Flexible or portable closure – partition – or panel – Plural strip – slat – or panel type – With mounting or supporting means
Reexamination Certificate
2008-06-28
2009-11-24
Mitchell, Katherine W (Department: 3634)
Flexible or portable closure, partition, or panel
Plural strip, slat, or panel type
With mounting or supporting means
C160S236000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07621312
ABSTRACT:
A removal device and method of use that allows easy detachment of a suspended vertical blind slat's upper end from the generally C-shaped clip or other openable fastener suspending the slat for movement along a track. The device has a tubular and/or cylindrical configuration with preferred length and diameter dimensions of approximately four and two inches, respectively. Clip-releasing projections are connected across one end of the main body, in positions closely spaced apart from one another, but not in contact with one another. A light source can be optionally attached to the removal device in several configurations, to provide enhanced illumination of the fastener holding the vertical blind slat in place and thereby facilitate alignment of the lateral edges of the projections with the fastener before the needed upwardly-directed dislodging force is applied. Use of the removal device does not injure the projections, the slat, the operator, or the fastener.
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Figura Barbara Minnetta
Figura John Joseph
Mitchell Katherine W
Morse Dorothy S.
Ramsey Jeremy C
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