Assembly for use in a window covering, window covering provided with such an assembly, method for assembling such a window covering and fastening element described as part of the assembly
AssigneeCoulisse B.V.
InventorWouter Hendriks
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Abstract
The invention relates to an assembly of a tilt control cord (106) and a fastening element (1) for fastening to a slat (102A) of a window covering. The fastening element has an elongate body with a length corresponding to the width of the slat. The fastening element includes second fastening means for attaching the ends of the tilt control cord. The invention also relates to a window covering having a cord spool (104), wherein the tilt control cord (106) is wrapped around the cord spool (104) and extends to the top slat (102A) on which the fastening element (1) is attached. The invention also relates to a method of assembling the window covering.
Claims16
A window covering, comprising
- a head rail;
- a slat package comprising two or more ladder tapes and a series of slats extending horizontally in the ladder tapes;
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- an operating mechanism, wherein the operating mechanism comprises a cord spool for placement in the head rail, wherein the operating mechanism further comprises a fastening element provided with a tilt control cord, wherein the tilt control cord has a first end and a second end, wherein the slats have a width, wherein the fastening element has an elongate body with a length corresponding to at least the width of the slats, wherein the elongate body is provided with first fastening means that releasably fasten the fastening element to one of the slats, wherein the tilt control cord is wrapped around the cord spool and second fastening means are provided that fasten the first end and the second end of the tilt control cord to the fastening element, whereby the operating mechanism can tilt the slats of the window covering without the use of ladder cords.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.