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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2003
Roger C. Palmer, Greensboro, NC (US);
David A. Schwartz, High Point, NC (US);
Zazu Ciuca, Jamestown, NC (US);
Roger C. Palmer, Greensboro, NC (US);
David A. Schwartz, High Point, NC (US);
Zazu Ciuca, Jamestown, NC (US);
Newell Window Furnishings, Inc., Freeport, IL (US);
Abstract
An adjustable cord restraining device for a blind assembly having a head rail, a bottom rail and at least one pull cord extending through a cord passage of the head rail and coupled to the bottom rail includes an annular member sufficiently sized to prevent entry of the annular member into the cord passage of the head rail and further travel of the pull cord through the head rail. A method of preventing the further extension of a pull cord includes obtaining an annular member sized larger than a pull cord passageway of a head rail pinching a mid-section of the pull cord and inserting the pinched portion of the mid-section through the annular member, forming a loop with the pull cord, inserting a free end of the pull cord through the loop to form an adjustable knot.