Cord safety device for window coverings
AssigneeDavid Louis Jaggli
InventorDavid Louis Jaggli
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Abstract
An elastic cord device for use in combination with a window covering device of the type comprising a pulley, a plurality of lift cords, a head rail, the lift cords used to raise and lower a window covering material. The elastic cord device can have a spiral helical shape. The elastic cord device is exposed and accessible so that the elastic cord device can be pulled to raise and lower the window covering material. A window covering device comprising an elastic cord device, a head rail, a pulley, window covering material and lift cords; the elastic cord device is used to operate the window covering.
Claims19
An improved operating cord in combination with a window covering device comprising a headrail, a pulley supported by said headrail, and a movable window covering material, said operating cord comprising an elasticized operating cord operably coupled to said movable window covering material and said pulley, a portion of said elasticized operating cord is spaced from said headrail and accessible to an operator for stretching said elasticized operating cord to move said movable window covering material, the portion of said elasticized operating cord spaced from said headrail and accessible is capable of springing back towards said headrail and is in a relaxed state when not being stretched by an operator to move said movable window covering material whereby said exposed and accessible portion of said elasticized operating cord is retracted to a position relatively adjacent said headrail.
A window covering device comprising;
- A window covering material having a stationary end and a movable end;
- The window covering material movable end capable of being selectively movable in a first direction toward an expanded position and a second direction toward a retracted position, whereby the stationary end and the movable end are spaced further apart in the expanded position than in the retracted position, thereby providing different covering characteristics;
- An elasticized cord;
- said elasticized cord having a first end operably coupled with said covering material and a second end;
- said second end capable of, upon application of a pulling force, moving from a first position toward a second position such that the elastic cord is stretched, thereby causing said covering material to move in at least one of said first and second directions, said second end returning to a position relatively adjacent said first end upon at least a reduction of the pulling force.
A window covering device comprising at least one cord connected to a moveable window covering material, a headrail, a pulley supported by the headrail and an elasticized cord device;
- a portion of said at least one cord and a portion of said elasticized cord device go onto and around said pulley, a portion of said elasticized cord device is exposed and accessible from said headrail to an operator to move said movable window covering material, whereby when said portion of said elasticized cord device that is exposed and accessible is pulled by the operator, it stretches and rotates said pulley, thereby winding said at least one cord on said pulley thereby moving said movable window covering material, the portion of said elasticized cord device that is exposed and accessible springs back to an unstretched, relaxed state when not being pulled by the operator.
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