Flexible or portable closure – partition – or panel – Plural strip – slat – or panel type – Venetian blind type
Reexamination Certificate
2005-12-27
2005-12-27
Lev, Bruce A. (Department: 3634)
Flexible or portable closure, partition, or panel
Plural strip, slat, or panel type
Venetian blind type
C160S236000, C160S238000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06978821
ABSTRACT:
An elongate hollow rail for a fabric covering for an architectural opening, such as a bottom rail for a fabric roller blind or a top or bottom rail for a roman shade, having an upper portion with a lengthwise upper opening in the top of the rail and being characterized by a pair of lengthwise upper locking shoulders in the interior of the upper portion on walls on opposite widthwise sides of the upper opening, the upper locking shoulders being wedge-shaped and pointing inwardly of the upper portion and away from the upper opening, and the wall on a first widthwise side of the bottom rail extending above the wall on the opposite second widthwise side of the bottom rail about the openings and a method for attaching a fabric to a locking shoulder within an elongate hollow rail as described.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3018824 (1962-01-01), Anderson et al.
patent: 4344474 (1982-08-01), Berman
patent: 4393915 (1983-07-01), Olson
patent: 4452294 (1984-06-01), Fukuchi
patent: 5049424 (1991-09-01), Carden et al.
patent: 5127143 (1992-07-01), Urlacher
patent: 5149918 (1992-09-01), Kozik et al.
patent: 5647421 (1997-07-01), Hoffmann et al.
patent: 6598651 (2003-07-01), Ehrenberger et al.
patent: 1191532 (1970-05-01), None
patent: 1366961 (1974-09-01), None
patent: 1462613 (1977-01-01), None
patent: 63-24786 (1994-11-01), None
patent: 121960 (1997-05-01), None
patent: WO 84/04559 (1984-11-01), None
Dorsey & Whitney LLP
Hunter Douglas Industries BV
Lev Bruce A.
LandOfFree
Rail for a fabric blind and method of attaching rail to a... does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.
If you have personal experience with Rail for a fabric blind and method of attaching rail to a..., we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Rail for a fabric blind and method of attaching rail to a... will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-3512418