US 12,312,861 B2
Child safe tension corded shade
Ingo Scholz, Saint Petersburg, FL (US)
Filed by Ingo Scholz, Saint Petersburg, FL (US)
Filed on Oct. 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/045,643.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/331,689, filed on Apr. 15, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0332462 A1, Oct. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. E06B 9/30 (2006.01); E06B 9/326 (2006.01); E06B 9/38 (2006.01); E06B 9/80 (2006.01); E06B 9/327 (2006.01)
CPC E06B 9/326 (2013.01) [E06B 9/38 (2013.01); E06B 9/80 (2013.01); E06B 9/327 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tension corded, top down/bottom up shade assembly comprising:
a fabric shade having a top rail and a bottom rail;
extended cord guides, each of the extended cord guides laterally protruding from the top rail or the bottom rail;
a first siderail and a second siderail each having a first end, a second end, a sidewall with a front wall portion and a rear wall portion extending therefrom, and integral interior walls extending from the front wall portion and the rear wall portion, forming a gap therebetween, wherein the sidewall, the front wall portion, the rear wall portion, and the integral interior walls form a longitudinal cord passage, wherein the longitudinal cord passages face each other and the fabric shade is mounted therebetween;
endcaps, each endcap coupled to the first end or the second end of the first siderail or the second siderail, each endcap having a planar surface from which extends (i) an integral mounting base having lateral protrusions, (ii) integral rail inserts configured to fit snugly within the longitudinal cord passage; and (iii) an integral mounting shoe lock;
cords extending from the extended cord guides through the longitudinal cord passages; and
mounting shoes, each accommodating an end of one of the cords, each mounting shoe having a body, defining a mounting slot therein, mounted to the integral mounting base;
wherein the fabric shade is suspended from two of the endcaps and the cord guides extend through the gaps and are operative to keep the cords plumb within the longitudinal cord passage.