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US 6,948,216 B2Granted
Window covering with improved anchor for operating cord
AssigneeHunter Douglas Inc.
InventorsErwin Gaudyn, Stephen T. Wisecup, Terry L. Akins
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AssigneeHunter Douglas Inc.
InventorsErwin Gaudyn, Stephen T. Wisecup, Terry L. Akins
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A covering for an architectural opening includes a head rail, a bottom rail, and a blind material extending therebetween in addition to an operating element or lift cord extending from the head rail to the bottom rail and an improved anchoring system for securing the lower free end of the lift cord to the bottom rail. The anchor includes a body adapted to be inserted into an opening in the bottom rail with the body having radiating ribs at one end defining passages therebetween such that the lift cord can be selectively wrapped around the ribs in a predetermined manner to secure the lift cord to the anchor at a predetermined location along the length of the lift cord. A cap is provided on the anchor for further securing the cord to the body by pinching the cord between the cap and an internal surface of the body.
A covering for an architectural opening comprising in combination a headrail, a bottom rail having an opening therein, a blind extending from said headrail to said bottom rail, a flexible operating element extending from said headrail to said bottom rail and an anchor seated in said opening in said bottom rail, said anchor comprising an elongated hollow body having a first open end and a second end, said second end having at least one rib to define a plurality of passageways through said second end, and a removable cap adapted to be releasably seated in said first open end, said operating element having a first end inserted into said hollow body through said second end of said hollow body, said first end of said operating element being wrapped around said at least one rib and being free to be passed through said first open end, said removable cap being adapted to confine said free end in said first open end of said hollow body if said first end of said element is passed through said first open end wherein said anchor connects the operating element to said bottom rail at a selected location along the length of said operating element.
The combination of an anchor and an operating element for securing the element to an operative component of a covering for an architectural opening comprising in combination:
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