Flexible or portable closure – partition – or panel – Plural strip – slat – or panel type – Venetian blind type
Reexamination Certificate
2007-08-14
2007-08-14
Johnson, Blair M. (Department: 3634)
Flexible or portable closure, partition, or panel
Plural strip, slat, or panel type
Venetian blind type
C160S17810R
Reexamination Certificate
active
11053845
ABSTRACT:
A venetian blind includes a headrail, a storage rail, a covering unit and a retainer. The storage rail has front and rear sidewalls, each of which is formed with a horizontal rib. The storage rail further has two ends and an upper end opening disposed between the two ends. The retainer is configured as an inverted U-shaped plate, and bridges the front and rear sidewalls. The covering unit includes a plurality of horizontal slats. Lowermost ones of the slats are received within the storage rail, and are capable of being removed from the storage rail through the upper end opening. The retainer includes front and rear retaining-plate portions with open-ended slots engaging respectively the ribs of the storage rail, and is capable of being removed forcibly and upwardly from the storage rail.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4441540 (1984-04-01), Tsuhako
patent: 4886102 (1989-12-01), Debs
patent: 5765621 (1998-06-01), Bryant
patent: 7178576 (2007-02-01), Nien et al.
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner L.L.P.
Johnson Blair M.
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