Patents by Inventor Frederick John Hering, III

Frederick John Hering, III 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).

  • Blind tilt adjustment assembly
    Patent number: 10876353
    Abstract: A blind assembly includes a headrail, a guide member carried by the headrail and defining a channel therethrough, a tilt basket received within the channel, first and second cords operatively engaging a number of blind slats and extending from the number of slats upwardly through the tilt basket with the first cord coupled to the guide member adjacent to one terminal end of the channel and the second cord coupled to the guide member adjacent to an opposite terminal end of the channel, and an actuator to cause relative movement between the tilt basket and the elongated guide member along the channel to adjust a tilt angle of the number of slats between a full forward tilt with the tilt basket abutting one terminal end of the channel and a full rearward tilt with the tilt basket abutting the opposite terminal end of the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: ODL, Incorporated
    Inventors: Benjamin Patrick Hummel, Frederick John Hering, III
  • BLIND TILT ADJUSTMENT ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20180355661
    Abstract: A blind assembly includes a headrail, a guide member carried by the headrail and defining a channel therethrough, a tilt basket received within the channel, first and second cords operatively engaging a number of blind slats and extending from the number of slats upwardly through the tilt basket with the first cord coupled to the guide member adjacent to one terminal end of the channel and the second cord coupled to the guide member adjacent to an opposite terminal end of the channel, and an actuator to cause relative movement between the tilt basket and the elongated guide member along the channel to adjust a tilt angle of the number of slats between a full forward tilt with the tilt basket abutting one terminal end of the channel and a full rearward tilt with the tilt basket abutting the opposite terminal end of the channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Benjamin Patrick Hummel, Frederick John Hering, III