Patent · US Expired

Window shade operator

US5186229A · kind A · utility

17Cited by
12References
2Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 15, 1991
Grant dateFeb 16, 1993
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 15, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T403/32049
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

An operator for a window shade has a connection member provided with an internal detent which extends radially inwardly of a hexagonal bore in the connection member, and which is received within a locking recess in an operating rod of corresponding hexagonal cross-section to lock the rod within the connecting member upon insertion of the end of the rod into the connection member.

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