Quick release window shade system
AssigneeMechoshade Systems, LLC
InventorsStephen P. Hebeisen, Eugene Miroshnichenko
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Abstract
The quick release device may comprise a shade tube, a gear wheel engaging with the shade tube, a pawl removably engaging with the gear wheel and a solenoid configured to activate the pawl. The activation of the pawl disengages the pawl from the pawl wheel and allows the shade tube to rotate. The quick release device may also include a shade tube, a rotating brake plate engaging with the shade tube, a spring configured to apply pressure to the rotating brake plate and a magnet configured to apply magnetism to the spring. In response to the magnet applying magnetism to the spring, the spring contracts and releases pressure on the rotating brake plate and allows the shade tube to rotate.
Claims9
A quick release device comprising:
- a shade bracket having an inside facing a shade tube and a back side facing away from the shade tube;
- a shaft having a first portion extending inward of the inside of the shade bracket;
- a hub received over an end of the first portion of the shaft;
- an end of the shade tube being engaged with the hub;
- a shade wound around the shade tube, wherein the shade tube is configured to rotate with the shaft to wind and unwind the shade from the shade tube;
- a gear wheel engaging with the first portion of the shaft and positioned inside the shade tube;
- a pawl inside the shade tube and removably engaging with the gear wheel;
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- a solenoid inside the shade tube and configured to activate the pawl,
- wherein activation of the pawl disengages the pawl from the gear wheel and allows the shaft to rotate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.