Granted Patent B2

US 7,942,184 · App. 11/942,427 · Granted May 17, 2011

Abstract

Claims (9)

1. A vertical cellular blind for an architectural opening, comprising:

a headrail having an upper track and a lower track, said upper track overlying said lower track;

a panel of cellular material suspended from carriages supported by and moveable in only said lower track;

a first vertical rail at an end of said panel, said first vertical rail being connected to said panel and being suspended from and movable along only said upper track;

a second vertical rail at an opposite end of said panel, said second vertical rail being connected to said opposite end of said panel and being suspended from only said upper track; and

a cord extending through said fabric panel and into said first and second vertical rails and having segments extending out of said vertical rails and secured in said headrail.

2. The vertical cellular blind of claim 1 , said second vertical rail being movable along said upper track.

3. The vertical cellular blind of claim 1 , said vertical rails being suspended from moveable brackets in said headrail, each said bracket having an elongated horizontal headrail component disposed in said upper track and a generally vertical component connected to one of said first vertical rail and said second vertical rail, said horizontal headrail component extending from said vertical component above a top edge of said panel, and at least one said carriage slidable under said horizontal headrail component.

4. The vertical cellular blind of claim 1 , said first vertical rail having a locking mechanism for selectively engaging and disengaging said cord and restricting and unrestricting relative movement between said vertical rail and said cord.

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