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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 07, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Herman P Christopherson, Prior Lake, MN (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E06B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1601 / ; 1601 / ;
Abstract
An improved window blind wherein the pull cord has an inner element and an outer element, the inner element performing the lifting and lowering function of the pull cord, and the longitudinally compressible outer element encompassing the inner element and being either affixed to the slats or restricted from being pulled through the cord holes to prevent outward pulling of the pull cord from the window blind to create a hazardous loop.