| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| RE38555 |
Continuous chain caster and method |
July 13, 2004 |
| A continuous chain caster has upper and lower mold assemblies comprising endless belts and chains traveling at synchronized speeds. The mold assemblies meet to form a mold channel which is filled with molten metal from a headbox and feed tip. As the molten metal passes through the mold |
| D585225 |
Cord weight for a covering for an architectural opening |
January 27, 2009 |
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| D568662 |
Folding shade of washi fabric |
May 13, 2008 |
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| D568082 |
Roman shade of washi fabric |
May 6, 2008 |
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| D522787 |
Tassel for coverings for architectural openings |
June 13, 2006 |
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| D509692 |
Blinds for an architectural opening |
September 20, 2005 |
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| D443456 |
Bottom rail end cap for Venetian blind |
June 12, 2001 |
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| D440104 |
Cord weight for coverings for architectural openings |
April 10, 2001 |
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| D273233 |
Roofing tile |
March 27, 1984 |
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| 7562688 |
Bearing cradle |
July 21, 2009 |
| A cradle for rotatably supporting at least one drive spool for a window covering about which a drive cord is windable includes a pair of left and right bearing blocks in side-by-side relationship, a bottom web connecting the left and right bearing blocks and a first opening in the bo |
| 7500506 |
Spindle-type holder for a vertical blind vane |
March 10, 2009 |
| A vertically adjustable holder for interconnecting a carrier in a control system for a vertical vane covering for an architectural opening and a suspended vane includes two component parts which are rotatably adjustable relative to each other to increase or decrease the length of the |
| 7464742 |
Raising and lowering mechanism for blinds |
December 16, 2008 |
| A cord spool for winding a lift cord for lifting or lowering a window covering wherein the cord spool includes an elongated general cylindrical body with a large diameter end and a small diameter end and a circumferential outer surface of a given length extending therebetween. The ci |
| 7451956 |
Adjustable bracket assembly |
November 18, 2008 |
| An adjustable bracket for mounting the headrail for a covering for architectural openings includes a stationary base member mountable on a wall or ceiling surface having a slot formed therein and a headrail holder connectable to the headrail and adjustably movable and operably connec |
| 7438115 |
Attachment of an architectural covering |
October 21, 2008 |
| A system for attaching a shade material to a roller having recesses in its surface includes inserting portions of the shade material into an associated elongated recess and retaining the material in the recess with an attachment member having peaks and valleys along its length for in |
| 7426954 |
Ratchet-type holder for a vertical blind vane |
September 23, 2008 |
| A holder for interconnecting a carrier in a control system for a vertical vane covering for architectural openings with a suspended vane includes first and second parts with horizontally oriented engagement portions which are interconnectable at vertically spaced positions to move the |
| 7383871 |
Equalizing connector for window covering pull cords |
June 10, 2008 |
| A connector for joining the ends of a plurality of lift cords from a window covering assembly together. Each lift cord is individually secured to the assembled connector via its own securing system. A pull cord extends downwardly from the connector for use in raising or lowering the |
| 7353857 |
Chain stopper |
April 8, 2008 |
| A ball chain stopper for inhibiting movement of ball chains used in window blinds and the like for moving the blinds between operative positions is adapted to be attached to intermediate chain members which interconnect adjacent balls of the ball chain. The ball stoppers are characterize |
| 7322157 |
Ceiling paneling system |
January 29, 2008 |
| A paneling system for ceilings of a building structure in which the panels are suspended by hook shaped flanges, on opposite sides of each panel from flat arms of L- or Z-shaped panel carriers or support rails. One flange of each panel extends over the flange of a neighboring panel atop |
| 7299851 |
Safety cord connector |
November 27, 2007 |
| A cord connector for use in a covering for an architectural opening, the connector being designed to interconnect a plurality of operating cords with a single pull cord and wherein the connector includes two interconnectable members that when interconnected define an interior space i |
| 7284736 |
Mounting bracket |
October 23, 2007 |
| A one-piece bracket for mounting the headrail of a covering for an architectural opening comprises a generally L-shaped piece having a system for retaining the headrail on the bracket and restricting movement of the headrail on the bracket. |
| 7281564 |
Tassel for a covering for an architectural opening |
October 16, 2007 |
| A tassel for use in a covering for an architectural opening is provided with an opening in one end for receiving a flexible elongated member of the type used in operating such coverings and an opening of a different configuration in the opposite end for receiving a wand or similar rigid |
| 7261137 |
Retractable blind assembly |
August 28, 2007 |
| A retractable blind assembly including a top section (3,103) with a vertically-extending blind covering material (23,123) extending between a fixed inclined head rail (5,105) and a middle rail (7,107) that is pivotable with respect to the head rail (5,105) about a pivot center that i |
| 7216687 |
Cord tensioner |
May 15, 2007 |
| A cord tensioner for the guide cords of a cord-guided window blind with movable rails holding a blind material. The cord tensioner, located at one of the rails, is a helically wound, extension spring with an integral extension limiter, extending axially through the spring, to prevent it |
| 7192633 |
Architectural covering |
March 20, 2007 |
| A covering for an architectural opening, having a first layer with alternating relatively opaque stripes and relatively translucent stripes, and a second layer with alternating relatively opaque stripes and relatively translucent stripes. The first and second layers are positioned on |
| 7117920 |
Automatically activated cord lock |
October 10, 2006 |
| A cord lock for use in a window covering for selectively locking lift cords in a predetermined position includes a housing adapted to be fitted in the head rail of the window covering with the housing having a pivotal locking lever with a cord gripping formation at one end adjacent a |
| 7117918 |
Mounting device for a guide cord |
October 10, 2006 |
| A two-part mounting device for attaching a free end of a guide cord of a window covering to a window frame. The device includes a base that can be secured to the frame and a holder which can be attached to the free end of the cord. The holder and the free end of the guide cord can be mov |
| 7108038 |
Cord tensioner |
September 19, 2006 |
| A cord tensioner for a guide cord of a cord-guided blind which has an upper rail, a lower rail and a blind material extending between the upper and lower rails and in which the upper rail, the lower rail or both is movable; the cord tensioner being attached to the upper or lower rail; |
| 6978821 |
Rail for a fabric blind and method of attaching rail to a fabric |
December 27, 2005 |
| An elongate hollow rail for a fabric covering for an architectural opening, such as a bottom rail for a fabric roller blind or a top or bottom rail for a roman shade, having an upper portion with a lengthwise upper opening in the top of the rail and being characterized by a pair of lengt |
| 6931907 |
Curved building panel with stress-reducing apertures |
August 23, 2005 |
| A longitudinally curved building panel, such as a wall or ceiling panel, comprising upstanding lateral side flanges having a plurality of stress-reduction apertures and a mounting bracket for suspending a pair of adjacent building panels. |
| 6805771 |
Pressure laminator apparatus and non woven fabric formed thereby |
October 19, 2004 |
| This invention relates to a lamination apparatus and in particular to a dual belt driven, continuous pressure lamination apparatus that utilizes pressure, heat and cooling to bond at least two substrates (plies) with an adhesive between the layers of the substrates. The pressure laminato |
| 6749000 |
Safety device for cord-operated control system |
June 15, 2004 |
| A cord-operated control system for a venetian blind, in which a housing, attached to the head rail, holds a first drive wheel that is operatively connected to a driven bind member that rotates in opposite directions to open and close the blind with rotation of the first drive wheel in |
| 6637492 |
Drive mechanism and head rail for a blind |
October 28, 2003 |
| A head rail for a vertical blind, the head rail being elongate and having a drive mechanism at one end for selectively tilting and retracting slats of the vertical blind along the length of the head rail, the drive mechanism including a rotatable tilt drive for tilting slats, a rotatable |
| 6637086 |
Method and arrangement for automatic bow adjustment |
October 28, 2003 |
| The present invention relates to a method for automatic bow adjustment for a venetian blind assembly machine, said bow adjustment station comprising rollers (48; 104, 106) for guiding, bending and levelling a strip material (43; 112), and further comprising a forming section (36; 102) wh |
| 6582794 |
Architectural covering |
June 24, 2003 |
| A covering for an architectural opening, having a first layer with alternating relatively opaque stripes and relatively translucent stripes, and a second layer with alternation relatively opaque stripes and relatively translucent stripes. The first and second layers are positioned on |
| 6543517 |
Carrier and spacer assembly |
April 8, 2003 |
| A carrier and spacer assembly for an architectural covering, such as a vertical Venetian blind, comprising a longitudinally-arrayed plurality of carriers that are slidably arranged for longitudinal movement along a longitudinally-extending tilt rod between open and closed positions. In |
| 6511705 |
Method of treating fabric |
January 28, 2003 |
| The invention relates to a method of treating fabric material which may be used for a window covering, for example. The fabric has a first finish on a first side provided by a first pigment having a first particle size and a second finish on the second side provided by a second pigment h |
| 6463990 |
Method for mounting a fabric |
October 15, 2002 |
| A method of forming a strip-like mounting element (14a) in situ on a side of a flexible, preferably fabric, sheet (16) comprising the steps of proving a thermoplastic, preferably a hot-melt adhesive (14), in a heated state in a longitudinally-extending undercut groove (12) of a longi |
| 6457688 |
End cap and mounting support combination |
October 1, 2002 |
| An end cap and mounting support combination comprising an end cap (11, 111, 211, 311, 411) disengagably engagable with a support bracket (3) and one of the end cap and the support bracket being provided with: a laterally open slot (20, 120, 220, 320, 420) for accommodating an axially ext |
| 6450234 |
Holder for a depending hollow architectural covering |
September 17, 2002 |
| A holder for suspending a vertical vane or the like in an architectural covering includes a male component connectible to the control system for the architectural covering and a female component connected to a vane of the architectural covering. The male and female components are releasa |
| 6443210 |
Winding mechanism |
September 3, 2002 |
| A winding mechanism for controlling the retraction and deployment of an architectural covering, such as a window blind or shade having a winding element 12, about which the covering, or its lift cord or tapes are wound and unwound with rotation of the winding element about a first axis o |
| 6422288 |
Venetian blind with variable tilting |
July 23, 2002 |
| A venetian blind including vertically-extending slat-supporting ladders is described. Each ladder comprises (i) first and second vertical members connected by cross-rungs, (ii) slats, each slat being supported on a cross rung of each ladder, (iii) an adjusting mechanism for pivoting the |
| 6397917 |
Combined multiple-glazed window and light-control assembly |
June 4, 2002 |
| A double-pane window having a light-control assembly within its peripheral frame. The light-control assembly has an upper section which is adapted to redirect light entering the window through the outside pane so that the light, exiting the window through the inside pane, is reflected up |
| 6394169 |
Carrier and spacer assembly |
May 28, 2002 |
| A carrier and spacer assembly for an architectural covering, such as a vertical Venetian blind, comprising a longitudinally-arrayed plurality of carriers that are slidably arranged for longitudinal movement along a longitudinally-extending tilt rod between open and closed positions. In |
| 6393884 |
Method for automatic bow adjustment |
May 28, 2002 |
| The present invention relates to a method for automatic bow adjustment for a venetian blind assembly machine, said bow adjustment station comprising rollers (48; 104, 106) for guiding, bending and leveling a strip material (43; 112), and further comprising a forming section (36; 102) whe |
| 6336302 |
Panel end connector and locking clip |
January 8, 2002 |
| A panel connector for connecting adjacent longitudinal ends of a pair of longitudinally-extending elongate panels, where each panel has a pair of upstanding inturned flanges on opposite lateral sides of a central web portion, the panel connector comprising a base member with a first cent |
| 6170555 |
Corner assembly for a frame |
January 9, 2001 |
| A nodal assembly for connecting at least two adjacent frame members of a perimeter frame, the nodal assembly comprising a central portion having parallel first and second sides and an opening in the second side, a first leg extending from the central portion in a first direction parallel |
| 6086084 |
Reinforced elongate metal body |
July 11, 2000 |
| The invention relates to an elongate metal body, for instance an aluminium rod with a chosen cross-sectional form manufactured by extrusion. It is a first object of the invention to make an elongate metal body stiffer and stronger without this entailing an increase in weight. In respect |
| 4543699 |
Apparatus for assembling slatted venetian blinds |
October 1, 1985 |
| Apparatus, for positioning a venetian blind ladder cord (or the like) and for guiding the slats of a venetian blind between individual rungs of a multiple cord cross-rung, is described. Specifically, this apparatus applies a force to a rung of a non-active cross-rung in a direction o |
| 4444037 |
Manufacture of roofing or cladding tiles |
April 24, 1984 |
| A method and a die tool is disclosed for forming longitudinally and laterally extending tile impressions in a strip of material in which the die tool comprises first and second cooperating parts formed as a unitary structure and each including a first section whose length is equivalent t |
| 3996988 |
Venetian blind, preferably a vertical blind |
December 14, 1976 |
| A vertical venetian blind including a driving shaft, a plurality of slat travellers each having a driven shaft and a slip coupling for connecting the driving shaft to the driven shaft, and a plurality of slats each connected to a driven shaft. The slip coupling includes a bushing mounted |
