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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:
Jul. 29, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Roger C. Palmer, Greensboro, NC (US);
Assignee:
Newell Window Furnishings, Inc., Freeport, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E06B 3/22 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E06B 3/22 ;
Abstract
A rigid hollow vane for door or window coverings includes a vane shell and an optional fabric covering. The shell is thermally formed and results in a polymer matrix at least partially enveloping fibers. In its most preferred form, the polymer matrix results from heating a batt of two types of fibers, the one type having a lower melting point than the remaining fibers, so that a rigid polymer matrix can be formed about other fibers in the batt.