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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2014
Hunter Douglas Inc., Pearl River, NY (US);
William S. Certain, Westminster, CO (US);
Kenneth M. Faller, Thornton, CO (US);
Galen B. Rhodes, Henderson, CO (US);
Max W. Schroeder, Westminster, CO (US);
Kent A. Smith, Broomfield, CO (US);
Stephen P. Smith, Denver, CO (US);
Stephen M. Winters, Erie, CO (US);
Hunter Douglas Inc., Pearl River, NY (US);
Abstract
A covering for an architectural opening is provided. The covering may include an accumulator roller, a shade attached to the accumulator roller, and a shade actuation system. The shade may be wrappable about the roller. The shade may include two laterally-separable sheets interconnected by a plurality of vertically-spaced vanes. The shade actuation system may be selectively engageable with a confronting face of one of the two laterally-separable sheets. Engagement of the shade actuation system and the one of the two laterally-separable sheets may restrict movement of the one of the two laterally-separable sheets relative to the other of the two laterally-separable sheets.