Patents by Inventor Caroline Spytman

Caroline Spytman has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Follower arrangement for a blind assembly
    Patent number: 11713618
    Abstract: A follower arrangement, operatively coupled to a plurality of slats of a blind assembly via a flexible cord, for raising and lowering the plurality of slats via the flexible cord, may include a housing defining a first opening therethrough, a ferromagnetic or paramagnetic counterweight to act against a weight of the plurality of slats of the blind assembly to reduce forces required to be applied to the follower arrangement to raise or lower the slats, and at least one magnet received within the first opening defined through the housing and magnetically attached to the counterweight to magnetically secure the housing to the counterweight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: ODL, Incorporated
    Inventors: Ben Hummel, Stacy Grant Frye, Sharlene Kluchinsky Clark, Rachel DeGraaf, Keith Philip Leyendecker, Caroline Spytman, Mark R. Elgersma
  • FOLLOWER ARRANGEMENT FOR A BLIND ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20220112763
    Abstract: A follower arrangement, operatively coupled to a plurality of slats of a blind assembly via a flexible cord, for raising and lowering the plurality of slats via the flexible cord, may include a housing defining a first opening therethrough, a ferromagnetic or paramagnetic counterweight to act against a weight of the plurality of slats of the blind assembly to reduce forces required to be applied to the follower arrangement to raise or lower the slats, and at least one magnet received within the first opening defined through the housing and magnetically attached to the counterweight to magnetically secure the housing to the counterweight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Ben Hummel, Stacy Grant Frye, Sharlene Kluchinsky Clark, Rachel Geary, Keith Philip Leyendecker, Caroline Spytman, Mark R. Elgersma