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US 10,689,903 B2Granted
Single-track stacking panel covering for an architectural opening
AssigneeHunter Douglas Inc.
InventorWendell B. Colson
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Abstract
A stacking panel covering for an architectural opening includes a headrail and a plurality of suspended from the headrail. The panels form an overlapped stack at one end of the headrail when the stacking panel covering is opened, and cover the architectural opening when the stacking panel covering is closed. The panels are piggybacked on those adjacent thereto, so that they stack, one behind the next, when the stacking panel covering is opened, and so that each pulls the next adjacent thereto as the stacking panel covering is being closed. The panels themselves may be planar, or convexly curved in a horizontal direction and substantially straight in a vertical direction.
Claims26
A stacking panel covering for an architectural opening, said stacking panel covering comprising:
- headrail configured to be mounted relative to the architectural opening, said headrail having a longitudinal direction, and a first end and a second end;
- a headrail portion positioned at said first end of said headrail and configured to extend at a non-zero angle relative to the longitudinal direction of said headrail;
- and
- a plurality of panels supported relative to said headrail, each of said panels having a first upper corner and a second upper corner, said panels including a first panel positioned closest to said first end of said headrail, a second panel positioned closest to said second end of said headrail, and at least one intermediate panel positioned between said first and second panels;
- wherein:
- said first upper corner of said first panel is slidably coupled to and supported by said headrail portion;
- said second upper corner of each of said plurality of panels is slidable in said longitudinal direction of said headrail;
- and
- said plurality of panels forms an overlapped stack at said first end of said headrail when said second panel is directed towards said first end to open said stacking panel covering.
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A stacking panel covering for an architectural opening, said stacking panel
- covering comprising:
- a headrail configured to be mounted relative to the architectural opening, said headrail having a longitudinal direction, and a first end and a second end;
- a plurality of panels supported relative to said headrail;
- each of said panels having a first upper corner and a second upper corner, said panels including a first panel positioned closest to said first end of said headrail;
- a second panel positioned closest to said second end of said headrail, and at least one intermediate panel positioned between said first and second panels;
- a plurality of driving blocks, each of said plurality of driving blocks being coupled to a corresponding panel of said plurality of panels at said second upper corner thereof;
- and
- a cord extending through said plurality of driving blocks, said cord configured to be manipulated to open and close said stacking panel covering;
- wherein:
- said second upper corner of each of said plurality of panels is slidable in said longitudinal direction of said headrail;
- an angular orientation of each of said plurality of driving blocks relative to said longitudinal direction of said headrail varies as said stacking panel covering is moved between opened and closed positions;
- and
- said plurality of panels forms an overlapped stack at said first end of said headrail then said second panel is directed towards said first end to open said stacking panel covering.
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A stacking panel covering for an architectural opening, said stacking panel covering comprising:
- a headrail configured to be mounted relative to the architectural opening, said headrail having a longitudinal direction, and a first end and a second end;
- a headrail portion positioned at said first end of said headrail;
- and
- a plurality of panels supported relative to said headrail, each of said panels having a first upper corner and a second upper corner, said panels including a first panel positioned closest to said first end of said headrail, a second panel positioned closest to said second end of said headrail, and at least one intermediate panel positioned between said first and second panels;
- wherein:
- said first upper corner of said first panel is slidably coupled to said headrail portion and said first panel is configured to pivot away from said headrail as said first upper corner of said first panel slides relative to said headrail portion;
- said second upper corner of each of said plurality of panels is slidable in said longitudinal direction of said headrail;
- said plurality of panels forms an overlapped stack at said first end of said headrail when said second panel is directed towards said first end to open said stacking panel covering;
- and
- each of said first upper corner of said second panel and said first upper corners of said at least one intermediate panel is slidably coupled to an adjacent panel positioned closer to said first end of said headrail.
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A stacking panel covering for an architectural opening, said stacking panel covering comprising:
- a headrail configured to be mounted relative to the architectural opening, said headrail having a longitudinal direction, and a first end and a second end;
- a plurality of panels supported relative to said headrail, each of said panels having a first upper corner and a second upper corner, said panels including a first panel positioned closest to said first end of said headrail, a second panel positioned closest to said second end of said headrail, and at least one intermediate panel positioned between said first and second panels;
- a plurality of driving blocks, each of said plurality of driving blocks being coupled to a corresponding panel of said plurality of panels at said second upper corner thereof;
- and
- a cord extending through said plurality of driving blocks, said cord configured to be manipulated to open and close said stacking panel covering;
- wherein:
- said second upper corner of each of said plurality of panels is slidable in said longitudinal direction of said headrail;
- an orientation of each of said plurality of driving blocks relative to said longitudinal direction of said headrail varies as said stacking panel covering is moved between opened and closed positions;
- said plurality of panels forms an overlapped stack at said first end of said headrail when said second panel is directed towards said first end to open said stacking panel covering;
- and
- each of said first upper corner of said second panel and said first upper corners of said at least one intermediate panel is slidably coupled to an adjacent panel positioned closer to said first end of said headrail.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.