Flexible or portable closure – partition – or panel – Pleating type – With preformed pleats
Patent
1996-07-03
1997-10-28
Johnson, Blair
Flexible or portable closure, partition, or panel
Pleating type
With preformed pleats
160 8401, E06B 348
Patent
active
056808909
ABSTRACT:
The invention provides an improved pleated blind in which the distance between alternate folds is constrained so as to present a more pleasing appearance when the blind is unfolded. In one embodiment of the invention there is provided a connecting member 50 which is flexibly connected to alternate fold lines of a blind of sheet element 16. The flexible securement is provided by a plurality of I-section tags 52, each having a center section 54 and cross pieces 56, 58 at each end thereof.
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Johnson Blair
Louver-Lite Ltd.
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