Battery-powered motorized window treatment having a service position

US9745796B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Lutron Electronics Co., Inc. · US

Inventors

• Edward J. Blair · Telford, US
• Samuel F. Chambers · Gwynedd Valley, US
• David A. Kirby · Old Zionsville, US
• Peter W. Ogden, Jr. · Weilersville, US
• James J. Wilson · Westminster, US
• Justin M. Zernhelt · New York, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 28, 2015
• Grant date: Aug 29, 2017
• Expiry date: Dec 28, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02D30/70
• WIPO field: Civil engineering
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A battery-powered motorized window treatment for covering at least a portion of a window may be adjusted into a service position to allow for access to at least one battery that is powering the motorized window treatment. A headrail of the motorized window treatment may be adjusted to the service position to allow for easy replacement of the batteries without unmounting the headrail and without requiring tools. The motorized window treatment may comprise brackets having buttons that may be actuated to release the headrail from a locked position, such that the head rail may be rotated into the service position. The headrail easily rotates through a controlled movement into the service position, such that a user only needs one free hand available to move the motorized window treatment into the service position and change the batteries.