Patents Assigned to Hunter Douglas, Inc.
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Publication number: 20230235624Abstract: A covering for an architectural covering is provided. The covering may include a rotatable outer roller, a rotatable inner roller, a first shade secured to the outer roller, and a second shade secured to the inner roller. The outer roller may define an elongated slot extending along a length of the outer roller and opening to an interior of the outer roller. The inner roller may be received within the outer roller and may define a central longitudinal axis. The first shade may be retractable onto and extendable from the outer roller. The second shade may extend through the elongated slot and may be retractable onto and extendable from the inner roller. The elongated slot may be substantially horizontally aligned with the central longitudinal axis of the inner roller when the first shade is in a fully extended position.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2023Publication date: July 27, 2023Applicant: Hunter Douglas Inc.Inventors: Nickolas C. Buccola, JR., Terrence M. Drew, Kenneth M. Faller, Kent A. Smith
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Patent number: 11696252Abstract: Systems and methods for determining proximity of architectural structure coverings. A user device receives a broadcast signal from each of a plurality of architectural structure coverings. An ordered list of the plurality of the architectural structure coverings is then maintained based on the broadcast signal. At least a portion of the ordered list is displayed on a display of the user device.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2020Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: Hunter Douglas Inc.Inventor: Wesley Felteau
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Publication number: 20230203884Abstract: A covering for an architectural opening is provided. The covering may include a roller rotatable about a longitudinal axis, a shade associated with the roller, and an operating system operably associated with the roller. The operating system may include a base, a drive mechanism, a transmission, an actuator arm, and an engagement arm. The drive mechanism may be associated with the base to provide an input torque. The transmission may be associated with the drive mechanism to selectively transmit the input torque to the roller. The actuator arm may be associated with the base to indirectly set a rotation direction of the roller. The engagement arm may be associated with the base and engageable with the transmission.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2023Publication date: June 29, 2023Applicant: Hunter Douglas Inc.Inventor: Stephen P. Smith
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Patent number: 11686103Abstract: A coupling system for mounting a tile to a framework of a building is disclosed. In one example of an embodiment, the coupling system includes a support bar arranged and configured for coupling to the tile and one or more clips coupled to the support bar. In one example of an embodiment, the clips include a tile-mounting opening for coupling the clips to the support bar and a frame-mounting opening for coupling the clips to the framework of the building to thereby couple the tile to the framework of the building. In one example of an embodiment, the support bar is arranged and configured for receipt within a longitudinal channel formed in the tile.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2022Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: HUNTER DOUGLAS INC.Inventor: Christian Lehmann
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Publication number: 20230184030Abstract: An architectural covering and a method of manufacturing the covering is provided. The panel may include multiple strips of material extending lengthwise across a width dimension of the panel. The strips of material may be overlapped and coupled to one another to define cells between adjacent strips of material. The panel may be retracted and extended across an architectural opening, and the strips of material may include a resilient support member to expand the cells as the panel is extended across the architectural opening. The panel may be manufactured by helically winding a continuous, elongate strip of material about a drum in an overlapped manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2023Publication date: June 15, 2023Applicant: Hunter Douglas, Inc.Inventors: Wendell B. Colson, Paul G. Swiszcz
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Patent number: 11674350Abstract: A covering for an architectural opening. The covering includes a cellular panel having at least two cellular units or rows. The covering also includes a light absorbing element positioned at an interface between the at least two cellular units. The first light absorbing element may absorb substantially all visible light wavelengths.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2018Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: Hunter Douglas Inc.Inventor: Sanjiv R. Malkan
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Patent number: 11655674Abstract: A static mitigation end cap, for an architectural covering is provided. The covering may include a head rail having an end cap. The end cap may include housing extending along a longitudinal length of the head rail and defining a chamber. The end cap may include a printed circuit board received within the chamber and configured to control a motor assembly operatively connected to the at least one end cap. The end cap may include an actuation member slidably coupled with the end cap for selective engagement with the printed circuit board.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2021Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: Hunter Douglas Inc.Inventors: Ronald Holt, Stephen T. Wisecup
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Publication number: 20230143993Abstract: An architectural-structure covering is disclosed. The architectural-structure covering may include a covering moveable between retracted and extended positions, and between closed and open configurations. The covering may include front and rear sheets and a plurality of vanes extending therebetween. In the deployed position, the covering may be configured so that the vanes are positioned substantially perpendicular to the incoming light. The architectural-structure covering may also include a rotatable member including a scoop configured to create a pocket to secure a bottom rail of a rear covering so that the bottom rail does not prematurely deploy.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2021Publication date: May 11, 2023Applicant: Hunter Douglas Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey L. Spray, David B. McNeill, Timothy Fries, Max W. Schroeder, Koop Kuperus
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Patent number: 11643869Abstract: A hem bar for use with an architectural-structure covering such as, for example, a rollable screen (e.g., an outdoor insect screen, a solar screen, a hurricane screen, a privacy and security screen, etc.). The hem bar includes a weather strip for contacting or resting on a contacting surface when the covering is in a fully extended position. The weather strip is vertically, movably positioned relative to the hem bar. Additionally, the weather strip may be downwardly biased relative to the hem bar. The hem bar may also include a plurality of weight-receiving chambers for receiving, for example, a weighted rod, a weighted bar, or the like to assist in maintaining the covering in a taut condition (e.g., assists with maintaining constant tension on the covering) in the extended position. The hem bar may have a symmetrical design to eliminate any tilting or rocking motion.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2019Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Hunter Douglas, Inc.Inventor: Victor Menendez
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Patent number: 11643872Abstract: A covering for an architectural opening is provided. The covering may include a roller rotatable about a longitudinal axis, a shade associated with the roller, and an operating system operably associated with the roller. The operating system may include a base, a drive mechanism, a transmission, an actuator arm, and an engagement arm. The drive mechanism may be associated with the base to provide an input torque. The transmission may be associated with the drive mechanism to selectively transmit the input torque to the roller. The actuator arm may be associated with the base to indirectly set a rotation direction of the roller. The engagement arm may be associated with the base and engageable with the transmission.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2020Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Hunter Douglas Inc.Inventor: Stephen P. Smith
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Patent number: 11643870Abstract: A covering for an architectural covering is provided. The covering may include a rotatable outer roller, a rotatable inner roller, a first shade secured to the outer roller, and a second shade secured to the inner roller. The outer roller may define an elongated slot extending along a length of the outer roller and opening to an interior of the outer roller. The inner roller may be received within the outer roller and may define a central longitudinal axis. The first shade may be retractable onto and extendable from the outer roller. The second shade may extend through the elongated slot and may be retractable onto and extendable from the inner roller. The elongated slot may be substantially horizontally aligned with the central longitudinal axis of the inner roller when the first shade is in a fully extended position.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2020Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: HUNTER DOUGLAS INC.Inventors: Nickolas C. Buccola, Jr., Terrence M. Drew, Kenneth M. Faller, Kent A. Smith
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Patent number: 11608678Abstract: An architectural covering and a method of manufacturing the covering is provided. The panel may include multiple strips of material extending lengthwise across a width dimension of the panel. The strips of material may be overlapped and coupled to one another to define cells between adjacent strips of material. The panel may be retracted and extended across an architectural opening, and the strips of material may include a resilient support member to expand the cells as the panel is extended across the architectural opening. The panel may be manufactured by helically winding a continuous, elongate strip of material about a drum in an overlapped manner.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2020Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: HUNTER DOUGLAS, INC.Inventors: Wendell B. Colson, Paul G. Swiszcz
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Patent number: 11608680Abstract: Systems and methods for configuring a user device to remotely control a plurality of architectural structural coverings are described. A user device receives a plurality of broadcast signals from a plurality of architectural structural coverings. Each individual broadcast signal is associated with an individual architectural structural covering and relays position information for the individual architectural structural covering. Each broadcast signal is also associated with an individual entry in a list of entries displayed on a user interface of the user device. Each entry comprises a representation of an architectural structural covering having a displayed position that matches position information from the broadcast signal and a position control for controlling a physical position of the associated architectural structural covering. When a user adjusts the position via the position control, an adjusted position instruction is sent to the associated architectural structural covering.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2020Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: Hunter Douglas Inc.Inventors: Wesley Felteau, Chris Chares, Matthew Hedrick
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Patent number: 11585152Abstract: An architectural covering including a motor assembly is provided. The covering may include a head rail, an end cap enclosing an end of the head rail, a roller tube rotatably supported within the head rail at least partially by the end cap, and a motor assembly including a housing in splined engagement with the end cap to non-rotatably secure the motor assembly to the end cap. The motor assembly may be received at least partially within the roller tube and may be in driving engagement with the roller tube. A covering material may be attached to the roller tube such that rotation of the roller tube extends or retracts the covering material.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2020Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: Hunter Douglas Inc.Inventors: Nickolas C. Buccola, Jr., Kenneth M. Faller
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Patent number: 11566469Abstract: A cordless retractable shade including an operating system for the shade that varies a biasing force of a spring to counterbalance the shade. The bottom rail of a retractable shade can be raised or lowered, and due to the operating system remains in any selected position of the covering between fully extended and fully retracted, without the use of operating cords. The system includes a method of negating and reversing the spring bias effect at a strategic position whereby the flexible vanes of the shade can be adjusted between open and closed.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2021Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: HUNTER DOUGLAS INC.Inventors: Stephen P. Smith, Kent A. Smith, Galen B. Rhodes, Stephen M. Winters, Kenneth M. Faller
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Patent number: 11512529Abstract: In one aspect, a mounting assembly for mounting an architectural covering to a support structure may include a bracket configured to be coupled to the support structure and a bracket adapter configured to be coupled to the bracket. In addition, the mounting assembly may include an end mount configured to be coupled to both an adjacent end of the covering and the bracket adapter. In accordance with aspects of the present subject matter, the various components of the mounting assembly may be configured or adapted to provide one or more advantages over known mounting assemblies.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2020Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: Hunter Douglas Inc.Inventor: Robert E. Fisher, II
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Patent number: 11486198Abstract: Example motor assemblies for architectural coverings are described herein. An example architectural covering assembly includes an architectural covering movable between an upper limit position, a lower limit position, and a transition limit position between the upper limit position and the lower limit position. The example architectural covering assembly also includes a motor, a consumer touchpoint, and an architectural covering controller. In response to detecting a first gesture at the consumer touchpoint, the architectural covering controller is to activate the motor to move the architectural covering to the transition limit position and stop, and in response to detecting a second gesture at the consumer touchpoint, different from the first gesture, the architectural covering controller is to activate the motor to move the architectural covering through the transition limit position and to the upper limit position or the lower limit position.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2020Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: Hunter Douglas Inc.Inventors: James M. Anthony, Kevin M. Dann, Daniel A. Huber, Paul A. Brayford, Douglas J. Lorenz, James Kolozs, Ronald Holt, Todd Nelson, Shelby Jared Yenzer, Charles Culver Gidden Cooper, Peter Zagone, Stephen T. Wisecup, Jan Pruegner, Robert Witt, Joerg Schierz
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Patent number: 11478101Abstract: In one aspect, an adjustable mount assembly for mounting a covering rod relative to an adjacent architectural structure comprises a rod mount including a base plate having an inner side and an outer side opposite the inner side. In addition, the rod mount further includes a rod cradle extending outwardly from the outer side of the base plate, with the rod mount being rotatable about a mount axis to adjust a circumferential position of the rod cradle. The mount assembly also includes an engagement member supported relative to the rod mount such that the engagement member is configured to engage at least a portion of the rod mount as the mount is rotated relative to the engagement member about the mount axis.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2021Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: Hunter Douglas Inc.Inventor: Jeffrey P. Hughes
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Patent number: D971949Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2020Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: Hunter Douglas Inc.Inventor: Wesley Felteau
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Patent number: D988754Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2022Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: Hunter Douglas Inc.Inventors: Ronald Holt, Stephen Wisecup, Arnold Decarlo, Fred Bould, Kwan Hon Anson Cheung