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US 6,543,517 B2Granted
Carrier and spacer assembly
AssigneeHunter Douglas Industries BV
InventorKonrad Welfonder
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AssigneeHunter Douglas Industries BV
InventorKonrad Welfonder
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A carrier and spacer assembly for an architectural covering, such as a vertical Venetian blind, comprising a longitudinally-arrayed plurality of carriers that are slidably arranged for longitudinal movement along a longitudinally-extending tilt rod between open and closed positions. In the open position, the carriers are spaced apart along the tilt rod, and in the closed position, the carriers are adjacent to one another at a one end of the tilt rod. A mechanism is provided for pulling a first carrier along the tilt rod between the open and closed positions. A plurality of elongated spacers are disposed between the adjacent carriers, connecting them together along the tilt rod. Each spacer includes a leading end portion which extends towards the open position and engages a carrier and a trailing end portion which extends towards the closed position and engages an adjacent carrier. The trailing end portion of each spacer is longitudinally overlapped by the leading end portion of the adjacent spacer, wherein the leading end portion of each spacer contacts a carrier laterally farther from the tilt rod than its trailing end portion contacts an adjacent carrier when the carriers and spacers are moved longitudinally towards the open position.
A carrier and spacer assembly for a head rail of an architectural covering the architectural covering including a plurality of covering elements, said carrier and spacer assembly comprising:
A carrier and spacer assembly for an architectural covering, wherein the architectural covering comprises a plurality of covering elements, the assembly comprising:
A covering assembly for an architectural opening, the covering assembly comprising:
A carrier and spacer assembly for a head rail of a covering for an architectural opening, the covering including a plurality of louvers, the carrier and spacer assembly comprising (i) at least one elongated spacer and (ii) a longitudinally-extending channel with the at least one spacer received therein, the channel including (i) a first upstanding side with left and right portions, the left and right portions of the first upstanding side intersecting proximate a center of the first upstanding side, (ii) a second upstanding side spaced from and facing the first upstanding side, the second upstanding side having left and right portions, the left and right portions of the second upstanding side intersecting proximate a center of the second upstanding side, and (iii) a bottom surface spanning between and intersecting a bottom edge of each of the first and second upstanding side, each left and right portion of the first and second upstanding sides tapering laterally outwardly of the channel from an intersection with the other of the left and right portion of the respective first or second upstanding side.
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