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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2000
Konrad Welfonder, Bremerhaven, DE;
Hunter Douglas Industries BV, , NL;
Abstract
A vertical blind ( ) rail having an elongate channel ( ) including a base wall ( ) extending widthwise in a first direction between first and second base edges ( ), first and second side walls ( ) extending respectively from the first and second base edges to respectively first and second side edges ( ) in a second direction generally perpendicular to said first direction, first and second inturned flanges ( ) extending inwardly in generally said first direction from the first and second side edges respectively so as to define a slot ( ) therebetween, wherein the vertical blind rail is formed by roll-forming a first elongate sheet into a cross-section partly conforming to the cross-section of an inner channel ( ) of the blind rail, roll-forming a second elongate sheet into a cross-section partly conforming to the cross-section of an outer channel ( ) of the blind rail, feeding the partly roll-formed first sheet for the inner channel into the partly roll-formed second sheet for the outer channel, and roll-forming the first and second sheets together to form the blind rail.