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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:
Feb. 28, 1995
Filed:
Nov. 30, 1992
Wendell B Colson, Boulder, CO (US);
James M Anthony, Denver, CO (US);
Brad H Oberg, Westminster, CO (US);
Brian M Hoffmann, Westminster, CO (US);
Eric N Williams, Louisville, CO (US);
Paul G Swiszcz, Boulder, CO (US);
Cornelis M Jansen, Woudrichem, NL;
Hunter Douglas Inc., Upper Saddle River, NJ (US);
Abstract
A covering for an architectural opening such as a window or door is in the form of a vertically oriented fabric assembly having front and rear sheer fabrics interconnected by vertically extending vanes. The vanes can be tilted through a series of carriers mounted on a track rail from which the covering is suspended in order to adjust the spacing between the fabrics between open and closed positions and adjust the light transmitting characteristics of the covering. The covering can be extended across the opening by separating the carriers on the track rail and can be contracted by stacking the carriers toward one end of the track rail. A unique design of carrier allows the covering to fold on itself in the contracted state, in the manner of a conventional drape.