Safety tassel for pull cords of window coverings
US5518056A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 8, 1994 |
| Grant date | May 21, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 8, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T24/3982
- WIPO fieldCivil engineering
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A safety tassel (10) for use with at least two vertically projecting pull cords (20,22) for a window covering is disclosed. The tassel (10) has at least two elements (12,14), each receiving and retaining a pull cord (20,22) and having an outwardly projecting gripping finger (30,36) for releasably interconnecting the other element (14,12) such that the elements (12,14) are detached from each other when outward forces transverse to the pull cords (20,22) are applied by the pull cords (20,22) to the elements (12,14).
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