Friction adjustment member for architectural covering
AssigneeHunter Douglas Inc.
InventorJoseph Mark Downey
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Abstract
An architectural covering may include an adjustment member configured and positioned to adjust friction affecting movement of the covering. The adjustment member may be manipulated to increase friction in the architectural covering so a covering member (e.g., a panel) of the architectural covering does not move as freely as it would without the increased friction, yet the covering member nonetheless remains simple to operate. The additional friction may be effective to inhibit the covering member from moving across an associated architectural feature on its own without a user's input.
Claims28
An architectural covering comprising:
- a rail;
- a carrier movable along a length of said rail;
- and
- a covering member suspended from said carrier for movement with said carrier along the length of said rail relative to an adjacent architectural feature between an open configuration and a closed configuration;
- wherein said carrier includes an adjustment member movable towards and away from said rail via rotation of said adjustment member relative to said rail to adjust friction incrementally between said carrier and said rail.
An architectural covering comprising:
- a rail;
- a carrier movable along a length of said rail, said carrier comprising a body movably received within said rail and a post extending from said body along a longitudinal axis of said post to an exterior of said rail;
- and
- a covering member coupled to said carrier via said post;
- wherein:
- said carrier includes an adjustment member configured to be installed onto said post with movement of said adjustment member in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis of said post;
- and
- said adjustment member is configured to adjust friction between said carrier and said rail.
An architectural covering comprising:
- a rail including first and second sidewalls extending along a length of said rail, said rail defining a rail width between opposed outer faces of said first and second sidewalls in a widthwise direction of said rail, said rail further defining a slot extending along the length of said rail, said first and second sidewalls being spaced apart from said slot in the widthwise direction of said rail;
- a carrier movable along the length of said rail, said carrier comprising a body movably received within an interior of said rail between said first and second sidewalls;
- and
- a covering member coupled to said carrier;
- wherein said carrier includes an adjustment member positioned outside said rail to adjust friction between said carrier and said rail;
- and
- said adjustment member defines a width that is greater than the rail width of said rail such that portions of said adjustment member extend outwardly beyond said opposed outer faces of said first and second sidewalls in the widthwise direction of said rail.
An architectural covering comprising:
- a rail;
- a carrier movable along a length of said rail;
- and
- a covering member suspended from said carrier for movement with said carrier along the length of said rail relative to an adjacent architectural feature between an open position and a closed position;
- wherein:
- said carrier includes an adjustment member movable towards and away from said rail to adjust friction between said carrier and said rail;
- and
- said carrier is positioned and configured to provide a user with access to said adjustment member when said carrier is installed relative to said rail to allow the user to directly manipulate said adjustment member when adjusting the friction between said carrier and said rail.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.