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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7360576 | Electric transmission module for module for window curtains having winding wheel An electric transmission module for window curtains having a winding wheel bridges a power unit and a window curtain set so that the opening/closure of the curtains can be controlled. A string of a set of transmission pieces is wound around a first wheel groove of t... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7237303 | Curtain suspension device and a method of suspending curtains A curtain suspension device for hanging curtains flatly (for hanging panel curtains) comprises a main rod (16) arranged to a wall and at least two elongate shorter rods (15) with open books (17, 26) at both ends. The short rods are adapted to be... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7117920 | Automatically activated cord lock A cord lock for use in a window covering for selectively locking lift cords in a predetermined position includes a housing adapted to be fitted in the head rail of the window covering with the housing having a pivotal locking lever with a cord gripping formation at ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7117636 | Simultaneously operating self balanced hung window A hung window includes upper and lower sashes that may operate simultaneously. Two or more pulleys or rollers are mounted at each lateral side of the window frame. A cable interconnects each lateral side of the upper and lower sashes. The cables are routed over the ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 6957680 | Framed covering for architectural opening A framed covering for an architectural opening includes a collapsible shade that is moveable between open and closed positions relative to the architectural opening with the collapsible shade being mounted within an enclosed framework that is adapted to be secured t... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6923238 | Multi-panel door with an auxiliary drive mechanism A multi-panel sliding door includes a main drive to directly move a leading door panel and includes an auxiliary drive to smoothly accelerate a lagging door panel. In some embodiments, the auxiliary drive includes a hanging weight that urges the lagging panel to its... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6918424 | Cord winding device for a blind A cord winding device includes a cord adapted to lift and lower a blind, a winding screw which is rotatable for winding and unwinding the cord and which has a screw thread portion, and a guide body sleeved on the winding screw. The guide body and the winding screw m... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6520485 | Winch system for raising and lowering theatre scenery A motorized fly system winch, drum and carriage combination for raising and lowering, for example, theatre scenery by means of cables and which incorporates functions for emergency braking, for moving the drum in synchronization with relation to the carri... | 02/18/2003 |
| 5718277 | Roller blind The roller blind (100) detachably fastened to a winding axis (50) can be rolled up on to and unrolled from the winding axis with the aid of pull cords, in which case the pull cords (20, 120, 220) are constructed in the form of U-like routed pull cord pair... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5611386 | Electric window blind An electric window blind comprises a driving member capable of being actuated by an action rod to cause the rotary wheels to engage the transmission wheels at the time when the power outage takes place. The rotary wheels can be therefore actuated manually... | 03/18/1997 |
| 5415916 | Ruffling tape and method of ruffling The improved ruffling tape includes a heat fusible, flexible, resilient, elongated strip of thermoplastic or the like, to one side of which is a pull string loosely secured thereto, as by spaced stitches along the length of the strip, which stitches run o... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5242006 | Drapery weight and method A drapery weight in which a body portion and cover are snap fittingly engaged each to the other is disclosed. An open space is provided interiorly to receive whatever weights the factory or installer preselects for the given installation. Thereafter, prov... | 09/07/1993 |
| 5125447 | Safety device for window decoration cords A safety device to house a window decoration cords which includes a tunnel defining structure to be affixed adjacent a building opening and in which the cords for manipulating window decorations are housed and which tunnel defining structure includes a sl... | 06/30/1992 |
| 5070927 | Roller assembly for a window blind A roller assembly includes an elongated casing with a shaft longitudinally provided within it. A U-shaped bracket with two opposed sides and a bottom connecting the two sides is fixed in the elongated casing. A threaded rod is sleeved on the shaft in such... | 12/10/1991 |
| 4961454 | Insulated folding door A folding door for industrial use utilizes a curtain having a series of spaced-apart panel sections which are insulated, and one or more folding hinge sections spanning adjacent panel sections. The hinge sections are generally made of flexible sheet mater... | 10/09/1990 |
| 4955422 | Shower curtain operator A mechanism for opening and closing a shower curtain without grabbing onto the curtain material. A pull cord system is incorporated into a conventional shower curtain assembly so that the curtain can be opened or closed with minimum stress on the curtain ... | 09/11/1990 |
| 4715583 | Tension fixture for a curtain A tensioning device for use with an endless traverse which is longitudinally adjustable in both directions responsive to a rotational drive. The rotational drive includes two driving gears which are each selectively coupled with a drive shaft so that when... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4655272 | Automatic drapery pleating device and method An elongated strip of stiff material formed with a series of transverse folds across the strip. At least two adjacent panels between folds turn inwardly to form pleats between spaced control panels. Each control panel has at least two parallel string enca... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4481998 | Device for operating a pull cord A device is provided for applying tensile forces to a flexible cord to draw the cord toward the device. The device has a base, a drive wheel rotatably mounted to the base and a pair of traction rollers within the plane of the drive wheel. The cord circumf... | 11/13/1984 |