Fabric light control window covering

- Hunter Douglas Inc.
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Description

FIG. 1 is a top front isometric view of the fabric light control window covering of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a left-side elevation of the covering shown in FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a front elevation of the covering shown in FIG. 1 with the components of the covering behind the front sheet not being illustrated.

FIG. 4 is a rear elevation of the covering shown in FIG. 1 not showing the components of the covering in front of the rear sheet.

FIG. 5 is a right-side elevation of the covering shown in FIG. 1.

FIG. 6 is a top plan view of the covering shown in FIG. 1.

FIG. 7 is a bottom plan view of the covering shown in FIG. 1.

FIG. 8 is a front elevation of the covering shown in FIG. 1 showing not only the front sheet but the components of the covering behind the front sheet.

FIG. 9 is a rear elevation of the covering shown in FIG. 1 showing not only the rear sheet but the components of the covering in front of the rear sheet.

FIG. 10 is an isometric view similar to FIG. 1 of a second embodiment of the covering of the present invention wherein the back sheet has interstices that are oriented differently from the back sheet of the covering shown in FIG. 1.

FIG. 11 is a rear elevation of the covering shown in FIG. 10 with the components in front of the rear sheet not being illustrated.

FIG. 12 is a front elevation of the covering shown in FIG. 10 with the components of the covering behind the front sheet being shown.

FIG. 13 is a rear elevation of the covering shown in FIG. 10 with the components in front of the rear sheet being illustrated. The left and right-side elevations, as well as the top and bottom plan views, are identical to those shown in FIGS. 2, 5, 6, and 7, respectively.

FIG. 14 is an isometric view of the covering of the present invention similar to FIG. 1 wherein the front and rear sheets are identical to FIG. 1 but wherein the vanes are a non-fabric material such as vinyl.

FIG. 15 is a top-plan view of the covering shown in FIG. 14.

FIG. 16 is a bottom-plan view of the covering shown in FIG. 14.

FIG. 17 is a front elevation of the covering shown in FIG. 14 with the components behind the front sheet being illustrated.

FIG. 18 is a rear elevation of the covering shown in FIG. 14 with the components in front of the rear sheet being illustrated. The left and right-side elevations would be identical to those shown in FIGS. 2 and 5, respectively, except that the vane material is different.

FIG. 19 is an isometric view similar to FIG. 14 illustrating still another embodiment wherein the rear sheet has interstices that are oriented differently than those of the rear sheet in FIG. 14.

FIG. 20 is a front elevation of the embodiment shown in FIG. 19 with the components behind the front sheet being illustrated.

FIG. 21 is a rear elevation of the covering shown in FIG. 19 with the components in front of the rear sheet being illustrated. The left and right side elevations as well as the top and bottom plan views are identical to those in FIGS. 2, 5, 6, and 7, respectively, except that the vane material is different.

FIG. 22 is a left-side elevation of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 with the covering in a partially closed position; and,

FIG. 23 is a left-side elevation of the covering shown in FIG. 1 with the covering shown in a closed position.

Claims

We claim the ornamental design for a fabric light control window covering, as shown.

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Patent History
Patent number: D456196
Type: Grant
Filed: Sep 21, 2001
Date of Patent: Apr 30, 2002
Assignee: Hunter Douglas Inc. (Upper Saddle River, NJ)
Inventors: Wendell B. Colson (Weston, MA), Paul G. Swiszcz (Boulder, CO)
Primary Examiner: Mitchell Siegel
Attorney, Agent or Law Firm: Dorsey & Whitney LLP
Application Number: 29/148,564
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D6/575
International Classification: 0610;