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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 08, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Dean R Sommerfeld, Cottage Grove, WI (US);
Assignee:
Springs Window Fashions Division, Inc., Middleton, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E06B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1601 / ; 1601 / ; 1601 / ;
Abstract
A vertical blind apparatus having a wand operated control for traversing the slats along a headrail and for rotating the slats. The blind apparatus has an actuator shaft with its axis disposed in a central vertical plane equidistant from the sidewalls of the headrail; slat carriers are mounted on slat carriages for rotation about vertical axes disposed in the central vertical plane and a control shaft for the wand operated control is also mounted for rotation in the central vertical plane. The wand operated vertical blind apparatus can be used in either left or right draw installations and in two-way draw installations.