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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2017
Home Depot Product Authority, Llc, Atlanta, GA (US);
Nicholas Jackson, Marietta, GA (US);
Nicholas Servies, Kennesaw, GA (US);
Home Depot Product Authority, LLC, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for adjusting a tilt angle of a plurality of slats in a window blind. The window blind includes a headrail having disposed therein a shaft that rotates responsive to rotation of an externally accessible angle adjustment wand. The apparatus includes a pulley coupled with the shaft and the slats. The pulley causes adjustment of the tilt angle of the slats in response to rotation of the shaft, provides a first torque at a first position corresponding to an open position of the slats and a second torque at a second position corresponding to an approximately closed position of the slats, where the second torque is greater than the first torque.