Batten Spacers for Shade Systems
AssigneeHunter Douglas Inc.
InventorMichael S. Goldberg
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Abstract
In one aspect, a shade assembly may generally include a shade fabric having a front side and a back side. The shade assembly may also include two or more batten spacers, with each batten spacer being coupled to the shade fabric at spaced apart locations along a vertical length of the fabric. Moreover, the batten spacers may be substantially aligned with one another horizontally along the back side of the shade fabric. When the shade fabric is moved to an opened position, the batten spacers may be configured to vertically engage one another to form a vertical spacer stack along the back side of the shade fabric.
Claims20
A shade assembly, comprising:
- a shade fabric having a front side and a back side;
- two or more spacers, each of said spacers being coupled to said shade fabric at spaced apart locations along a vertical length of said shade fabric, said spacers being substantially aligned with one another horizontally along said back side of said shade fabric;
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- wherein, when said shade fabric is moved to an opened position, said spacers are configured to engage one another to form a vertical spacer stack along said back side of said shade fabric that maintains at least a portion of said shade fabric in a substantially vertical arrangement.
A shade assembly, comprising:
- a shade fabric having a front side and a back side;
- first and second battens coupled to said shade fabric at spaced apart locations;
- first and second batten clips, said first batten clip being configured to couple said first batten to said shade fabric and said second batten clip being configured to couple said second batten to said shade fabric;
- first and second batten spacers, said first batten spacer being coupled to said first batten clip and said second batten spacer being coupled to said second batten clip, said first and second batten spacers being substantially horizontally aligned along said back side of said shade fabric;
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- wherein said first and second batten spacers are configured to vertically engage one another to form vertical spacer stack along said back side of said shade fabric when said shade fabric is moved to an opened position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.