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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8256491 | Bracket member and a coupling member for supporting a screening device in a window or door frame, a window or door and a screening device A screening device for mounting in a frame structure, which has at least one pair of opposed frame pieces, has two opposite ends and carries at each end a coupling member for supporting the screening device in the frame structure, wherein at least one of said coupli... | 09/04/2012 |
| 8136569 | Operating and mounting system for a window covering An operating unit (5) for operating a window covering. The operating unit (5) includes a housing (11), a rotatable drive pulley (13) having an axis of rotation and first and second mounting positions in the housing, with respect to the ax... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8051891 | Bracket member and a coupling member for supporting a screening device in a window or door frame, a window or door and a screening device A bracket member (9) of a supporting means for supporting a screening device in a frame structure, which has at least one pair of opposed frame pieces (5, 6), said supporting means comprising a pair of bracket members (9, 9′) provided for moun... | 11/08/2011 |
| 7857034 | Side cover of a roller blind frame rail A side cover of a roller blind frame rail for closing an opening of a tail end of the roller blind frame rail. The side cover includes: a closing board as a main body, the closing board having a fixing rest shelf perpendicularly projecting from the closing board and... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7823620 | Roller shade mounting system A roller shade mounting system provides a tube-in-tube arrangement for reducing sagging of a roller tube windingly supporting a shade fabric. The mounting system includes a mounting tube received within a roller tube, and first and second annular drive rings located... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7779887 | Rotating end cap An end cap for use in a shade assembly for use in a vehicle wherein the end cap is a rotating end cap. The end cap is capable of rotating and twisting and includes a base and a rotating connector partially arranged within an end of the base. The rotating end cap als... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7740047 | Roller blind mounting system and parts therefor A roller blind mounting system including at least one roller, at least one telescopic end plug and at least two brackets. The telescopic end plug is engageable within an end-opening of one of said rollers. The end plug includes a hollow body and a telescopically mov... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7677293 | Centre-pin plug The invention relates to a plug for releasable engagement with the centre-pin of a roller blind control unit wherein engagement of the plug with the pin ensures that a tip of the center-pin engages an external surface of the control unit. In addition, a releasably i... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7677294 | End mounting for supporting a roller An end mounting for supporting the roller of a cover for an architectural opening, the end mounting including a main body of substantially constant cross-section extending axially from a proximal end for mounting adjacent an architectural opening to a distal end for... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7392834 | Protection device with replaceable adaptor parts 1. Protection device with replaceable adaptor parts. 2.1. The invention relates to a protection device for a motor vehicle with a blind or screen functional unit comprising a flexible fabric which can be wound up ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7387150 | Shade roller capable of bearing heavy load A shade roller has a seat, a loop hooked onto the seat, a side cover, a planet wheel engaged with the loop, a chain-retaining wheel secured in the side cover, a driving wheel engaged with the planet wheel, a beaded chain, and a fixing block engaged with the driving ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7380582 | Mounting arrangement for coverings for architectural openings A shade for architectural openings 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 t... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7370686 | Mounting device for roller blinds A roller blind tube with fabric wound around it is mounted in brackets that have spade-shaped elements (3) provided in the axis. These elements cooperate with oblong holes (2) in terminating plugs (1) in the roller blind tube. According to the i... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7354087 | Loading-space protection device for a motor vehicle A loading-space protection device includes a holding unit, in which at least one winding shaft for winding up or unwinding a flexible sheet-like structure is mounted, and fastening means for securing the holding unit in a functional position, fixed on the vehicle, i... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7337823 | Extending end cap for a security shade A support mechanism for a vehicle security shade having one or more axially biased end caps and at least one end cap extension slidingly disposed upon an end cap to adjust the length of the security cover assembly. The end cap has a resilient latch which engages mat... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7267156 | Blinds for adjusting illumination The present invention relates to a blind of a roll type comprising a blind sheet having alternate transparent and opaque parts and partly overlapped by folding, to easily and efficiently adjust room illumination. The blind comprises a upper-end support bar; a pair o... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7243699 | Window shade with conical winding shaft A window shade assembly for motor vehicles is provided. The window shade assembly includes a window shade element that is cut into a trapezoidal shape in order to be optimally adapted to the shape of the corresponding window. The winding shaft for this window shade ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7201417 | Covering mechanism A covering mechanism for covering a portion of a vehicle. The covering mechanism includes a cassette, at least one inner end cap disposed at an end of the cassette, and at least one outer end cap disposed over the inner end cap. The outer end cap is movable between ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7185694 | Sun shade for vehicles A sunshade for a vehicle such as an automobile includes a housing that is adapted to be mounted to a vehicle window and a drum member mounted for rotation within the housing about which a flexible, weblike shade element is wound. A retraction mechanism is provided f... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7143805 | Sunscreen In an adjustable mounting system for a sunscreen a cap on one end of a housing for the screen has a pivot stud that is received in a bearing opening in a post hingedly connected to base. The hinge connection is preferably provided by a cylindrical keyway and cylindr... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7134473 | Anti-bow roller tube arrangement A roller tube support mechanism includes a roller tube including a roller tube body. The roller tube is configured to support a sheet material wound around the roller tube body along a length of the roller tube body between a first end and a second end of the roller... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7100668 | Control units A control unit for use in a window blind head rail assembly includes a sprocket wheel, a chain guard housing, a sprocket support and wrap spring, a splined bush for engagement with a roller blind tube and a center pin, wherein the center pin has a center-pin head an... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7093643 | Energy saving window shade system An energy saving shade system for residential dwelling windows having dimensions that vary within a range of frame widths and a range of frame heights, and including a pair of end caps, each being insertable in sealing relation against the top surface and one of the... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7082983 | Pre-assembled window shade unit A window shade component group which includes a window shade supporting windup shaft with bearing devices for rotatably supporting opposite ends of the windup shaft. At least one of the bearing devices is provided with a blocking device, which is effective for maint... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7014239 | Protective device for a motor vehicle cargo area A protective device for a motor vehicle cargo area includes at least one winding shaft mounted between two casing side parts coaxially movably associated with one another in the longitudinal direction of a winding axis of the winding shaft and fixable in vehicle-sec... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7013946 | Roller blind, particularly window roller blind, for motor vehicles The invention relates to a roller blind, particularly a window roller blind, for motor vehicles, with a winding shaft, a mounting arrangement for mounting the winding shaft with variable alignment, a blind which is windable up on the winding shaft, and in the region... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6991019 | Screen A screen is constructed to have a screen case, a support member fastened to one side of the screen case and a reel pivotally mounted inside the screen case and rolling up a screen body. The reel has a flat inside stop face and a plug member is fixedly fastened to on... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6935401 | Universal brackets for roller shade Generally speaking, in accordance with the invention, an improved window treatment system is provided. The system includes a head rail, a spring clutch disposed at one end of the head rail and an idler disposed at the other end of the head rail. Significantly, a pai... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6902141 | Roller shade mounting system A roller shade mounting system includes a pair of assemblies for limiting sagging in a roller shade tube. The assembly includes a single bearing supported by a shaft to position the bearing at a distance from an end of the tube. Alternatively, the assembly includes ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6883577 | Rollup door with rollable door leaf A rollup door comprising a door leaf of increasing width from top to bottom and having a narrower part on the top and a wider part on the bottom, and flexibility in the rolling direction; channels for guiding the door; and two modules for rolling and unrolling the d... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6817402 | Universal bracketing and cap system for multiple cassette roller shade A cassette system for window treatment includes a head rail with a base, end brackets attached to the base in a facing relationship and at least one roller blind with a mandrel and a decorative panel that is wound on the mandrel. The panel can be selectively drawn o... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6709039 | Auto-locking end cap The present invention provides a vehicle roller assembly for an extensible shade or barrier net, and an auto locking end cap assembly for a vehicle roller assembly. The end cap includes a mounting cap positioned at an end of a rotatable shade spindle. The cap body h... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6550733 | Supporting means for a screening device A support for a window screening device includes a first pair of bracket members (6) for mounting on each of a pair of opposed parallel frame surfaces (2) engageable by the screening device. Each bracket member includes a relatively flat front part protru... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6540004 | Fixing seat structure of rolling curtain Fixing seat structure of rolling curtain including a left fixing seat, a reel, a fabric curtain, a rotary unit, an engaging pivot member and a right fixing seat. The inner side of the left fixing seat has a fitting block the center of which is formed with... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6510886 | Header and removable pin, used particularly for fly screens and fly screen assemblies Header to support one end of a rewind roll and to close off at least one end of the casing, used particularly for fly screens, includes: a bottom from which, along the perimeter of the side close to the casing, there is a discontinuous border that protrudes, w... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6499709 | Bracket for supporting a powered window shade The bracket comprising an L-shaped mount defined by perpendicular plates having top and bottom bridging walls apertured in vertical alignment, the bottom wall formed with a blocking surface. The bracket also comprises a leaf plate having aligned upward an... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6460593 | Adjustable-width roller shade configured to maintain orthogonal tracking at all available widths An adjustable-width spring-operated roller shade that maintains proper orthogonal tracking at all available widths within the shade's range of width adjustment. The adjustable-width roller shade utilizes two overlapping window shades and a telescoping rol... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6457688 | End cap and mounting support combination An end cap and mounting support combination comprising an end cap (11, 111, 211, 311, 411) disengagably engagable with a support bracket (3) and one of the end cap and the support bracket being provided with: a laterally open slot (20, 120, 220, 320, 420)... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6415845 | Connector including a tab and an elastic lock for securing a slideway to an end support of a roller mechanism for a closure A connector for securing a side support for a roller shaft to a slideway for guiding closure selectively wound about the roller shaft wherein the connector includes a tab having a lower portion engaging the slideway and an upper portion engageable with th... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6361229 | Paper roll supporting device for an image forming apparatus A paper roll supporting device for an image forming apparatus includes a pair of flange members to be inserted into opposite ends of a paper roll. Each flange member includes a flange body made up of a flange portion and a cylindrical support portion that... | 03/26/2002 |
