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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 27, 1997
Zeki Tuzmen, Irvine, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A window blind (10) has a headrail (12) housing a tilt assembly (18) and a plurality of slats (14) having opposed external longitudinal edges (36). The blind (10) has a sleeve (28) extending from the tilt assembly (18) to a bottommost slat (14) along the external longitudinal edges (36) of each slat (14). Each slat (14) has a clip (38) that engages the external longitudinal edges (36) of each slat (14). A loop (40) is positioned around the clip (38) and through a pair of openings (48) in the sleeve (28) to connect the sleeve (28) to the each slat (14). A lift cord (30) extends from the headrail (12) to the bottommost slat (14) along the external longitudinal edge (36) of each slat (14) where it is connected to the bottommost slat (14). The lift cord (30) is within the sleeve (28). In another embodiment, a blind (10') utilizes a modified tilt/lift mechanism (16') which comprises a tilt cord (50) which extends from the tilt assembly (18) in the headrail (12) to the bottommost rail adjacent an external longitudinal edge (36) of the slats (14) and a lift cord (30) which extends to the bottommost rail adjacent an external longitudinal edge (36) of the slats (14) and proximate the tilt cord (50). A tilt loop (56) extends from the tilt cord (50) and cooperates with the clip (38) connected to the slats (14) for rotatably opening and closing the plurality of slats (14). A lift cord loop (62) proximate the tilt loop (56) also extends from the tilt cord (50) to contain the lift cord (30).