Releasable operating cord connector for a window covering
US5560414A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 9, 1995 |
| Grant date | Oct 1, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 9, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T24/3982
- WIPO fieldCivil engineering
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A cord connector for releasably connecting multiple operating cords for a window covering. The cord connector has at least two side members supported for pivotal movement relative to each other between a closed condition in which the side members are in sidewise adjacent relation and an open condition in which at least upper portions of the side members are laterally spaced apart. Jaws on side members provide downwardly facing shoulders for engaging cord stops on the operating cords and the jaws have jaw edges operative when the side members are in the closed condition for laterally confining portions of the operating cords superjacent the stops to positions in which the cord stops engage the downwardly facing shoulders. The side members have lateral cord abutment portions spaced above the cord retaining means and arranged to form segments of a closed cord abutment loop dimensioned to loosely surround the operating cords at the upper end of the cord connector when the side members are in the closed condition. The jaws are operative when the side members are in the open condition to release lateral confinement of the operating cords superjacent the cord stops and allow movement of t…
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