US 11,834,904 B2
Hembar alignment
Eugene Miroshnichenko, Oceanside, NY (US); Stephen Hebeisen, Amawalk, NY (US); and Xi Ming Liarno, Bergenfield, NJ (US)
Assigned to MECHOSHADE SYSTEMS, LLC, Middleton, WI (US)
Filed by MECHOSHADE SYSTEMS, LLC, Middleton, WI (US)
Filed on Mar. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/117,543.
Application 18/117,543 is a continuation of application No. 17/473,682, filed on Sep. 13, 2021, granted, now 11,619,093.
Application 17/473,682 is a continuation of application No. 16/654,895, filed on Oct. 16, 2019, granted, now 11,261,661, issued on Mar. 1, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/746,332, filed on Oct. 16, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0203886 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. E06B 9/80 (2006.01); E06B 9/78 (2006.01); E06B 9/42 (2006.01); F16H 1/28 (2006.01)
CPC E06B 9/80 (2013.01) [E06B 9/42 (2013.01); E06B 9/78 (2013.01); E06B 2009/804 (2013.01); F16H 1/28 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A window shade system comprising:
shade fabric with a first portion and a second portion;
a rod that is configured to include the second portion of the shade fabric rolled around the rod; and
a hembar that receives the rod within a compartment at a top of the hembar,
wherein the compartment includes a first shelf with a curved surface and a second shelf with a curved surface, and
wherein the rod and the second portion of the shade fabric rolled around the rod are supported between the first shelf and the second shelf.