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US 5,713,407 AGranted
Drapery system having light controlling vertical vanes
OwnerRen Judkinsinventor
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Abstract
A light controllable drapery system has a first track from which a drapery is hung and a parallel, second track from which vertical vanes are hung. Both the drapery and the vertical vanes are suspended from carriers which are sliceable along their respective tracks. At least one connector connects a carrier on the first track to a carrier on the second track to enable carriers on the first track to move concurrently with carriers on the second track. A pusher is provided on each vane which pushes the drapery along the drapery track when the vanes are moved from an open position to a closed position so that the drapery does not become entangled between the vanes during that movement.
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A light controllable drapery system comprising:
- a. a master carrier comprised of a first track and a second track each track having a plurality of carriers slidable along the track, the first track being parallel to the second track;
- b. at least one connector connecting a carrier on the first track to a carrier on the second track to enable carriers on the first track to move concurrently with carriers on the second track;
- c. a drapery hung from the carriers on the first track, wherein the drapery has a plurality of vertical pleats each pleat having a length extending the complete vertical length of the drapery and also comprising a tab on each pleat wherein all tabs are on one face of the drapery and extend alone the complete vertical length of the pleat to which the tab is attached;
- d. vertical blind vanes hung from the carriers on the second track;
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- e. a tilt mechanism connected to the vertical vanes for turning the vanes between a closed position and an open position.
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A light controllable drapery system comprising:
- a. a master carrier comprised of a first track and a second track each track having a plurality of carriers slidable along the track, the first track being parallel to the second track;
- b. at least one connector connecting a carrier on the first track to a carrier on the second track to enable carriers on the first track to move concurrently with carriers on the second track;
- c. a drapery hung from the carriers on the first track;
- d. vertical blind vanes hung from the carriers on the second track in a manner so that there are pairs of adjacent vanes, wherein the vertical vanes each rotate about a vertical axis, at least some of the vertical axes lie in a vertical plane, and a portion of the drapery extends through the vertical plane and between the vertical axes of each pair of adjacent vanes;
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- e. a tilt mechanism connected to the vertical vanes for turning the vanes between a closed position and an open position.
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A light controllable drapery system comprising:
- a. a master carrier comprised of a first track and a second track each track having a plurality of carriers slidable along the track, the first track being parallel to the second track;
- b. at least one connector connecting a carrier on the first track to a carrier on the second track to enable carriers on the first track to move concurrently with carriers on the second track;
- c. a drapery hung from the carriers on the first track, wherein the drapery has a plurality of pleats;
- d. vertical blind vanes hung from the carriers on the second track;
- e. a tilt mechanism connected to the vertical vanes for turning the vanes, between a closed position and an open position;
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- f. a pusher attached to each vertical vanes the pusher sized and positioned to engage and push an adjacent pleat on the drapery whenever the vertical vane is rotated a desired amount.
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A light controllable drapery system comprising:
- a. a master carrier comprised of a first track and a second track each track having a plurality of carriers slidable along the track, the first track being parallel to the second track;
- b. at least one connector connecting a carrier on the first track to a carrier on the second track to enable carriers on the first track to move concurrently with carriers on the second track;
- c. a drapery hung from the carriers on the first track, the drapery having a plurality of pleats of a chosen length;
- d. vertical blind vanes hung from the carriers on the second track;
- e. a tilt mechanism connected to the vertical vanes for turning the vanes between a closed position and an open position;
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- f. a pusher attached to each end of the plurality of pleats, the pusher sized to have a width less than the chosen length of the pleats and to extend beyond the pleats and to engage an adjacent vertical slat whenever the vertical slat is rotated a desired amount so that rotation of the vertical slat from an open position to a closed position pushes the drapery along the first track.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.