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| 20080202709 | SINGLE CORD DRIVE FOR COVERINGS FOR ARCHITECTURAL OPENINGS - A shade for architectural openings incorporating a single cord drive featuring automatic braking of the shade when the user releases the drive cord. In a preferred embodiment, an automatic tilt-open mechanism is provided to tilt the shade open when the shade is in the fully extended down position. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080245488 | SHUTTER-TYPE COVERING FOR ARCHITECTURAL OPENINGS - A Venetian-style window blind ( | 10-09-2008 |
| 20090101293 | LIGHT-BLOCKING HEADRAIL FOR ARCHITECTURAL COVERING - A light-blocking head-rail, and architectural coverings incorporating the headrail, include a light-blocking strip adapted to block out light. Embodiments of the light-blocking strip include bristles which tend to block substantially all of the light that might otherwise pass between a top surface of the headrail and a top beam of an architectural opening. The bristles can conform and fill in gaps between the top surface of the headrail and the top beam, and can further be compressed by a bracket connecting the headrail to the top beam of the architectural opening. Additional embodiments of the light-blocking strip are made from a flexible material that can be easily deflected and compressed when installed within an architectural opening. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090242332 | SPRING MOTOR FOR DRIVE FOR COVERINGS FOR ARCHITECTURAL OPENINGS - A spring motor and drag brake for use in coverings for architectural openings. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090293400 | SHUTTER FOR COVERING NON-RECTANGULAR ARCHITECTURAL OPENINGS - A shutter for use in coverings for architectural openings having non-conventional geometries provides closure in both the room side up and room side down directions. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20100065226 | SELECTIVE TILTING FOR BLINDS - VARIABLE RADIUS WRAP DOUBLE PITCH - A tilter system for a window blind permits the slats of the blind to be tilted open or closed in a number of different configurations, including a double pitch configuration, depending on the routing of tilt cables or actuator cords. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20110031343 | SINGLE CORD DRIVE FOR COVERINGS FOR ARCHITECTURAL OPENINGS - A shade for architectural openings incorporating a single cord drive featuring automatic braking of the shade when the user releases the drive cord. In a preferred embodiment, an automatic tilt-open mechanism is provided to tilt the shade open when the shade is in the fully extended down position. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110094687 | SELECTIVE TILTING FOR BLINDS INCLUDING DRIVEN DRUMS - A tilter system for a window blind permits the slats of the blind to be tilted open or closed in a number of different configurations, including a double pitch configuration, depending on the routing of tilt cables or actuator cords. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110126994 | COVERING FOR ARCHITECTURAL OPENINGS WITH BRAKES IN SERIES - A cord drive mechanism to convert linear motion to circular motion for use in coverings for architectural openings. Various controls are used to provide a braking force on the cord. Some of the embodiments incorporate a capstan. | 06-02-2011 |
