US 7,028,737 B2Granted

Venetian blind for day/night use

AssigneeChing Feng Blinds Ind. Co., Ltd.

InventorBen Hsu

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Abstract

A Venetian blind for day/night use includes a fixed upper beam attached at the top of a door/window, a movable beam disposed beneath the fixed upper beam, and a lower beam disposed at the bottommost thereof wherein a light-penetrable folding blind (slats) with cord passing holes disposed thereon is attached between the fixed upper beam and the movable beam thereof, and a sheltering folding blind (slats) with cord passing slots distributed thereon is located between the movable beam and the lower beam thereof. The fixed upper beam has three equally spaced cord passages arranged at the bottom side thereon in alignment with three through holes disposed at the upper surface of the movable beam thereon. A sheltering-blind pull cord unit and a light-penetrable-blind pull cord unit are respectively led through engaging holes with locating members mounted therein at both lateral sides of the fixed upper beam thereof and extend downwards till fixedly tied up to the movable beam and the lower beam respectively. Thus, the Venetian blind thereof is variably operated to display either the light-penetrable or sheltering blinds or both of them for day/night use to meet the need of a user according to different situations, and economically designed with both light-penetrable and sheltering blinds combined into one unit and sharing the same fixed upper beam, movable beam, and the lower beam, etc., to achieve the economical efficiency thereof.

A blind assembly for day and night use comprising:

a) an upper beam having:
i) a first through hole;
ii) a second through hole;
iii) a first locating member connected to the upper beam above the first through hole;
iv) a second locating member connected to the upper beam above the second through hole;
and
v) three upper beam cord holes located between the first through hole and the second through hole;
b) a first blind connected to the upper beam at a top thereof and having a plurality of first slats, each of the plurality of first slats having three first blind cord holes;
c) a middle beam connected to a bottom of the first blind and having three middle beam cord holes and two fixing holes;
d) a second blind connected to the middle beam at a top thereof and having a plurality of second slats, each of the plurality of second slats having three second blind cord holes;
e) a lower beam connected to a bottom of the second blind and having three lower beam cord holes;
f) two first pull cords selectively adjusting the first blind to a predetermined position, one of the two first pull cords being inserted through the first through hole, each of two outer most holes of the three upper beam cord holes, each of two outer most holes of the three first blind cord holes, each of two outer most holes of the three middle beam cord holes and connected to each of the two fixing holes at an end thereof;
and
g) three second pull cords selectively adjusting the second blind to a predetermined position, one of the three second pull cords being inserted through the second through hole, each of the three upper beam cord holes, each of the three first blind cord holes, each of the three middle beam cord holes, each of the three second blind cord holes, each of the three lower beam cord holes, and connected to the lower beam at an end thereof,
wherein one of the three upper beam cord holes aligning with each of the three first blind cord holes, the three middle beam cord holes, the three second blind cord holes, and the three lower beam cord holes.

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Application

10/843,450Filed 12 May 2004

Published

US 2005/0252618 A117 Nov 2005

Granted

18 Apr 2006

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Classification4 codes

E06B 9/262
Lamellar or like blinds, e.g. venetian blinds: with flexibly-interconnected horizontal or vertical strips; Concertina blinds , i.e. upwardly…
E06B 2009/2441
Combinations of at least two screens: screens joined one below the other
E06B 2009/2625
With flexibly-interconnected horizontal or vertical strips; Concertina blinds , i.e. upwardly folding flexible screens: pleated screens, e.g.…
E06B
Fixed or movable closures for openings in buildings, vehicles, fences or like

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