Patents Assigned to Nien Made Enterprise Co., Ltd.
  • HEAD RAIL OF WINDOW COVERING AND LID FASTENER
    Publication number: 20130015154
    Abstract: A head rail of a window covering includes a rail member, two rail lids engaging opposite ends of the rail member, and two lid fasteners to fix a rail lids. The lid fastener includes a main plate, two clip plates, and two stop plates. The lid fastener engages the rail member with the clip plates clipping the rail member and the stop plates holding the rail lid to securely fix the rail lid to the rail member. The lid fastener provides a fast and easy way to engage and disengage the rail lid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2012
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: NIEN MADE ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu-Che Wen, Chih-Yao Chang
  • CORD RELEASE OF WINDOW COVERING
    Publication number: 20130007990
    Abstract: A cord release of the present invention includes two cases engaged together to form a shell with a top opening at a top thereof. At least one of the cases is provided with a guiding member at a top thereof, and the guiding member is located at a junction of the cases. The guiding member has a guiding face with a convex surface facing the center of the top opening. Therefore, the guiding member may lead the cords to opposite sides of the top opening, which are located away from the junction of the case, to disengage the cases easily.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2011
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: NIEN MADE ENTERPRISE CO., LTD
    Inventors: Yu-Che Wen, Chih-Yao Chang
  • CORD CONTROLLER OF WINDOW COVERING
    Publication number: 20120304421
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cord controller to be mounted on a top rail of a window covering. The cord controller includes a base, a cord controlling device, and a cord regulating device. The base has a chamber therein and an inlet and an outlet on opposite sides of the chamber, and the cord controlling device and the cord regulating device are received in the chamber. The cord controlling device has a gap between the inlet and the outlet for the cord to pass through. The cord regulating device is adjacent to the outlet and has cord pressing bar to form a passageway between the cord pressing bar and the base for the cord to pass through. Therefore, the cord controller may avoid the cords twisting and keep a smooth movement of the cords.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: NIEN MADE ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: YU-CHE WEN, Chih-Yao Chang
  • Blind cutting machine
    Patent number: 8171832
    Abstract: A blind cutting machine is used to cut a horizontal and a vertical blind. The blind cutting machine includes a table, a first cutting device, a first and a second supporting base. The first cutting device is disposed on the table, and a cutting blade die holder is disposed on a die plate. A first driving mechanism is connected to the cutting blade die holder, so as to drive the cutting blade die holder. A first and a second positioning region of the die plate respectively position elements of the horizontal and the vertical blinds. The cutting blade die holder has a first and a second cutting blade disposed corresponding to the first and the second positioning regions respectively, the first cutting blade has a first cutting edge and a second cutting edge, and the second cutting edge has a vertical cutting portion and has a chamfering portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Nien Made Enterprise Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Wen-Yeu Lee
  • Cord lock of window coverings
    Patent number: 8156991
    Abstract: A cord lock of the window blinds or shade includes a box having a chamber therein, an engaging block on an outer side, a first opening for a cord exiting the box, a second opening for the cord entering the box, a fixed locking portion on the outer side, and a flexible locking portion opposite the fixed locking portion; and a movable driving wheel, which is received in the chamber of the box, to be moved between a lock position, in which the movable driving wheel is moved toward the engaging block to clip the cord therebetween, and a release position, in which the movable driving wheel is moved away from the engaging block to release the cord. The fixed locking portion provides the box fixing to the top rail with a strong strength, and the flexible locking portion provides an easy way to mount the box on the top rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Nien Made Enterprises Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ju-Sheng Cheng, Yu-Che Wen
  • CORD LOCKER AND WINDOW COVERING HAVING THE CORD LOCKER FOR LENGTH ADJUSTMENT
    Publication number: 20120060329
    Abstract: A cord locker includes a plate with a through hole and a sidewall connected to an edge of the plate. The sidewall has at least a slot. The cord locker is incorporated in a length adjusting mechanism of a window covering, in which a cord has an end fixed to a top rail of the window covering and the other end passing through the through hole of the plate via a bottom of the cord locker, and then the cord is turned to pass through the slot of the sidewall, and then cross the plate and turn back to pass through the slot for fastening the cord and adjusting the length of the cord that the cord is quickly fastened to adjust a length of the window covering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2010
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: NIEN MADE ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: De-Jun Zhang
  • Cord safety device for a window covering
    Patent number: 8132299
    Abstract: A cord safety device for a window covering includes a first and a second body. The first body includes: a first pivot portion, disposed on a periphery; a first fixing portion, disposed on a periphery at a predetermined angle with respect to the first pivot portion; a first stop portion, disposed on an inner side of the first body and protruded towards the second body; a first recess, disposed on an upper periphery; and a guiding block, disposed on one end of the first stop portion adjacent to the first fixing portion, in which the guiding block has a guiding surface for guiding the cords. The second body includes: a second pivot portion, disposed corresponding to the first pivot portion; and a second fixing portion, disposed corresponding to the first fixing portion, thereby being separably fixed with the first fixing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: Nien Made Enterprise Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: De-Jun Zhang
  • ROLLER WINDING ROMAN STYLE SHADE
    Publication number: 20120043027
    Abstract: A roller-shade winding roman style shade is provided. A technical feature thereof is to utilize an actuating member of a cord or a band-shaped long strip of fabric to connect a blind material and a roller shade. Thus, as the roller shade rises, the parts where the blind material and the actuating member are connected are pulled up sequentially from the bottom up, and when reaching the top end, the points where the blind material and the actuating member are connected are kept at approximately the same height, such that the roman style shade is in a retracted and folded state. The blind material of the whole roman style shade can be folded up or dropped down merely through connection of the actuating member between the blind material and the roller shade, the roller shade has diversified applications and is more flexible in use and pleasant to look at.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2011
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicant: Nien Made Enterprise Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Lin CHEN
  • Safety cord release of window covering
    Patent number: 8104146
    Abstract: A safety cord release for a window covering has a top section, a middle section, and a bottom section from a top to a bottom thereof. The safety cord release has a right case and a left case combined with the right case. There are several pairs of couplers on the right case and the left case located at the top section, the middle section and the bottom section respectively for engagement to reduce a transverse force from cords and to separate the right case and the left case immediately to release the cords for safety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Nien Made Enterprise Co. Ltd.
    Inventor: Yu-Che Wen
  • Operating wand for venetian blinds
    Patent number: 8091606
    Abstract: An operating wand has a handle, an upper rod connected by an intermediate rod having one end pivotably attached to the upper end of the handle and the opposite end pivotably attached to the lower end of the upper rod. A sleeve slides along the upper rod between a first position and a second position. When in the first position the sleeve covers a portion of the upper rod, the handle, and the intermediate rod, keeping the handle, intermediate rod and upper rod in a co-linear alignment. When the sleeve is in the second position, the handle and intermediate rod are fully exposed allowing the intermediate rod to be moved relative to the handle and the upper rod so that the intermediate rod is normal to the handle and normal to the upper rod. With the sleeve in the second position the wand can be operated like a crank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Nien Made Enterprise Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ming Nien, Yu-Che Wen
  • SAFETY CORD RELEASE OF WINDOW COVERING
    Publication number: 20120000036
    Abstract: A safety cord release for a window covering has a top section, a middle section, and a bottom section from a top to a bottom thereof. The safety cord release has a right case and a left case combined with the right case. There are several pairs of couplers on the right case and the left case located at the top section, the middle section and the bottom section respectively for engagement to reduce a transverse force from cords and to separate the right case and the left case immediately to release the cords for safety.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2010
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: NIEN MADE ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yu-Che Wen
  • Safety Device for Window Shades
    Publication number: 20110318087
    Abstract: A safety device for window shades sets on a lift cord system for window shades. The safety device includes a fastener and a sliding sleeve. The fastener includes a sleeve and a first connecting end and a second connecting end respectively defined on two ends of the sleeve. The sleeve at least has one first entrance. The connecting end connects with one end of the lift cord system. The first connecting end has a first groove defining a cavity thereof and a first opening formed on an end portion of the first connecting end and connected with the first groove. A first guiding groove extends from the first entrance to the first opening. The first connecting end is divided along lines from the first entrance, the first guiding groove to the first opening to form two petal-shaped pieces with elastic deformation to expand the first opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2010
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: Nien Made Enterprise Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu-Che Wen, Chao-Hung Nien
  • SAFETY CORD RELEASER FOR WINDOW COVERING
    Publication number: 20110272107
    Abstract: The present invention provides a window covering with a safety cord releaser. The cord releaser includes a hanging member connected to an end of a cord of the window covering and a blocking member connected to a valance of the window covering. The hanging member has an engaging portion, which has an engaging space, a gateway to be an entrance of the engaging space, and two edges at opposite sides of the gateway. The blocking member has a blocking portion to be detachably engaged with the engaging space of the hanging portion. The block portion has an oval cross section and the engaging space of the hanging member is complementary to it that only at a specific angle the blocking member is able to be engaged and disengaged with the hanging member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2010
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: NIEN MADE ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu-Che Wen, Chao-hung Nien
  • CORD OPERATED ROMAN SHADE
    Publication number: 20110192549
    Abstract: A roman shade of the present invention is operated by a cord to fold and unfold it. The cord is connected with a second device to be attracted by a first device provided on a valance adjacent to a bottom rail. The second device and the first device will separate when the cord is pulled with strength greater than a magnetic force between second device and the first device to avoid the cord dropping down and winding around neck or other body parts of the kids nearby.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2010
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: NIEN MADE ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu-Che Wen, Han Hsiang Hsu
  • Apparatus for cutting a window covering
    Patent number: 7984666
    Abstract: A Window covering cutter has its base board installed with a first clamping device for clamping a Window covering, and a knife device that is positioned next to the first clamping device, having a cutting opening, a driving plate movably fixed at a side of the cutting opening, and a knife fixed on the driving plate to reciprocate transversely to cut the Window covering. A measuring device is set at one side of the knife device for stably positioning the Window covering and measuring a length between its blocking plate and the cutting opening, providing a swift and precise measurement for cutting. So, the invention can be easily operated to esthetically cut a Window covering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignee: Nien Made Enterprise Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ming Nien, Wen-Yeu Lee
  • Cordless window blind structure
    Patent number: 7984745
    Abstract: A cordless window blind structure is provided. A movable seat having a pulley block and a cord-winding assembly is disposed within a head rail of the cordless blind. The pulley block is connected to a lift cord wound through a first positioning element, so as to control the opening and closing of a blind body. And the cord-winding assembly has a cord winder attached to one end of a retrieving cord and a torsion spring. The other end of the retrieving cord is fastened either on the head rail, the movable seat, a second positioning element, or an end cap. The structure of the second positioning element is resembled to the first positioning element. By taking one end of the retrieving cord as a pivot, the movable seat moves laterally therealong the head rail by a restoring force generated through the torsion spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignee: Nien Made Enterprise Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu-Che Wen, Chih-Yao Chang
  • WINDOW COVERING
    Publication number: 20100317761
    Abstract: A window covering has at least an element made of polyethylene terephthalate mixed with a filler, wherein the polyethylene terephthalate has a melt strength greater than 500 Pa·s, and a ratio of the filler is between 2% and 40% by weight, and the polyethylene terephthalate is mixed with the filler in an environment with the temperature between 200 and 350. The mixture is put into an extruder for extrusion to have a long member, and then the long member is cooled for solidification and is cut to make the window covering element. The element of the window covering has a well rigidity, heat resistant, and light fastness property, and most of all, it is recyclable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2009
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: NIEN MADE ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ming Nien, Tung-Jung Chen
  • METHOD OF MAKING WINDOW COVERING
    Publication number: 20100317754
    Abstract: A window covering has at least an element made of polyethylene terephthalate mixed with a filler, wherein the polyethylene terephthalate has a melt strength greater than 500 Pa·s, and a ratio of the filler is between 2% and 40% by weight, and the polyethylene terephthalate is mixed with the filler in an environment with the temperature between 200 and 350. The mixture is put into an extruder for extrusion to have a long member, and then the long member is cooled for solidification and is cut to make the window covering element. The element of the window covering has a well rigidity, heat resistant, and light fastness property, and most of all, it is recyclable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2009
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: NIEN MADE ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ming Nien, Tung-Jung Chen
  • Cord lock of window coverings
    Publication number: 20100236731
    Abstract: A cord lock of the window blinds or shade includes a box having a chamber therein, a driving device on an outer side, a first opening for a cord exiting the box, a second opening for the cord entering the box, a fixed locking portion on the outer side, and a flexible locking portion opposite the fixed locking portion; and a movable driving wheel, which is received in the chamber of the box, to be moved between a lock position, in which the movable driving wheel is moved toward the driving device to clip the cord therebetween, and a release position, in which the movable driving wheel is moved away from the driving device to release the cord. The fixed locking portion provides the box fixing to the top rail with a strong strength, and the flexible locking portion provides an easy way to mount the box on the top rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2009
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: NIEN MADE ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ju-Sheng Cheng, Yu-Che Wen
  • ROTATING CONTROL MECHANISM OF SHUTTER LOUVER
    Publication number: 20100175325
    Abstract: A rotating control mechanism of the shutter louver is disposed at a louver and includes an anchor, a bush, and a screw. The anchor has an opening end and a closed end, so as to form a first separating portion and a second separating portion respectively corresponding to a major axis in a radial direction of the louver. The bush has a cylinder portion neighboring to the frame and embedded in the counterbored hole of the frame, and an annular flange attached to the frame and the louver and/or the opening end of the anchor with both sides respectively. The screw passes through the counterbored hole and the bush in sequence to lock the anchor, such that the anchor moves towards the major axis direction of the louver and stops at a screw on an inner surface of the axial hole, so as to prevent the louver from cracking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2009
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Applicant: NIEN MADE ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Lin CHEN