U.S. patent application number 11/184868 was filed with the patent office on 2006-11-09 for major blind with individually movable minor blinds structure.
Invention is credited to Leslie Nien.
Application Number | 20060249260 11/184868 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 35404804 |
Filed Date | 2006-11-09 |
United States Patent
Application |
20060249260 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Nien; Leslie |
November 9, 2006 |
Major blind with individually movable minor blinds structure
Abstract
A major blind with individually movable minor blinds structure
includes a head rail, hanging elements, connection brackets, and
blind bodies wherein the head rail has a plurality of T-shaped
guide grooves for the accommodation of the hanging elements each
made up of a joining head to be mounted to the head rail and a
coupling end to be registered with a connected portion of each
connection bracket having a receiving groove defining one side for
the location of the upper edge of the blind body therein.
Therefore, via the hanging elements, each blind body can be
horizontally slid to the left or right on the head rail as the user
desires. And, via an up/down control unit fixed to the connection
bracket, the blind body can also be freely raised or lowered in the
collection or expansion operation, achieving more versatile changes
as well as more convenient application thereof.
Inventors: |
Nien; Leslie; (Changhua
Hsien, TW) |
Correspondence
Address: |
TROXELL LAW OFFICE PLLC
SUITE 1404
5205 LEESBURG PIKE
FALLS CHURCH
VA
22041
US
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Family ID: |
35404804 |
Appl. No.: |
11/184868 |
Filed: |
July 20, 2005 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
160/84.03 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A47H 2023/025 20130101;
A47H 2001/047 20130101; E06B 9/262 20130101; A47H 13/00 20130101;
E06B 2009/2625 20130101; E06B 2009/2622 20130101; E06B 2009/2627
20130101; E06B 9/40 20130101; A47H 15/04 20130101; E06B 9/36
20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
160/084.03 |
International
Class: |
A47H 5/00 20060101
A47H005/00 |
Foreign Application Data
Date |
Code |
Application Number |
May 9, 2005 |
TW |
094207409 |
Claims
1. A major blind with individually movable minor blinds structure,
including a head rail, a plurality of hanging elements, connection
brackets, and blind bodies wherein each hanging element is equipped
with a joining head to be mounted to the head rail thereby, and a
coupling end having a coupling section disposed thereon to be
reciprocally registered with a locked section defining a connected
portion of each connection bracket thereby so that, via the hanging
elements thereof, each blind body mounted to the connection bracket
thereof can be horizontally slid to the left or right on the head
rail as the user desires; meanwhile, via an up/down control unit
fixed to the connection bracket thereof, each blind body can also
be freely raised or lowered in collection or expansion operation
thereof, achieving more versatile changes as well as more
convenient application of the present invention.
2. The major blind with individually movable minor blinds structure
as claimed in claim 1 wherein the joining head of each hanging
element is made in a T shape to reciprocally match with a plurality
of T-shaped guide grooves defining the head rail thereon for
sliding engagement therewith.
3. The major blind with individually movable minor blinds structure
as claimed in claim 1 wherein the joining head of the hanging
element thereof can also be made in a hook-like shape to be mounted
onto one of multiple hanging rods disposed at the head rail
thereof.
4. The major blind with individually movable minor blinds structure
as claimed in claim 1 wherein the coupling section of the coupling
end extending at the bottom of the hanging element can be made in a
rod-like shape.
5. The major blind with individually movable minor blinds structure
as claimed in claim 1 wherein the coupling section of the coupling
end of the hanging element thereof can also be made into a
screw-threaded section.
6. The major blind with individually movable minor blinds structure
as claimed in claim 1 wherein the locked section defining the
connected portion of the connection bracket can be made in a
thru-hole form.
7. The major blind with individually movable minor blinds structure
as claimed in claim 1 wherein the locked section defining the
connected portion of the connection bracket can also be made into a
screw hole.
8. The major blind with individually movable minor blinds structure
as claimed in claim 1 wherein the blind body can be made into
various types of blinds such as the Roman blind, the hobbled Roman
shade, the spring roller blind, and the Venetian blind, etc.
9. The major blind with individually movable minor blinds structure
as claimed in claim 1 wherein the coupling section of the hanging
element and the locked section of the connection bracket thereof
can be respectively matched and securely engaged with an assembly
fitting made up of a fixed end and a fixing end thereof.
10. The major blind with individually movable minor blinds
structure as claimed in claim 9 wherein the fixed end of the
assembly fitting has a fixed section defining thereon.
11. The major blind with individually movable minor blinds
structure as claimed in claim 9 wherein the fixing end of the
assembly fitting has a fixing section disposed thereon.
12. The major blind with individually movable minor blinds
structure as claimed in claim 10 wherein the fixed section of the
fixed end thereof can be made into a thru-hole.
13. The major blind with individually movable minor blinds
structure as claimed in claim 10 wherein the fixed section of the
fixed end thereof can also be made into a screw hole.
14. The major blind with individually movable minor blinds
structure as claimed in claim 11 wherein the fixing section of the
fixing end thereof can be made in a rod-like form.
15. The major blind with individually movable minor blinds
structure as claimed in claim 11 wherein the fixing section of the
fixing end thereof can also be made into a screw-threaded section.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention is related to a major blind with
individually movable minor blinds structure, including a head rail,
hanging elements, connection brackets, and blind bodies wherein
each hanging element is made up of a joining head to be mounted to
the head rail and a coupling end to be registered with a connected
portion of each connection bracket thereby; therefore, via the
hanging elements thereof, each blind body mounted to the connection
bracket thereof can be horizontally slid to the left or right on
the head rail as the user desires. And, via an up/down control unit
accommodated at the connection bracket therein, each blind body can
be freely raised or lowered in the collection or expansion
operation, achieving more versatile changes as well as more
convenient application of the present invention.
[0002] Please refer to FIG. 1. A conventional major/minor blind
structure is made up of a head rail 10 and multiple minor blind
bodies 20 wherein the head rail 10 has a plurality of guide grooves
11 defining thereon for the accommodation of hanging elements 21
fixedly attached to the upper edge of each blind body 20
thereof.
[0003] However, there are some disadvantages to such conventional
blind structure thereof. Most of all, the hanging elements 21 are
directly fixed to the upper edge the blind bodies 20 that, as a
result, can be simply moved to the left or right along with the
hanging elements 21 sliding horizontally on the guide grooves 11 of
the head rail 10 thereof. Thus, the blind bodies 20, unable to be
raised or lowered in the collection or expansion operation thereof,
can only suspend downwards by their own weight, which is not only
inconvenient in application but also monotonously dull in
display.
SUMMARY OF THE PRESENT INVENTION
[0004] It is, therefore, the primary purpose of the present
invention to provide a major blind with individually movable minor
blinds structure, including a head rail, hanging elements,
connection brackets, and blind bodies wherein each hanging element
is made up of a joining head to be mounted to the head rail and a
coupling end to be registered with a connected portion of each
connection bracket thereby. Therefore, via the hanging elements
thereof, each blind body mounted to the connection bracket thereof
can be horizontally slid to the left or right on the head rail as
the user desires. Besides, via an up/down control unit fixed at the
connection bracket therein, the blind body can also be freely
raised or lowered in the collection or expansion operation,
achieving more versatile changes as well as more convenient
application of the present invention.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0005] FIG. 1 is an assembled perspective view of a conventional
major/minor blind structure.
[0006] FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the present
invention.
[0007] FIG. 3 is an assembled perspective view of the present
invention in application.
[0008] FIG. 4 is another assembled perspective view of the present
invention in application.
[0009] FIG. 5 is a partially cross sectional view of the present
invention in assembly.
[0010] FIG. 6 is a third assembled perspective view of the present
invention in application.
[0011] FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view of another embodiment
of the present invention.
[0012] FIG. 8 is an exploded perspective view of a third embodiment
of the present invention.
[0013] FIG. 9 is an assembled and partially cross sectional view of
the third embodiment of the present invention.
[0014] FIG. 10 is an assembled and partially cross sectional view
of a fourth embodiment of the present invention.
[0015] FIG. 11 is a perspective view of a fifth embodiment of the
present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
[0016] Please refer to FIG. 2 showing an exploded perspective view
of the present invention. The present invention is related to a
major blind with individually movable minor blinds structure,
including a head rail 30 equipped with a plurality of T-shaped
guide grooves 31 defining thereon for the accommodation of a
plurality of hanging elements 40 each made up of a T-shaped joining
head 41 extending at the top thereof and a coupling end 42 with a
coupling section 421 (made in a rod-like or screw-threaded form)
disposed at the bottom thereof to be reciprocally secured to a
locked section 511 (made in a thru-hole or screw hole) disposed at
a connected portion 51 of a connection bracket 50. An up/down
control unit 60 (such as a pulley seat, a spring-loaded roller set,
or a beaded-type roller set, etc.) is fixed to an appropriate
position of each connection bracket 50 to control the collection
and expansion of a blind body 70 thereby. And a receiving groove 52
is provided defining one side of the connection bracket 50 therein,
permitting the upper edge of the blind body 70 fixedly attached to
a positioning element 53 (like a positioning plate) to be mounted
therein in limiting location thereby.
[0017] Please refer to FIGS. 3, 4 showing assembled perspective
views of the present invention in application (accompanied by FIG.
5). In assembly, multiple hanging elements 40 are sequentially
engaged with the connection bracket 50, each via the coupling
section 421 of the coupling end 42 thereof securely fixed to the
locked section 511 of the connected portion 51 thereof. Then, the
joining heads 41 of the multiple hanging elements 40 are
sequentially led into the guide grooves 31 and accommodated therein
to mount the hanging elements 40 to the head rail 30 respectively.
And via the hanging elements 40 thereof, each connection bracket 50
with the blind body 70 mounted thereto can be horizontally slid on
the guide groove 31 so as to synchronically move the minor blind
body 70 to the left or right therewith as the user desires.
Besides, via the up/down control unit 60 thereof fixed at the
connection bracket 50 therein, each blind body 70 suspending
downwards from the connection bracket 50 can also be freely raised
or lowered in collection or expansion operation thereof. Therefore,
the present invention can be variously changed to offer versatile
visual effects as a whole and avoid the disadvantages of the dull
and monotonous conventional blind structure, achieving multiple
functions as well as more convenient application thereof.
[0018] Please refer to FIG. 6. The positioning element 53
accommodated at the connection bracket 50 therein can also be made
into a positioning linkage device and appropriately fixed to both
lateral edges of one side of the connection bracket 50 for the
attachment of the blind body 70 thereto. And the joining heads 41
extending at the upper section of the hanging elements 40 thereof
can horizontally slide on the guide grooves 31 of the head rail 30
to synchronically actuate the movement of the connection brackets
50 and, thus, the blind bodies 70 therewith. Meanwhile, via the
up/down control unit 60 thereof, each blind body 70 mounted at the
connection bracket 50 can also be freely rolled up or down in
collection or expansion operation thereof.
[0019] Please refer to FIG. 7 showing another embodiment of the
present invention. The hanging element 40 and the connection
bracket 50 thereof can also be securely linked via an assembly
fitting 80 made up of a fixed end 81 defined by a fixed section 811
(made in a thru-hole or screw hole), and a fixing end 82 equipped
with a fixing section 821 (made in a rod-like or screw-threaded
form) to be respectively engaged with the coupling section 421 of
the hanging element 40 and the locked section 511 of the connected
portion 51 thereof so as to provide more stable and securer
connection of the hanging element 40 and the connection bracket 50
thereby.
[0020] Please refer to FIG. 8 showing a third embodiment of the
present invention (accompanied by FIG. 9). The joining head 41 of
the hanging element 40 can also be made in a hook-like shape to be
mounted onto one of multiple hanging rods 91 disposed at a head
rail 90 thereof.
[0021] Please refer to FIG. 10. The hanging element 40 equipped
with the hooked-like joining head 41 and the connection bracket 50
thereof can be respectively coupled with the assembly fitting 80
with the coupling section 421 thereof engaged with the fixed
section 811 of the fixed end 81 and the locked section 511 thereof
secured to the fixing section 821 of the fixing end 82 thereof so
as to provide more stable and securer connection thereby.
[0022] Furthermore, the blind body 70 can be made into various
types of blinds such as the Roman blind as shown in FIGS. 2, 3, the
hobbled Roman shade as shown in FIG. 4, and the spring roller blind
as shown in FIG. 6.
[0023] Please refer to FIG. 11. The present invention can also
include a Venetian blind body 70' directly attached to the
underside of a connection bracket 50' having an up/down control
unit 60' mounted at one lateral end thereon, and connected portions
51' each defined by a locked section 511' (like a thru-hole or
screw hole) disposed at the upper edge thereon.
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