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US 7,182,120 B1Granted
Tabbed multi-cellular shade material
OwnerRen Judkinsinventor
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Abstract
A tabbed honeycomb structure or pleated panel is made from a stack of collapsed multi-cellular material. The stack is split at bond lines thereby forming the panels of pleated or honeycomb material having a joint tab on one face.
Claims7
A multi-cellular pleated shade for covering a window having a front surface and a back surface opposed to one another comprising:
- a series of front cells each cell having an outer wall and an inner wall, the outer wall folded back to form a pleat and the front cells being connected to one another in a manner so that the pleats of all front cells are parallel and the outer walls of the front cells form at least a portion of the front surface;
- a series of back cells connected to the front cells, each back cell having an outer wall and an inner wall and a tab extending from the outer wall away from the inner wall;
- the back cells being connected to one another in a manner so that the tabs are parallel and the outer walls of the rear cells form at least a portion of the back surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.