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US 10,151,334 · App. 15/370,171 · Granted Dec 11, 2018

Wind breaker

Inventor: Mark MacIlvane (Hawthorne, NY)
F15D1/0005E04H17/04E04H17/08E04H17/26
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Patent No.
US 10,151,334
App. No.
15/370,171
Granted
Dec 11, 2018
Kind
B1
Abstract

The wind breaker is a portable device that: 1) redirects the direction of natural outdoor air flow; and, 2) reduces the velocity of any natural outdoor air flow that is not redirected by the wind breaker. The wind breaker comprises a panel, a plurality of sleeves, and a plurality of stanchions.

Claims (38)

1. A wind breaker comprising:

a panel, a plurality of sleeves, and a plurality of stanchions;

wherein each of the plurality of sleeves are attached to the panel;

wherein each of the plurality of stanchions are inserted into a respective channel formed by the attachment of a sleeve selected from the plurality of sleeves to the panel;

wherein the wind breaker is a portable wind breaker;

wherein the wind breaker redirects a direction of a portion of a natural outdoor air flow directed towards the wind breaker;

wherein the wind breaker reduces the velocity of the portion of the natural outdoor air flow directed towards the wind breaker that is not redirected by the wind breaker;

wherein the wind breaker attaches to the ground near a protected space such that the wind breaker is supported from the ground;

wherein the panel is a mesh sheeting material;

wherein the panel is formed in the shape of a rectangular sheet;

wherein the panel is a flexible structure;

wherein each of the plurality of sleeves comprises a sleeve panel and a plurality of seams;

wherein the plurality of seams attaches the sleeve panel to the panel;

wherein each of the plurality of sleeves forms a channel;

wherein the channel is a tube-shaped structure within which a stanchion selected from the plurality of stanchions is inserted;

wherein each of the plurality of stanchions comprises a shaft, an auger, a handle, and a plurality of washers;

wherein each of the plurality of washers comprises a first washer and a second washer;

wherein the auger, the handle and the plurality of washers attach to the shaft;

wherein the shaft is a cylindrical pipe;

wherein the shaft is further defined with a first end and a second end;

wherein the first washer attaches to the first end of the shaft;

wherein the second washer attaches to the second end of the shaft;

wherein an outer diameter of the shaft is smaller than the inner dimension of the channel such that the shaft can be inserted through the channel;

wherein the auger attaches to the first end of the shaft such that a center axis of the auger is aligned with a center axis of the shaft and the first washer is between the auger and the shaft;

wherein the auger from any stanchion selected from the plurality of stanchions bores a hole in the ground;

wherein the auger from any stanchion selected from the plurality of stanchions secures the selected stanchion to the ground during the use of the wind breaker;

wherein the handle attaches to the second end of each stanchion selected from the plurality of stanchions;

wherein the second washer is between the handle and the stanchion;

wherein the handle is a structure that facilitates the rotation of the shaft;

wherein the plurality of washers limit a range of motion of the panel in a direction parallel to the center axis of the shaft;

wherein the panel can be rolled;

wherein the plurality of seams comprises a first seam and a second seam;

wherein a direction of the first seam and the second seam as installed on the panel is parallel to the direction of the center axis of the shaft;

wherein the panel is formed from a material selected from the group consisting of a textile material and a plastic material;

wherein the sleeve panel is a sheeting material;

wherein each of the plurality of seams is selected from the group consisting of a sewn seam, a heat bonded seam, an ultrasonically bonded seam, and a seam formed using an adhesive;

wherein the handle is a disk that attaches to the second end such that a line formed by the center axis of the shaft runs through a center of the handle;

wherein the sleeve panel of each sleeve selected from the plurality of sleeves is formed from a same material as that panel.

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