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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2003
Alejandro Rossato, Greensboro, NC (US);
Cliff Birch, Summerfield, NC (US);
Alejandro Rossato, Greensboro, NC (US);
Cliff Birch, Summerfield, NC (US);
Newell Window Furnishing, Inc., Freeport, IL (US);
Abstract
The invention is directed to a temporary window covering that may include a pleated cover formed from a sheet of material having a plurality of horizontal creases extending across the width of the sheet thereby defining a plurality of pleats, a bottom rail attached to a bottommost pleat of the pleated cover, and a first lift cord having a first end connected to the bottom rail, with the first lift cord being threaded upwardly through holes of the pleats of the pleated cover. The temporary window covering may also include a first cord guide and a cord lock, both of which may be include a throughbore for slidably engaging the first lift cord when the first lift cord is disposed therein, and a slot for retentively engaging the first lift cord when the first lift cord is disposed therein to support the weight of the bottom rail and an accumulated portion of the pleated cover.