Document Type
Patent
Publication Date
February 2015
Patent Number
8960259
CPC
E06B 9/06(20130101), F24F 13/082(20130101), F24F 2011/0038(20130101)
Abstract
In one embodiment, a variable screen includes a generally flat sheet having a front surface, a back surface, and a plurality of elongated slits that extend through the sheet from the front surface to the back surface, wherein the sheet includes a shape memory material that enables the slits to open into openings through which light and fluid can pass when a tensile force is applied to the sheet in a direction generally perpendicular to the slits and further enables the slits and openings to automatically when the tensile force is removed.
Application Number
13/231,271
Recommended Citation
Weston, Mark, "Variable screening" (2015). USF Patents. 7.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/usf_patents/7
Assignees
University of South Florida
Filing Date
09/13/2011
