Patents by Inventor Jerry Nien

Jerry Nien 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).

  • Publication number: 20060110490
    Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing blind slats comprises a molding apparatus equipped with a multiplicity of upper and lower rollers to feed a finished blind slat into a heating unit so that binding sections and adhesive coating of the blind slat can be heated and softened thereby wherein at one adjacent side of the heating unit is situated a lower die having a curved convex surface defined thereon towards which the heated and softened blind slat is continuously moved along, and on top of the lower die is disposed a multiplicity of upper roller dies with curved concave surface defined thereon to roll and press onto the upper surface of the blind slat, permitting the blind slat to clamp at the matching curved convex and concave surfaces of the lower and upper dies there-between and, thus, bend into an arched form thereby.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2005
    Publication date: May 25, 2006
    Inventor: Jerry Nien
  • Patent number: 6722414
    Abstract: A blind with its fabric drapery structure has an upper beam, two rotation units, two spring mounts, two springs, two sealing caps, two connectors, a fabric drapery mounting rod, a fabric drapery hanging track, and two double-sided adhesive pieces. Both ends of the upper beam are engaged with connecting sections of the rotation units, and the spring mounts with the springs are joined to engagement sections of the rotation units. The sealing caps are inserted at one end of said spring mounts. The rotation units engaged with the upper beam are slid in an angle onto the connectors fixed to the frame walls adjacent to a window via the double-sided adhesive pieces, and adjusted in a straight line by pushing inwards to be located thereto. The upper beam serves to display a blind, and the fabric drapery mounting rod and/or the hanging track are connected to the connectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2004
    Inventor: Jerry Nien
  • Publication number: 20030226646
    Abstract: A blind with its fabric drapery structure has an upper beam, two rotation units, two spring mounts, two springs, two sealing caps, two connectors, a fabric drapery mounting rod, a fabric drapery hanging track, and two double-sided adhesive pieces. Both ends of said upper beam are engaged with connecting sections of said rotation units, and said spring mounts having said springs received therein are joined to engagement sections of said rotation units thereof. Said sealing caps inserted at one end of said spring mounts are joined to said rotation units with properly spaced compression section disposed at the joint thereof. Said rotation units engaged with said upper beam are slid in an angle onto said connectors fixed to the frame walls adjacent to a window via said double-sided adhesive pieces, and adjusted in a straight line by pushing inwards to be located thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2002
    Publication date: December 11, 2003
    Inventor: Jerry Nien
  • Patent number: 5975184
    Abstract: A decorative plate assembling structure for upper beam of a vertical/horizontal blind, including an upper beam, two sealing caps, two sealing covers, a left and a right decorative plates and multiple intermediate decorative plates. The upper beam has a U-shaped cross-section. An upper and a lower sides of a front end of the sealing cap are respectively disposed with two L-shaped insertion channels. An upper and a lower ends of the sealing cover are respectively disposed with two L-shaped insertion sections for fitting into the L-shaped insertion channels of the sealing cap. A boss outward projects from a center of the sealing cover. A dovetail block is disposed at an end of the boss. A back side of each of the left and right decorative plates is disposed with a transverse dovetail channel. A back side of each intermediate decorative plate is disposed with a fastener member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Inventors: Jerry Nien, Sherry Hsu