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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2018
Odl, Incorporated, Zeeland, MI (US);
Benjamin Patrick Hummel, Rockford, MI (US);
Frederick John Hering, III, Clarendon Hills, IL (US);
ODL, Incorporated, Zeeland, MI (US);
Abstract
A blind assembly includes a headrail, a guide member carried by the headrail and defining a channel therethrough, a tilt basket received within the channel, first and second cords operatively engaging a number of blind slats and extending from the number of slats upwardly through the tilt basket with the first cord coupled to the guide member adjacent to one terminal end of the channel and the second cord coupled to the guide member adjacent to an opposite terminal end of the channel, and an actuator to cause relative movement between the tilt basket and the elongated guide member along the channel to adjust a tilt angle of the number of slats between a full forward tilt with the tilt basket abutting one terminal end of the channel and a full rearward tilt with the tilt basket abutting the opposite terminal end of the channel.