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US 5,176,192 AGranted
Shade and bottomrail therefor
AssigneeVerosol USA Inc.
InventorsRen Judkins, Ralph Jelic
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AssigneeVerosol USA Inc.
InventorsRen Judkins, Ralph Jelic
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This invention relates to a shade, a bottomrail therefor and a method for the manufacture thereof. The shade is pleated and has the two sections forming each rear projecting pleat secured together to form a rear projecting tab. Cord holes are formed in each of the tabs. A generally triangular in cross section bottomrail is provided which is designed to assist in offsetting and disguising the roll of the shade caused by the fabric resilience. The generally triangular bottomrail includes a housing comprised of a main body having a cavity therein and a tongue extending in a direction opposite the rear face of the shade body. The tongue has a termination point at one end opposite the main body and the housing further includes a leaf extending from the termination point of the tongue to the main body with the leaf forming a side of the generally triangular bottomrail. The housing additional includes a cord receiving arrangement mounted therein.
A shade of the type having a shade body having a top, a bottom and a centerline and constructed of pleated material, the pleated material having a front face and a rear face and adapted to receive and restrain at least one cord extending from the top to the bottom of said shade body, said shade body further having a series of tabs extending from the rear face thereof, wherein said shade comprises:
A shade assembly including a bottomrail and a shade body, wherein the shade body is of the type constructed of pleated material having a series of tabs extending outwardly from a rear face thereof, wherein the bottomrail is generally triangular in cross section and wherein the bottomrail comprises:
A shade assembly including a bottomrail and a shade body of the type constructed of pleated material having a series of tabs extending outwardly from a rear face thereof, wherein the bottomrail is generally triangular in cross section and wherien the bottomrail comprises:
A shade assembly including a bottomrail and a shade body of the type constructed of pleated material having a series of tabs extending outwardly from a rear face thereof, wherein the bottomrail is generally triangular in cross section and wherien the bottomrail comprises:
A shade assembly including a bottomrail and a shade body of the type constructed of pleated material having a series of tabs extending outwardly from a rear face thereof, wherein said bottomrail is generally triangular in cross section and wherein the bottomrail comprises:
A shade assembly as described in claim 14 wherein said cord passes through the top surface of the clamp means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.