electrically heatable, transparent article and a method for fabricating such article are described. The article comprises an electrically conductive transparent coating and a transparent substrate. The coating is in contact with electrical bus bars and delimits a localized region, which contains a coating-free transparent region. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120103960 | DISC WITH A HEATABLE, OPTICALLY TRANSPARENT SENSOR ARRAY - A pane having a heatable, optically transparent sensor array comprising at least: a) a pane, b) at least one optically transparent sensor array on the surface of the pane, c) at least one heatable film which is fitted to the optically transparent sensor array, comprising: c1) a support film, c2) a heatable coating, printed conductors, meshes and/or heating wires on the support film, d) at least one electrical contact-making means, which is fitted to the heatable coating and/or to the heating wires, and e) encapsulation, which is fitted to the optically transparent sensor array and to the heatable film, and a sensor which is fitted in the encapsulation. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20100252544 | GLAZING COMPRISING A NETWORK OF CONDUCTING WIRES - The invention relates to glazing units provided with conducting wires. The glazing units according to the invention comprise enameled conducting wires applied by screen-printing. When subjected to a “zebra” test (DIN 52305), in which the conducting wires are oriented parallel to those of the image of the test and the glazing receives the incident light beam at an angle of 30° C. in relation to the normal to the glazing, the increase in distortion in relation to that of the glazing without conducting wires is at most 70% and preferably at most 50%. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20120132634 | Deicing method based on carbon/glass fiber hybrid textile - The present disclosure relates to a deicing method based on carbon/glass fiber hybrid textile, with carbon fiber rovings in warp direction and AR-glass fiber rovings in weft direction; additionally, the mesh size of the textile is not less than 10 mm* 10 mm. The carbon/glass fiber hybrid textile treated with epoxy resin impregnating and sand penetration is embedded into thermal conducting layer, and carbon fiber rovings are wired to high power supply to turn electric energy into heat energy, which can melt ice and snow on the surface of thermal conducting layer when the surface temperature exceeds zero degree Celsius. In order to reduce thermal loss and make full use of thermal energy, thermal insulation layer is placed between thermal conducting layer and the substrate. The deicing temperature can be adjusted with designed temperature controller, which can optimize control parameters according to current surface temperature, wind speed, snow and ice thickness, environment temperature and expected deicing time. The carbon/glass fiber hybrid textile can realize uniform and rapid heating, and the method possesses reliable performance, strengthening and toughening substrate, low cost and long service life. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20100270280 | TRANSPARENT WINDOW PANE WITH A HEATING COATING - A transparent window pane including an electrically heating coating that extends over a large part of the surface of the window pane, or over its field of vision, and which is electrically connected to at least two busbars of low electrical resistance, such that, after an electrical supply voltage has been applied to the busbars, an electrical current flows in a heating field formed by the coating. Further, a heating element includes conducting elements of low electrical resistance, or printed conducting tracks and/or wires, in a zone of the surface not heated by the coating, which preferably lies on the edge of the transparent window pane and on the same face as the coating. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100314378 | GLASS PANE AND GLASS PANE ARRANGEMENT - The invention relates to a glass pane ( | 12-16-2010 |
| 20130020303 | HEATING ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - The present invention relates to a heating element and to a method for manufacturing same, and more particularly, to a heating element and to a method for manufacturing same wherein the heating element comprises a) a transparent substrate, and b) a conductive heating pattern formed on at least one surface of the transparent substrate, wherein the average distance between lines in a vertical direction of the conductive heating pattern is wider than the average distance between lines in a horizontal direction thereof. The heating element according to the present invention not only minimizes the side effects due to diffraction and interference phenomena of light but also exhibits superior heating performance at a low voltage while being invisible. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20120091114 | SLIDING WINDOW ASSEMBLY - A sliding window assembly for a vehicle is disclosed. The assembly includes panels and heating grids coupled to respective panels for defrosting the panels. The assembly further includes a conductive element in continuous electrical connection to the panels for defrosting the panels. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120091113 | SLIDING WINDOW ASSEMBLY - A cable drive system and a sliding window assembly for a vehicle are disclosed. The sliding window assembly includes a track adapted to be coupled to the vehicle. The sliding window assembly further includes a sliding panel coupled to the track and movable relative to the track between an open position and a closed position. A heating grid is coupled to the sliding panel for defrosting the sliding panel. The sliding window assembly also includes a cable coupled to the sliding panel for moving the sliding panel between the open and closed positions. In addition, the sliding window assembly includes a conductive element electrically connected to the heating grid and coupled with the cable such that the conductive element moves concurrently with the cable as the cable moves the sliding panel between the open and closed positions. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20080223842 | Systems And Methods For Windshield Deicing - Cost efficient, lightweight and rapid windshield deicing systems and methods are disclosed. The systems utilize step-up converters or inverters, or dual-voltage batteries, to provide a voltage high enough to deice a windshield in less than thirty seconds. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080197122 | Combination defroster panel and sunshade for vehicle glass - The combination defroster panel and sunshade for vehicle glass includes an electrically heated element disposed upon one side of a rigid panel and a reflective surface disposed upon the opposite side of the panel. The device is placed adjacent to the interior surface of the window glass of a vehicle for operation. The panel may be placed with the heating element facing the interior surface of the glass, and electrical power (battery, power grid, etc.) provided to melt ice and/or snow from the exterior of the glass and/or to evaporate condensation from the interior surface of the glass. Alternatively, the device may be placed with the reflective surface facing the interior of the glass, to reduce the interior temperature of the vehicle. The combination panel may be formed as a single rigid panel, or, alternatively, as a plurality of smaller panels hinged together to facilitate storage. | 08-21-2008 |
