Bottom rail assembly for a covering with adjustable roller position and related methods
AssigneeHunter Douglas Inc.
InventorMichael S. Goldberg
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Abstract
In one aspect, a covering for an architectural structure may include a shade panel and a bottom rail assembly coupled to the shade panel. The bottom rail assembly may include a rail housing and a roller extending within the rail housing, with the shade panel being looped around the roller such that the bottom rail assembly is vertically supported by the shade panel as the panel is moved between extended and retracted positions. In addition, the relative positioning of the roller within the rail housing may be adjusted, as desired, between the top and bottom ends of the bottom rail housing.
Claims19
A covering for an architectural structure, said covering comprising:
- a shade panel movable between an extended position and a retracted position, said shade panel including first and second shade bands provided in an alternating configuration along a length of said shade panel;
- a bottom rail housing coupled to said shade panel, said bottom rail housing extending between a bottom end and a top end;
- a roller positioned within said bottom rail housing;
- a roller post member coupled to said bottom rail housing and configured to support said roller for rotation relative to said roller post member about an axis of rotation;
- and
- a fastener configured to maintain said roller post member in position relative to said bottom rail housing;
- wherein:
- said shade panel includes a looped bottom portion extending around said roller such that said shade panel includes both a first shade segment extending upwardly from said bottom rail housing that forms a first side of said shade panel and a second shade segment extending upwardly from said bottom rail housing that forms a second side of said shade panel;
- said roller is adjustably mounted within said bottom rail housing via said roller post member to adjust a vertical alignment of said first and second shade bands between said first and second sides of said shade panel.
A covering for an architectural structure, said covering comprising:
- a shade panel movable between an extended position and a retracted position;
- a bottom rail assembly coupled to said shade panel, said bottom rail assembly including a rail housing extending between a bottom end and a top end, said bottom rail assembly further including a roller extending within said rail housing;
- and
- a roller post member provided in operative association with said roller;
- wherein:
- said shade panel is looped around said roller such that said shade panel includes both a first shade segment extending upwardly from said roller that forms a first side of said shade panel and a second shade segment extending upwardly from said roller that forms a second side of said shade panel;
- and
- said roller post member is configured to be selectively engaged with said rail housing between an unlocked state, at which said roller post member is configured to move relative to said rail housing to adjust a position of said roller within said rail housing between said top and bottom ends of said rail housing, and a locked state, at which said roller post member is fixed in position relative to said rail housing to lock the position of said roller between said top and bottom ends of said rail housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.