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Patent No.:

US 9470040 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2016

Filed:

Apr. 08, 2015

Pull cord for controlling a window covering

Applicant:

David R. Hall, Provo, UT (US);

Inventors:

David R. Hall, Provo, UT (US);

Austin Benjamin Carlson, Provo, UT (US);

Clint J Cook, American Fork, UT (US);

Kevin Dean Rees, Herriman, UT (US);

Davido Loyal Hyer, Spanish Fork, UT (US);

Jerome Lee Miles, Spanish fork, UT (US);

Emily Brimhall, Alpine, UT (US);

Assignee:

Other;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:

Katherine Mitchell

Assistant Examiner:

Jeremy Ramsey

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E06B 9/32 (2006.01); E06B 9/307 (2006.01); F16H 57/023 (2012.01); E06B 9/322 (2006.01); E06B 9/266 (2006.01); E06B 9/303 (2006.01); E06B 9/34 (2006.01); E06B 9/72 (2006.01); E06B 9/68 (2006.01); E06B 9/42 (2006.01); E06B 9/74 (2006.01); F24J 2/40 (2006.01); E06B 9/308 (2006.01); E06B 9/326 (2006.01); E06B 9/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E06B 9/307 (2013.01); E06B 9/266 (2013.01); E06B 9/303 (2013.01); E06B 9/308 (2013.01); E06B 9/32 (2013.01); E06B 9/322 (2013.01); E06B 9/326 (2013.01); E06B 9/34 (2013.01); E06B 9/38 (2013.01); E06B 9/42 (2013.01); E06B 9/68 (2013.01); E06B 9/72 (2013.01); E06B 9/74 (2013.01); F16H 57/023 (2013.01); F24J 2/402 (2013.01); F24J 2/407 (2013.01); E06B 2009/3222 (2013.01); E06B 2009/3225 (2013.01); E06B 2009/6818 (2013.01); E06B 2009/6827 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49817 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49959 (2015.01); Y10T 74/2186 (2015.01);
Abstract

An apparatus in accordance with the invention includes a window covering actuation mechanism and a gearbox assembly configured to electromechanically operate the window covering actuation mechanism. A pull cord is configured to receive 'cord gestures' from a user. These 'cord gestures' may include one or more of pull sequences, pull durations, numbers of pulls, durations between pulls, and strength of pulls. In certain embodiments, “cord gestures” may also be defined by pull direction. A controller receives the cord gestures and translates the cord gestures into commands for controlling the gearbox assembly. A corresponding method is also disclosed herein.

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