US 12,366,113 B2
Child safe tension corded shade
Ingo Scholz, Saint Petersburg, FL (US)
Filed by Ingo Scholz, Saint Petersburg, FL (US)
Filed on May 18, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/319,624.
Application 18/319,624 is a continuation of application No. 18/045,643, filed on Oct. 11, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/331,689, filed on Apr. 15, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0332463 A1, Oct. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. E06B 9/327 (2006.01); E06B 9/326 (2006.01); E06B 9/38 (2006.01); E06B 9/80 (2006.01)
CPC E06B 9/326 (2013.01) [E06B 9/38 (2013.01); E06B 9/80 (2013.01); E06B 9/327 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A top down and bottom up tension corded, pleated blind assembly, comprising:
a pleated blind with a top rail and a bottom rail;
extended cord guides laterally protruding from the top rail and the bottom rail;
a first siderail and a second siderail bracketing the pleated blind perpendicular to the top rail and the bottom rail, the first and second siderails each having a first end, a second end, and a respective longitudinal cord passage; wherein the first and second siderails each have a respective longitudinal gap through which the extended cord guides protrude;
a plurality of endcaps, each of the plurality of endcaps being coupled to a respective one of the first end and the second end;
a plurality of mounting shoes, each of the plurality of mounting shoes being mounted to one of the plurality of endcaps; and
tension cords, each having an end fastened within one of the plurality of mounting shoes, extending longitudinally within the respective longitudinal cord passage to a respective one of the extended cord guides, bending around the respective one of the extended cord guides, and extending into the top rail or the bottom rail;
wherein the extended cord guides extend through the respective longitudinal gap and are operative to keep the tension cords plumb within the respective longitudinal cord passage.