levolor blind tilt mechanism replacement

Slats without cord holes, but, with notches are used. This invention presents a device which is in the form of a clip (, G). The object is to minimize stack height or the vertical height of the stacked slats after a full tilt open and raise open operation. Minimum stack height allows the most amount of fresh air and sunlight into a window. The tilt open/tilt close cords on either side of the slat are sewn attached to the cloth sleeve to form a ladder mechanism for tilt open and tilt close. This factor reduces the light leak total which lends the Ultra Dark name. J). This invention has no necessity for tilt open and tilt close control cord ladder rungs which look like the steps upon a rope ladder of prior art horizontal window blinds. It has an objective of lowering light leaks and allowing individual removal and replacement of broken slats. This Cohen patent unlike my invention has the problem of excessive light leaks in the fully lower closed and fully tilt closed operation due to the eyelets. The ladder assembly provides the tilt open/tilt close operation. This high privacy improvement is only available on Hunter Douglas blinds newly manufactured after 1999. 09,648,602 filed on Aug. 26, 2000 (see BACKGROUNDCross Reference to My Related Inventions), covers an add-on device to stop the Peeping Tom (, B). Additional design occurs for a headrail mechanism consisting of tilt wand with tilt rod and wide, tilt winch mechanism with center threaded raise open/lower close cords. This Anderson patent uses cord hole free slats. A standard, prior art free play raise open and lower close control cord is threaded down the top middle bar of the T with attachment upon the bottom board. No. J). There is also no edge gap protection in certain blind mountings done all inside of the window casing. All prior art blinds use curved slats with the curvature pointed face-down towards the floor. The top of C-shape is wide enough to hold a pivot bar. An advantage of the present invention is to provide a device that prevents Peeping Toms (, This is accomplished through the use of the Control Cord Hole Free Window Blind Slats (. This invention provides a decorative item where the clip (. This invention provides a means for horizontal window blinds to use cord hole free, horizontal slats and also an edge blocking device with means for preventing Peeping Toms (. The slats are held in place by a specially designed metal tension clip. Children and dogs often bend blind slats resulting in poor operation and an ugly crumpled slat appearance. In this type of blind mounting, the blind is attached hanging entirely inside off the window casing by attachment on the window casing top edge.

The full-length, slat carrier tray with eyelets on the sides prevents full tilt closure causing light leaks. The slats are cord hole and notch free, however, the interlocking U shaped clips create areas for light leaks by preventing a flush tilt closure of a slat upon the upper and lower adjoining slat. The vertical, cloth strips covered the slat cord hole in the fully lowered close and tilt closed directions preventing Peeping Tom access. An object and advantage of the present invention is to provide a plurality of such clip devices which are detachably fastened to a corresponding plurality of cord hole free, window blind slats, such clip devices being vertically aligned to receive one pair of raise open/lower close, free play control cords, and one pair of attached tilt open/tilt close control cords. The slats rest upon the horizontal steps in prior art blinds. Newer prior art horizontal, miniblinds using screw-in, snap open/snap close, aluminum headrail holders, allowed tool-less blind removal from the headrail, washing with light soap, spraying, and sun drying. My invention avoids the slat cord hole problem altogether by eliminating it while allowing a full, tilt-close in either direction and also the ability to change individual bent or broken slats (children and pets bend and break slats all the time). This invention provides a clip device that detachably fastens about the cord hole free, window blind slats in such a manner that a bent or damaged Control Cord Hole Free Window Blind Slat (, M. This invention provides a plurality of such clip devices (. The Walker patent was an early attempt at a cord hole free, notch free slat which could be easily removed, cleaned, and replaced if broken. No. d) a window blind raising and lowering mechanism. N). It is designed for individual slat removal and replacement. An object and advantage of the present invention is to provide such clip devices with loops that are shaped to receive two pairs of control cords, the tilt open/tilt close control cord pair and the raise open/lower close control cord pair. This is described in DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE OPERATION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT, FIG. E). These raise open/lower close cord controls require a center-width positioned, slat with cord hole to pass the raise open/lower close cord through in a free play manner which cords are firmly attached to the bottom board. This invention allows a device which provides a design-in approach to high privacy and anti-Peeping Tom technology available upon newly factory built horizontal window blinds, which can be installed at the dwelling without the use of special tools or expertise. Unlike the Venetian blind cloth ladder, the Peeping Tom's could peer through the miniblind's slat cord hole because the cord ladder did not cover the holes in the lowered close and tilt closed directions. The alternative embodiment has no slat cord holes, but, has two opposing side, notched slats to act as guides for the free play raise open/lower close cord. A rope ladder for tilt open/tilt close operation runs vertically down the slats with partial retaining by the slat edge notches.