Window Covering Apparatus
OwnerJohn R. Lowry, Gordon L. King +1inventors
InventorsJohn R. Lowry, Gordon L. King, Don A. Patterson
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Abstract
Exemplary window covering apparatus, assemblies, and associated methods are disclosed herein. An exemplary window covering apparatus comprises a headrail, a covering attached to and extending vertically downward from the headrail, a pull cord configured to be operated by a user, a lift cord connecting a bottom of the covering to the pull cord by way of the headrail, the lift cord configured to lift the bottom of the covering to collapse the covering toward the headrail or drop the bottom of the covering to extend the covering away from the headrail when the pull cord is operated by the user, and an elongate sheath that ensheathes an otherwise exposed segment of the lift cord.
Claims20
A window covering apparatus comprising:
- a headrail;
- a covering attached to and extending vertically downward from the headrail;
- a pull cord configured to be operated by a user;
- a lift cord connecting a bottom of the covering to the pull cord by way of the headrail, the lift cord configured to lift the bottom of the covering to collapse the covering toward the headrail or drop the bottom of the covering to extend the covering away from the headrail when the pull cord is operated by the user;
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- an elongate sheath that ensheathes an otherwise exposed segment of the lift cord.
An apparatus comprising an elongate sheath ensheathing an otherwise exposed segment of a lift cord of a window covering assembly.
A window covering apparatus comprising:
- a headrail;
- a covering attached to and extending vertically downward from the headrail;
- a lift cord attached to and configured to lift a bottom of the covering to collapse the covering toward the headrail or drop the bottom of the covering to extend the covering away from the headrail;
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- an elongate sheath that ensheathes a segment of the lift cord, the elongate sheath and the sheathed segment of the lift cord extending from the headrail to the bottom of the covering;
- wherein the elongate sheath is configured to allow the lift cord to slide longitudinally within the elongate sheath and to collapse or extend together with the covering.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.