Variable screening

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8960259
APP PUB NO 20120061029A1
SERIAL NO

13231271

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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.

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  • UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA

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Weston, Mark Bradenton, US 17 282

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