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US 12,378,763 · App. 17/650,159 · Granted Aug 5, 2025

Adjustable blind

Inventor: Brianna Daisy Harper McGregor (Ottawa, CA)
Assignee: Umbra LLC
E04B2/7459E04B2002/7479
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Patent No.
US 12,378,763
App. No.
17/650,159
Granted
Aug 5, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An adjustable blind assembly, having a first and a second telescoping tension rod, an adjustable blind, said blind having a plurality of sleeves therein, each of said sleeves arranged to accept a transverse member, each of said transverse members having a first and a second endcap arranged on opposite ends of said transverse members, each of said endcaps arranged to engage one of said telescoping tension rods via an attachment means, and a height adjustment means fixedly secured to each of said telescoping tension rods.

Claims (30)

1. An adjustable blind assembly, comprising:

a vertical first telescoping tension rod;

a second telescoping tension rod, said second telescoping tension rod arranged parallel to said first telescoping rod;

a plurality of transverse members, each transverse member of said plurality of transverse members having a first and a second endcap arranged on opposite ends thereof, each of said endcaps arranged to engage one of said telescoping tension rods via a bungee cord, each of said endcaps comprising:

a first end and a second end;

an internal cavity, said internal cavity having a first opening at said first end and a second opening arranged proximate to said second end; and,

a hook arranged on an external surface of each said endcap and arranged opposite said second opening, said hook forming a void opposite of said second opening, wherein said first end accepts and secures a first end and a second end of said bungee cord within said internal cavity, said bungee cord passing through said second opening and looping around one of said telescoping tension rods, said bungee cord engaging said hook of said endcap at a middle portion of said bungee cord and rest within said void, thereby securing by way of a lateral force said endcap to one of said telescoping tension rods such that said second end of said endcap abuts one of said telescoping tension rods;

an adjustable blind, said blind having a plurality of sleeves therein, each of said sleeves arranged to accept one of said plurality of transverse members therein; and,

a height adjuster fixedly secured to each of said telescoping tension rods.

2. The adjustable blind assembly recited in claim 1 , wherein said first and said second telescoping tension rods each have a top end and a bottom end, said top end of each of said telescoping tension rods having a spring-loaded endcap, said bottom end of each of said telescoping tension rods having a non-spring-loaded endcap.

3. The adjustable blind assembly recited in claim 1 , wherein said first and said second telescoping tension rod are arranged to be spaced apart from one another and longitudinally parallel to each other.

4. The adjustable blind assembly recited in claim 1 , wherein said plurality of sleeves comprises two sleeves.

5. The adjustable blind assembly recited in claim 1 , wherein said plurality of sleeves comprises three sleeves.

6. The adjustable blind assembly recited in claim 1 , wherein said plurality of sleeves comprises four sleeves.

7. The adjustable blind assembly recited in claim 1 , wherein said plurality of sleeves comprises five sleeves.

8. The adjustable blind assembly recited in claim 1 , wherein said first and said second telescoping tension rods are substantially vertical.

9. The adjustable blind assembly recited in claim 1 , wherein said transverse members are substantially horizontal.

10. The adjustable blind assembly recited in claim 1 , wherein said transverse members are arranged to be substantially perpendicular and between said first and said second telescoping tension rods.

11. An adjustable blind assembly, comprising:

a vertical first telescoping tension rod;

a second telescoping tension rod, said second telescoping tension rod arranged parallel to said first telescoping rod;

a plurality of transverse members, each transverse member of said plurality of transverse members having a first and a second endcap arranged on opposite ends thereof, each of said endcaps arranged to engage one of said telescoping tension rods via a bungee cord, each of said endcaps comprising:

a first end and a second end;

an internal cavity, said internal cavity having a first opening at said first end and a second opening arranged proximate to said second end; and,

a hook arranged on an external surface of each said endcap and arranged opposite said second opening, said hook forming a void opposite of said second opening, wherein said first end accepts and secures a first end and a second end of said bungee cord within said internal cavity, said bungee cord passing through said second opening and looping around one of said telescoping tension rods, said bungee cord engaging said hook of said endcap at a middle portion of said bungee cord and rest within said void, thereby securing by way of a lateral force said endcap to one of said telescoping tension rods such that said second end of said endcap abuts one of said telescoping tension rods; and,

an adjustable blind, said blind having a plurality of sleeves therein, each of said sleeves arranged to accept one of said plurality of transverse members therein.

12. The adjustable blind assembly recited in claim 11 , wherein said first and said second telescoping tension rods each have a top end and a bottom end, said top end of each of said telescoping tension rods having a spring-loaded endcap, said bottom end of each of said telescoping tension rods having a non-spring-loaded endcap.

13. The adjustable blind assembly recited in claim 11 , wherein said first and said second telescoping tension rod are arranged to be spaced apart from one another and longitudinally parallel to each other.

14. The adjustable blind assembly recited in claim 11 , wherein each of said telescoping tension rods comprise at least a first member and a second member, said second member arranged to be inserted within said first member and translate therein.

15. The adjustable blind assembly recited in claim 14 , where said height adjuster is arranged to substantially prevent translation of said second member within said first member when rotated in a first direction and allows translation of said second member within said first member when rotated in a second direction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 7, 2022
From: MCGREGOR, BRIANNA DAISY HARPER
To: UMBRA LLC
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Continuity (1)
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