Slatted curtain for roller blinds
AssigneeGerald Rankl
InventorsGerald Rankl, Gerhard Haubenwallner
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Abstract
A slatted curtain for roller blinds has slats (1, 2, 3) which are made of compressed or cast wood and into which a carrier element (4, 5, 6) is pressed or cast. The carrier elements (4, 5, 6) have hook-shaped joint portions (7, 8) for interconnecting the slats (1, 2, 3).
Claims12
A slatted curtain for roller blinds comprising plural slats, said slats having carrier elements that have joint portions for interconnecting said slats, said slats being formed from compressed or cast wood material, said carrier elements being cast or pressed into said wood material and having plural recesses, at least one of said recesses being positioned along at least one longitudinal free edge of said wood material and defining means for anchoring said wood material to said respective carrier element along said at least one longitudinal free edge, and ventilation means for permitting light and air to pass between adjacently disposed pairs of said slats.
A slat for a roller blind curtain comprising a wooden member including first and second wooden parts having mutually adjacent longitudinal free edges extending in a first direction, and a metallic carrier element cast or pressed between said first and second wooden parts, said carrier element having first and second joint members extending outwardly away from said respective longitudinal free edges along an axis transverse to said first direction and having a plurality of openings therein, at least one of said openings being positioned along at least one of said longitudinal free edges, said at least one of said openings having a first portion extending outwardly from said at least one of said longitudinal free edges along said axis to serve as a light and ventilation passage between the slat and a second slat of the curtain, and a second portion extending inwardly between said wooden parts from said first portion to permit said wooden parts to be joined together thus preventing said wooden parts from delaminating from said carrier element along said at least one of said longitudinal free edges.
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