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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 1985
Filed:
Sep. 23, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
Delbert E Graves, Nora, IL (US);
George E Craft, Freeport, IL (US);
Assignee:
Newell Companies, Inc., Freeport, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428 43 ; 160263 ; 1603 / ; 160405 ; 428155 ; 428167 ;
Abstract
A window shade which includes a sheet member formed from a material having the characteristics, with respect to strength, formability and shape retention, of plastics, which sheet member, by reason of the formation of one or more continuous cut lines, the penetration of which are controlled to rather carefully defined parameters, can be quickly and accurately sized to width at the time of installation by the final user, a method of manufacturing a window shade, and apparatus for manufacturing a window shade.