Headrail having reversible modular controls
OwnerRen Judkinsinventor
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Abstract
A headrail for a venetian type blind has reversible modular controls that can be easily switched from the right side of the blind to the left side of the blind or vice versa by the installer. The headrail has an elongated body having a base, a first sidewall and a second sidewall. The first and second sidewalls are spaced apart, generally parallel and attached to the base. Each sidewall has a slot sized to receive a plug or a fitting through which the lift cords and tilt cords or hook for a tilt wand pass. The slots are opposite one another and of a same size. One changes the controls from one end of the headrail to the opposite end of the headrail by moving the lift cords and tilt cord or hook from one slot to the other slot.
Claims20
A headrail comprising:
- a. an elongated body having a base, a first sidewall and a second side wall, the first and second sidewalls being spaced apart and attached to the base, each sidewall having a first end and a second end wherein there is a first slot in the first end of the first sidewall and a second slot in the first end of the second sidewall, the first slot and the second slot being opposite one another and of a same size;
- b. a plug positioned in one of the first slot and the second slot;
- c. a fitting positioned in the other of the first slot and the second slot the fitting having at least one aperture through which a lift cord can pass;
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- d. an endcap attached to the first end of the first sidewall and the first end of the second sidewall.
A venetian blind comprised of a headrail, a bottomrail, a plurality of slats positioned on ladders extending from the bottomrail into the headrail and lift cords extending from the headrail to the bottomrail wherein the headrail comprises:
- a. an elongated body having a base, a first sidewall and a second side wall, the first and second sidewalls being spaced apart and attached to the base, each sidewall having a first end and a second end wherein there is a first slot in the first end of the first sidewall and a second slot in the first end of the second sidewall, the first slot and the second slot being opposite one another and of a same size;
- b. a plug positioned in one of the first slot and the second slot;
- c. a fitting positioned in the other of the first slot and the second slot the fitting having at least one aperture through which a lift cord can pass and configured to allow passage of at least one of a portion of a tilter and tilt cord through the fitting;
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- d. an endcap attached to the first end of the first sidewall and the first end of the second sidewall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.