Blind and shade cutting center for cutting two different window covering products
AssigneeNewell Window Furnishings, Inc.
InventorsDavid Roberts, Thomas A. Caputo, Richard D. Coulcher, JR., David A. Schwartz
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Abstract
A sizing center for and a method of sizing different styles of window coverings includes at least two sizing mechanisms disposed on a sizing center in which each sizing mechanism is adapted to size a different style of window covering. Each window covering includes a color marking. At least two measuring scales are disposed on the sizing center, each measuring scale being associated with a sizing mechanism and having a different color, and each color associated with a sizing center being associated with a color marking of a window covering.
Claims18
-8. (canceled)
A customized window covering device comprising:
- a support surface;
- a first cutting station at a first end of the support surface;
- a second cutting station at a second end of the support surface;
- and
- an electronic controller that activates the first and second cutting stations.
In combination, a customized window covering device, a window covering and a clamp for securing the window covering in the customized window covering cutting device, the combination comprising:
- a customized window covering device comprising:
- a support surface;
- a first cutting station at a first end of the support surface;
- and
- a second cutting station at a second end of the support surface, the second cutting station including an opening;
- a window covering comprising;
- a top rail and a bottom rail connected with a plurality of connecting lines, the top rail and the bottom rail each having a first end and a second end;
- and
- a plurality of slats disposed between the top rail and the bottom rail, the plurality of slats being adjustable both in space between each slat and the relative angle between each slat in the plurality of slats and a bottom surface of the top rail;
- a clamp proximate the opening of the second cutting station, the clamp comprising:
- a fixed stop;
- and
- an adjustable stop slidable along an axis that is substantially parallel to the support surface and substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the customized window covering device;
- wherein the window covering is secured in the opening between the fixed stop and the adjustable stop before the window covering is sized, the slats being positioned in the opening in a generally upright orientation.
The combination of claim 7 wherein the adjustable stop slides along an axis that is substantially horizontal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.