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Decorative Jeweled Wheel Cover
An improved wheel is provided wherein decorative items such as gem stones are embedded in either the wheel surface, a special mounting section attached to the wheel surface, or to a spoke strap that wraps around each spoke and positions embedded gem stones on the outside surface of the spoke.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8087445 | Spring motor and window covering The lift motor comprises at least one motor unit releasably connected to at least one spool unit. The spool unit comprises a spool for winding a cord and a gear operatively connected to the spool. The motor unit comprises a spring motor having a gear for engaging th... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8025089 | Mechanism for untangling window cords A lifting system for a window covering has a movable shaft disposed within a cradle that is held within a head rail. The movable shaft has an end portion and a lift cord wrapping portion. A lift cord is connected to the movable shaft. A transition member is disposed... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8002012 | Venetian blind A Venetian blind includes an upper rail, a lower rail, a slat assembly, an automatic retraction means and a slat opened/closed control means equipped with an adjustment member. The automatic retraction means is installed on one side of the upper rail which has a fir... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7984745 | Cordless window blind structure A cordless window blind structure is provided. A movable seat having a pulley block and a cord-winding assembly is disposed within a head rail of the cordless blind. The pulley block is connected to a lift cord wound through a first positioning element, so as to con... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7886803 | Drive for coverings for architectural openings A cord drive mechanism to convert linear motion to circular motion for use in coverings for architectural openings. Various controls are used to provide a braking force on the cord. Some of the embodiments incorporate a capstan. ... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7836937 | Single cord drive for coverings for architectural openings A shade for architectural opening incorporating a single cord drive featuring automatic braking of the shade when the user releases the drive cord. In a preferred embodiment, an automatic tilt-open mechanism is provided to tilt the shade open when the shade is in th... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7802608 | Modular transport system for coverings for architectural openings A modular blind transport system for a window blind application. The complete system may be assembled from a relatively small number of individual modules to obtain working systems for a very wide range of applications, including especially a category of counterbala... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7717154 | Window coverings A window coverings includes an upper and a lower elongated members, a slat assembly, a first lift cord, a second lift cord and a lift cord retracting and releasing control means. The lift cord retracting and releasing control means is located at the upper elongated ... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7654300 | Obstacle detection stopping device of solar radiation shielding apparatus An obstacle detection stopping device of a solar radiation shielding apparatus capable of suppressing the wear of a lifting cord due to the contact of a slat with the lifting cord. The obstacle detection stopping device (10) comprises a support member (11 | 02/02/2010 |
| 7575036 | Pulling cord winder for venetian blind A pulling cord winder for a Venetian blind is installed at the bottom of a lower rail of the Venetian blind, and the pulling cord winder that winds or retrieves each pulling cord disposed separately on both sides of the Venetian blind has two corresponding engaged u... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7503370 | Cordless balanced window covering Disclosed is a spring motor and control for use especially with window blinds. The motor comprises a storage drum having a first axis, an output drum mounted for rotation about a second axis parallel to and spaced from the first axis. A spring member is connected to... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7487817 | Non-pull cord operable window blind structure A non-pull cord operable window blind structure comprises lift cords assembled onto corresponding positions of a head rail, a bottom rail, and a blind body wherein a cord-winding control device with an operational cord attached thereto, and a fixed seat are mounted ... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7464742 | Raising and lowering mechanism for blinds A cord spool for winding a lift cord for lifting or lowering a window covering wherein the cord spool includes an elongated general cylindrical body with a large diameter end and a small diameter end and a circumferential outer surface of a given length extending th... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7406995 | Pull cord device and window covering including the same A pull cord device for controlling raising and lowering of a base rail of a window covering includes a locking wheel having a toothed segment turnable between locked and unlocked positions to engage and disengage from a cord spool, respectively, a cord-release contr... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7398815 | Non-pull cord operated window blind structure A non-pull cord operated window blind structure comprises a head rail with a blind body attached to the underside and actuated by a collecting cord wherein a cord-winding control device actuated by an operating cord, and a fixed seat are respectively mounted at both... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7389956 | Reel device for blind A reel device includes a reel rotatably supported in a casing of a blind. A guide is mounted on an end of the reel. The guide includes an abutting point against which a cord of the blind abuts. The guide further includes an extension extending toward the other end o... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7370683 | Lifting-cord winding mechanism of solar-radiation shielding device A lifting cable winding mechanism of a solar radiation shielding device capable of uniformly winding lifting cables for lifting solar radiation shielding materials on the peripheral surfaces of winding drums and minimizing the extra lengths of the lifting cables rem... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7367377 | Winding device for Venetian blind A winding device for a Venetian blind includes at least one support seat secured to a headrail to correspond to the position of at least one pull cord and having an inside formed with a through hole and a side formed with a guide hole, and at least one slide bushing... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7363955 | Venetian blind A Venetian blind (1) with at least two vertically expanding ladder members (3). Each ladder member (3) comprises at least one vertical member (4), which by means of a plurality of vertically spaced ladder rungs (5, 11) is connected... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7360574 | Device for controlling a venetian blind The invention relates to a device for controlling a venetian blind, the device comprising a top module for transforming rotary movement of a horizontal drive roller into rotary movements in a determined direction a horizontal driven roller. According to the inventio... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7343957 | Guide roller seat for cord of window covering A guide roller seat for a window covering includes a seat body, and a plurality of guide rollers rotatably mounted in the seat body to guide movement of a cord which is extended between an automatic winding mechanism and a covering body of the window covering. Thus,... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7341091 | Control device for Venetian blinds and its control method A control device for Venetian blinds and a control method includes a position unit, a rope-control unit and a movement limit unit. The position unit is fixed in an upper rail. The rope-control unit consists of a wind wheel, a rope, an engage wheel and a clutch. The ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7331370 | Progressive resistance lifting mechanism for a window covering A lifting mechanism is provided for a window covering which allows a bottom rail of the window covering to maintain a static position unless raised or lowered by a user. The lifting mechanism is included within either a top or bottom rail of the window covering. The... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7320354 | Pulling cord winding apparatus for window shades A pulling cord winding apparatus for window shades is installed on a bottom rail of a window shade includes a upper cap and a lower seat, two elastic take-up reels, two elastic coils held in the elastic take-up reels having two ends latched thereon, an elastic reed ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7311133 | Lift and tilt station for a covering for an architectural opening A modular blind transport system for a window blind application. The complete system may be assembled form a relatively small number of individual modules to obtain working systems for a very wide range of applications, including especially a category of counterbala... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7311134 | Pulling cord winding apparatus for window shades A pulling cord winding apparatus for window shades includes an upper cap, a lower seat, two elastic take-up reels, two elastic coils, a brake member, and a push rod. The brake member has two arched pressing plates on two sides extended outwards to form respectively ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7302953 | Built-in ashtray for a motor vehicle and method of making same In a built-in ashtray, when the cigarette lighter is fitted into a swiveled-up holder, without any special locking mechanism for the holder, an automatic sliding of the ashtray into its closed position is avoided. A spring has a progressive characteristic spring cur... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7287569 | Tilt and lift device for adjusting tilt angle and height of slats of a Venetian blind A Venetian blind includes a control, a square transmission shaft joined to the control, an external tube, and a reel tube having an external spiral groove, along which a lift cord is wound; the external tube has two elongate protrusions parallel to an axis thereof o... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7287570 | Window covering lifting system and method A window covering, a lifting system for a window covering and a release mechanism for a lifting mechanism are disclosed. The window covering includes a head rail, a bottom rail, a window covering, a drive shaft and a lift cord attached to the bottom rail. The releas... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7287796 | Integrated cargo net for a vehicle A cargo net assembly for a vehicle is described that includes a storage receptacle. The storage receptacle is mounted to the inside of the roof of the vehicle. Pivotable doors may be opened to allow the net to be lowered with a base plate into a use position. The ba... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7281563 | Venetian blind with a cord-winding device A venetian blind includes a covering unit, and a cord-winding device. The covering unit includes a plurality of slats and two lifting cords. The cord-winding device includes a casing fixed on the headrail, a plurality of spring-surrounding members disposed rotatably... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7281562 | Curtain blind power conversion device with reverse brake effect A curtain blind power conversion device with reverse brake effect, wherein the power conversion device particularly provides the brake effect and power conversion during course of manipulating slats of the curtain blind. The power conversion device is structured to ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7275580 | Roman style shade A window covering having a plurality of panels comprising a head rail and a plurality of panels suspended from the head rail by a securement member and at least one opening member is provided. Each of the plurality of panels is collapsible and includes a pair of opp... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7264035 | Temporary window covering The invention is directed to a temporary window covering that may include a pleated cover formed from a sheet of material having a plurality of horizontal creases extending across the width of the sheet thereby defining a plurality of pleats, a bottom rail attached ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7259485 | Magnetic brake for window covering powered by DC motor A braking magnet is attached to the housing of a motor of a motorized component such as a window covering. With this structure the motor is braked from turning under the weight of the window covering when deenergized. ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7255149 | Temporary window covering The invention is directed to a temporary window shade that may include an elongated cover having a top end and a bottom end, and that may be adapted to be oriented in a retracted position, an extended position, and a plurality of intermediate positions. The temporar... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7237592 | Maneuvering mechanism and closing installation or sun protection installation incorporating one such device A mechanism (1) comprising a driving element (4) for rotationally driving a winding shaft (2) for a closing or sun-protection installation of an opening (0) and at least one spring (5) for compensating a weight of the installation.... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7228797 | Cordless blind A cordless blind includes a headrail, a bottom rail suspended from the headrail by a first cord and a second cord, a wall covering disposed between the headrail and the bottom rail, and a drive actuator. The drive actuator includes a spring motor, a spool coupled to... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7219710 | Lifting mechanism for window shades Provided is a lifting mechanism for a shade including a plurality of continuous slats and two lift cords. The mechanism comprises a winding assembly, and a hoisting assembly fixedly attached to an inner surface of a lowest slat, the hoisting assembly comprising an e... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7216688 | Reverse-stop mechanism of curtain The present invention relates to a reverse-stop mechanism of a curtain, especially for applying to a sheet- or cloth-type curtain, to rigidly stop a reactive force from a gravitation or an external force and also acquire varied speed output, with a characteristic by... | 05/15/2007 |
