Flexible or portable closure – partition – or panel – Pleating type – With preformed pleats
Reexamination Certificate
2006-12-05
2006-12-05
Purol, David (Department: 3634)
Flexible or portable closure, partition, or panel
Pleating type
With preformed pleats
C160S084030, C160S16700R
Reexamination Certificate
active
07143802
ABSTRACT:
A window blind assembly includes a headrail having a longitudinal axis extending between first and second ends thereof, a first tube rotatably mounted between the first and second ends of the headrail and a second tube rotatably mounted between the first tube and the second end of the headrail. The assembly also has a bottom rail suspended below the headrail, an intermediate rail suspended below the headrail and positioned between the headrail and the bottom rail, and a window covering material extending between the intermediate rail and the headrail, the window covering material having an upper end attached to the intermediate rail and a lower end attached to the bottom rail. The assembly further includes a first lift cord having an upper end secured to the first tube and a lower end secured to the intermediate rail, and a second lift cord having an upper end secured to the second tube and a lower end secured to the bottom rail, whereby the intermediate rail and the bottom rail are movable independently of one another.
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Malin Christopher J.
Raisbeck James A.
Strand Toralf H.
Walker Jeff
Lerner David Littenberg Krumholz & Mentlik LLP
Purol David
Springs Window Fashions LP
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