Abstract: A safety cord-pull apparatus has a top portion and a bottom portion which include raised waves to secure control cords from a blind. A razor blade molded into the cord-pull apparatus cuts the control cords in the event a child or small pet becomes entangled within the control cords. An alternate cord-pull apparatus is also provided which has a circular housing through which the control cords are disposed. The control cords are cut by a sharpened edge in a cap on the housing or by a sharpened washer located inside the housing. The cord-pull apparatus also includes a pull cord that hangs below the control cord-pull apparatus to operate a blind. The method for assembling the cord-pull apparatus includes placing control cords into chutes and over raised waves, folding the top portion of the cord-pull apparatus unto the bottom portion of the cord-pull apparatus, adjusting the control cords level with regards to the blind, and cutting the control cords.

Abstract: A safety cord-pull apparatus having a top portion and a bottom portion which include raised waves to secure control cords from a blind. A razor blade molded into the cord-pull apparatus cuts the control cords in the event a child or small pet becomes entangled within the control cords. An alternate cord-pull apparatus is also provided which has a circular housing through which the control cords are disposed. The control cords are cut by a sharpened edge in a cap on the housing or by a sharpened washer located inside the housing. The cord-pull apparatus also includes a pull cord that hangs below the control cord-pull apparatus to operate a blind.

Abstract: A drapery rod includes a substrate covered with a veneer or genuine wood. The substrate is hollow and is preferably made of plastic or metal. The substrate has ribs in an inner surface and has a mounting groove which receives a mounting bracket for mounting said drapery rod to an associated wall. The mounting bracket has opposed prongs which are selectively moveable outwardly from each other for pushing outwardly against an interior surface of the mounting groove to effectively mount said rod to the wall without compressively loading the veneer. The veneer is attached to the outer surface of the substrate via glue. The rod features a slot in an outer surface of the veneer which receives a decorative strip. The rod also includes a pair of returns which also have substrates and veneers similar to said drapery rod and which are oriented generally perpendicularly to the drapery rod at each end thereof. The rod also includes two corners which join the returns with one of the ends of said drapery rod.

Abstract: A drapery rod comprises a ductile wire stiffener which is plastically deformable by manually generated stresses. The ductile wire stiffener is surrounded by a solid cylindrical member made up of resiliently deformable material, such as polypropylene foam. The drapery rod can be plastically deformed to conform to unusually shaped windows, such as semicircles. The ends of the rod may be deformed to provide returns.