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`(10) Patent No.:
`(45) Date of Patent:
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`US 6,968,884 B2
`Nov. 29, 2005
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`(54) MODULAR TRANSPORT SYSTEM FOR
`COVERINGS FOR ARCHITECTURAL
`OPENINGS
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`(75)
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`Inventors: Richard Anderson, Whitesville, KY
`(US); Wendell B. Colson, Weston, MA
`(US); Steven R. Haarer, Whitesville,
`KY (US)
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`(73) Assignee: Hunter Douglas Inc., Upper Saddle
`River, NJ (US)
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`( *) Notice:
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`Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this
`patent is extended or adjusted under 35
`U.S.C. 154(b) by 0 days.
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`(21) Appl. No.: 10/184,008
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`(22) Filed:
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`Jun.26,2002
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`(65)
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`Prior Publication Data
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`US 2002/0174961 A1 Nov. 28, 2002
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`(Continued)
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`(63) Continuation of application No. 09/528,951, filed on Mar.
`20, 2000, now Pat. No. 6,536,503.
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`1999.
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`Int. Cl? . ... ... .. ... ... ... ... .. ... ... ... ... ... .. ... ... ... . E06B 9/30
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`Primary Examiner-Blair M. Johnson
`(74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm---Camoriano and Associates;
`Theresa Fritz Camoriano; Guillermo Camoriano
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`(57)
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`ABSTRACT
`
`A modular blind transport system for a window blind
`application. The complete system may be assembled form a
`relatively small number of individual modules to obtain
`working systems for a very wide range of applications,
`including especially a category of counterbalanced blinds
`wherein a relatively small external input force may be used
`to raise or lower the blind, and/or to open or close the blind.
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`14 Claims, 140 Drawing Sheets
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