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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 03, 1998
Darrell J. Kutchmarek, Waunakee, WI (US);
Richard L. Seiders, McFarland, WI (US);
Springs Window Fashions Division, Inc., Middleton, WI (US);
Abstract
A method of cutting a window covering having a longitudinal axis and a second axis substantially perpendicular to said longitudinal axis to a specified length includes providing a cutting apparatus including a base having a cutting surface. The cutting apparatus has a cutting blade slidably mounted thereon for sliding along a movement axis toward and away from the cutting surface. The window covering is then positioned atop the cutting surface of the base and the cutting blade is moved along the movement axis and toward the cutting surface to cut the window covering to the specified length. The movement axis has a first component extending substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the window covering and substantially perpendicular to the second axis of the window covering and a second component extending substantially parallel to the second axis of the window covering.