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US 6,186,213 B1Granted
Vertical blind system having a removable vane cover
AssigneeOxford House, Incorporated
InventorWayne M. Senesac
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Abstract
A vertical blind system includes a conventional vertical blind vane mechanism, a plurality of vertical blind vanes coupled to the vane mechanism, and a continuous blind vane cover, such as a white sheer fabric drapery material, removably mounted to several of the blind vanes with pairs of snap connectors connecting through holes near the top of each vane. This allows ready removal of the vane cover for washing, with ready replacement in the proper position after cleaning.
Claims28
A vertical blind system comprising:
- a vertical blind vane mechanism;
- a plurality of vertical blind vanes coupled to said blind vane mechanism, said plurality of blind vanes each having a first hole therethrough near a top of said plurality of blind vanes;
- and
- a blind vane cover including a plurality of folded panels, each of said plurality of folded panels defining a pocket, each of said pockets having
- one vertical blind vane of said plurality of blind vanes being disposed, respectively, within said pocket, and
- a pair of complementary readily disengageable fasteners adjoined to said blind vane cover of said pocket,
- wherein a first fastener member of said pair of fasteners is disposed within said hole of said one blind vane, and
- wherein a second fastener member of said pair of fasteners is detachably coupled to said first fastener member of said pair of fasteners to thereby mount said panel to said plurality of blind vanes in a readily removable manner;
- and
- said blind vane cover near the top of said plurality of blind vanes extending between adjacent vanes in a U-shape, with each leg of the U being near a respective one of the adjacent vanes, and the base of the U extending between the adjacent vanes near the vertical edges of the adjacent vanes that are opposite the closed ends of said pockets.
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A vertical blind system comprising:
- a vertical blind vane mechanism;
- several vertical blind vanes coupled to said blind vane mechanism, one vane of said several vanes having a hole therethrough near the top of said one vane;
- and
- a blind vane cover including a folded panel defining a pocket, said pocket having
- said one vane of said several vanes being disposed, respectively, within said pocket,
- a pair of complementary readily disengageable fasteners adjoined to said blind vane cover of said pocket,
- wherein a first fastener member of said pair of fasteners is disposed within said hole of said one vane of said several vanes, and
- wherein a second fastener member of said pair of fasteners is detachably coupled to said first fastener member of said pair of fasteners to thereby mount said panel to said one vane of said several vanes in a readily removable manner;
- and
- said blind vane cover near the top of said several vanes extending between adjacent vanes in a U-shape, with each leg of the U being near a respective one of the adjacent vanes, and the base of the U extending between the adjacent vanes near the vertical edges of the adjacent vanes that are opposite the closed ends of said pockets.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.