Abstract: A biasing assembly for facilitating raising and lowering a blind assembly within an insulated glass unit may include a housing configured to be fixed in position within the IG unit, and at least one coil spring carried by the housing, the at least one coil spring having one end coupled to the housing or to a component mounted in the housing and an opposite end configured to operatively couple to a follower assembly for raising and lowering the blind assembly, the at least one coil spring responsive to respective forces applied to the opposite end thereof to pay out of, and be taken up in, the housing.

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.