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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2005
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2003
Jason Scott Gottschall, Harleysville, PA (US);
Mark A. Walker, Whitehall, PA (US);
Joel Elwood Hibshman, Whitehall, PA (US);
David A. Kirby, Emmaus, PA (US);
Jason Scott Gottschall, Harleysville, PA (US);
Mark A. Walker, Whitehall, PA (US);
Joel Elwood Hibshman, Whitehall, PA (US);
David A. Kirby, Emmaus, PA (US);
Lutron Electronics Co., Inc., Coopersburg, PA (US);
Abstract
A weighting assembly for a roller shade fabric includes an elongated hem bar having opposite open ends and defining an internal cavity communicating with the open ends. A spline secured to an end of the fabric is slidingly received in a pocket defined within the cavity through one of the ends. The pocket includes an opening communicating with the rest of the cavity for passage of the fabric to an exterior through an elongated slot in the hem bar. After the fabric is wrapped on an exterior surface of the hem bar, a portion of the fabric is fed into the cavity through the slot to form a loop for slidingly receiving an elongated rod through one of the ends. The rod has a diameter that is greater than a width of the slot to prevent removal of the rod through the slot.