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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2004
Filed:
May. 02, 2003
Brian W Smith, Evansville, WI (US);
Advanced Innovations, LLC., Reedsburg, WI (US);
Abstract
A mini-blind apparatus is disclosed having a first horizontal slat and a second slat disposed spaced and parallel relative to the first slat. The apparatus includes a first tab having a first and a second end, the first end of the first tab being secured to a rearward edge of the first slat, the first tab defining a first and a second cage. The first cage is disposed between the first and the second end of the first tab and a first control has a first bead secured thereto for entrapment thereof within the first cage. The second cage is disposed between the first cage and the second end of the first tab. A second control has a first protuberance secured thereto for entrapment thereof within the second cage. A second tab has a first and a second extremity, the first extremity of the second tab being secured to a rear edge of the second slat, the second tab defining a first and a second recess. The first recess is disposed between the first and the second extremity of the second tab. The first control has a second bead secured thereto, the second bead being spaced from the first bead for entrapment thereof within the first recess. The second recess is disposed between the first recess and the second extremity of the second tab. Also, the second control has a second protuberance secured thereto for entrapment thereof within the second recess. The arrangement is such that when the first and second controls are moved relative to each other, the first and second slats are moved relative to each other between an open and a closed disposition thereof.