US 12,404,718 B2
Vertical curtain blind and related connector clips and panels for use with a vertical curtain blind
Michael Schulman, Decatur, GA (US)
Assigned to Levolor, Inc., Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed by Levolor, Inc., Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed on May 28, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/675,811.
Application 18/675,811 is a continuation of application No. 17/396,138, filed on Aug. 6, 2021, granted, now 12,024,945.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/065,178, filed on Aug. 13, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0309699 A1, Sep. 19, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. E06B 9/36 (2006.01); E06B 9/386 (2006.01)
CPC E06B 9/367 (2013.01) [E06B 9/386 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vertical curtain blind, comprising:
a panel assembly comprising a plurality of individual panels coupled together in a side-by-side arrangement, each panel extending in a vertical direction between a top end and a bottom end, each panel including first and second pockets positioned along first and second sides of the panel, respectively, adjacent to the top end of the panel; and
a plurality of clip assemblies, each clip assembly being configured to couple a respective pair of adjacent panels of the plurality of panels together, each clip assembly including a first connector clip positioned within the first pocket of a first panel of the respective pair of adjacent panels and a second connector clip positioned within the second pocket of an adjacent second panel of the respective pair of adjacent panels, with the first connector clip configured to be coupled to the second connector clip;
wherein:
the first connector clip includes connection structure configured to engage corresponding connection structure of the second connector clip to couple the first and second connector clips together;
a first access window is defined through the first pocket of the first panel at the top end of the first panel and a second access window is defined through the second pocket of the second panel at the top end of the second panel; and
the connection structures of the first and second connector clips are positioned below the top ends of the first and second panels and are aligned with the first and second access windows.