Sandra Robbins Young

US Patent:

D3374696, Jul 20, 1993

Filed:

Apr 9, 1991

Appl. No.:

7/683374

Inventors:

Sandra K. Young - Newport Beach CA
Douglas J. Warner - Albany CA

Assignee:

Levolor Corporation - Sunnyvale CA

US Classification:

D 6580

US Patent:

D3350592, Apr 27, 1993

Filed:

Mar 14, 1990

Appl. No.:

7/493557

Inventors:

John F. Schaefer - Corona del Mar CA
Sandra K. Young - Newport Beach CA
David C. Burns - San Francisco CA

Assignee:

Levolor Corporation - Sunnyvale CA

US Classification:

D 6580

US Patent:

50425536, Aug 27, 1991

Filed:

Mar 14, 1990

Appl. No.:

7/498247

Inventors:

John F. Schaffer - Corona del Mar CA
Sandra K. Young - Newport Beach CA
David C. Burns - San Francisco CA
Don S. Minami - Monte Sereno CA

Assignee:

Levolor Corporation - Sunnyvale CA

International Classification:

E06B 930

US Classification:

1601781

Abstract:

A window blind headrail mounting a Venetian blind or pleated blind includes a headrail enclosure, preferably of extruded aluminum construction, having integrally spaced headrail hooks and a hook keeper extending from the enclosure edges. A pair of or more universal mounting brackets are alternatively attachable to either a horizontal surface at the top of a window opening or to a vertical wall or vertical top surface of a window frame, dependent upon the type of installation. The brackets thus can be mounted horizontally or vertically on these respective surfaces. The mounting bracket includes a hook extending from each end of a base portion fixed to a window-adjacent surface. One of the hooks of each bracket contains a discrete wave-like leaf spring. After the brackets have been mounted adjacent the window, the headrail is positioned by an installer to have an integral headrail hook guided into the spring-containing bracket hook to compress the spring and allow the other headrail hook or the headrail hook keeper, dependent on whether the brackets are mounted horizontally or vertically, to clear a distal end of the other bracket hook. Upon a slight tilting of the headrail to essentially a horizontal position and the release of the compressed spring, the resultant spring force clamps the first headrail hook to the spring-containing bracket hook and either the other headrail hook or headrail hook keeper to the other bracket hook, again dependent on whether the brackets are mounted horizontally or vertically.

US Patent:

D3316815, Dec 15, 1992

Filed:

Mar 14, 1990

Appl. No.:

7/493554

Inventors:

John F. Schaefer - Corona del Mar CA
Sandra K. Young - Newport Beach CA
David C. Burns - San Francisco CA

Assignee:

Levolor Corporation - Sunnyvale CA

US Classification:

D 6580

US Patent:

51274582, Jul 7, 1992

Filed:

Mar 14, 1990

Appl. No.:

7/493175

Inventors:

John F. Schaefer - Corona del Mar CA
Sandra K. Young - Newport Beach CA
David C. Burns - San Francisco CA

Assignee:

Levolor Corporation - Sunnyvale CA

International Classification:

E06B 930

US Classification:

1601681

Abstract:

The Venetian blind which has a headrail, a series of slats and an extruded bottom rail includes a longitudinal resilient bumper positioned in a bottom longitudinal slat of the bottom rail and extending from the bottom of the rail. Resilient end caps having the same transverse contour as the bumper close the rail ends and together with the bumper, seal the bottom rail from light transmission between it and a window sill and a window vertical edge. An extruded aluminum or plastic headrail with resilient end pieces has spaced tangs extending from a tilt and left mechanism-supporting horizontal bottom wall forming an inverted U-shaped open compartment. This compartment receives the top portion of the uppermost blind slat in a slats tilted closed position to block out light transmission and sight lines under the headrail. A resilient flipper seal obstructs light at the top of the headrail. The bottom rail may also include a storage volume for replacement slats.

US Patent:

D3417441, Nov 30, 1993

Filed:

Mar 14, 1990

Appl. No.:

7/493553

Inventors:

John F. Schaefer - Corona del Mar CA
Sandra K. Young - Newport Beach CA
David C. Burns - San Francisco CA

Assignee:

Newell Operating Company - Freeport IL

US Classification:

D 6577