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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:
Aug. 08, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 20, 1998
Gary E Will, Macungi, PA (US);
Mark A Cieri, Allentown, PA (US);
Tony W Azar, Allentown, PA (US);
Charles J Digney, Jr, Holland, PA (US);
Donald F Hausman, Jr, Emmaus, PA (US);
David L Kates, Alburtis, PA (US);
Stephen W Lynn, Hatfield, PA (US);
Gregory R Martin, Pearland, TX (US);
Noel Mayo, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Robin C Moseley, Allentown, PA (US);
Robert C Newman, Jr, Emmaus, PA (US);
Timothy R Reinhard, Bethleham, PA (US);
Lutron Electronics, Inc., Coopersburg, PA (US);
Abstract
An elongated reelable shade, first and second spaced support brackets removably connected to first and second and opposite ends of said elongated reelable shade for supporting said reelable shade from a fixed support, an electrical drive motor having an output shaft for rotating said elongated reelable shade around its axis to selectively reel and unreel said shade, an electrical circuit for energizing and operating said motor, the electrical circuit including a controller coupled to and controlling the operation of said drive motor, and a coupler for removably coupling said output shaft of said motor to said first end of said elongated reelable shade, a single housing having said first bracket fixed thereto, said single housing containing and supporting said motor, said electrical circuit and said coupler, said coupler comprising an output driver which removably receives said first end of said shade with rotatable driving relationship.