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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2021
Odl, Incorporated, Zeeland, MI (US);
Ben Hummel, Rockford, MI (US);
Stacy Grant Frye, Zeeland, MI (US);
Sharlene Kluchinsky Clark, Holland, MI (US);
Rachel DeGraaf, Grandville, MI (US);
Keith Philip Leyendecker, Hudsonville, MI (US);
Caroline Spytman, Boyne City, MI (US);
Mark R. Elgersma, Holland, MI (US);
ODL, Incorporated, Zeeland, MI (US);
Abstract
A follower arrangement, operatively coupled to a plurality of slats of a blind assembly via a flexible cord, for raising and lowering the plurality of slats via the flexible cord, may include a housing defining a first opening therethrough, a ferromagnetic or paramagnetic counterweight to act against a weight of the plurality of slats of the blind assembly to reduce forces required to be applied to the follower arrangement to raise or lower the slats, and at least one magnet received within the first opening defined through the housing and magnetically attached to the counterweight to magnetically secure the housing to the counterweight.