Patents Assigned to Springs Window Fashions, LLC
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Patent number: 7997323Abstract: A quick connection device for removably connecting a headrail and a covering portion of a window covering assembly is disclosed. The quick connection device may include a male portion connected to the headrail and a female portion connected to the covering portion. Preferably, operation of the quick connection device by a user should allow of for the easy removal of the covering portion from the headrail.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2009Date of Patent: August 16, 2011Assignee: Springs Window Fashions LLCInventor: Michael Cech
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Patent number: 7942184Abstract: A vertical cellular blind includes a headrail having first and second tracks; a fabric carriage including a trolley translatable along one of the tracks and a fabric stem releasable connected to the trolley; a cellular fabric panel connected to the fabric stem; a vertical rail bracket translatable along the other of the tracks in the headrail and including a component angularly adjustable relative to the headrail; a vertical rail attached to the panel and connected to the vertical rail bracket; a cord having ends secured in the headrail and extending through the panel and the vertical rail; and a locking handle in the vertical rail having the cord extended therethrough and releasable pinching means in the handle for engaging the cord.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2007Date of Patent: May 17, 2011Assignee: Springs Window Fashions, LLCInventors: Michael John Cech, Toralf H. Strand, Dag Hammarskjold Cecchetti, Nicholas James Schultz
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Patent number: 7775250Abstract: An end stem for a soft vertical blind includes an arm spaced from an end louver of the blind, and a fabric panel connected to the arm and the end louver forms a column surrounding the end louver.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2007Date of Patent: August 17, 2010Assignee: Springs Window Fashions, LLCInventors: Thomas Paul Filipiak, Jr., Gerald Alfred Moisan
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Publication number: 20090236056Abstract: A quick connection device for removably connecting a headrail and a covering portion of a window covering assembly is disclosed. The quick connection device may include a male portion connected to the headrail and a female portion connected to the covering portion. Preferably, operation of the quick connection device by a user should allow of for the easy removal of the covering portion from the headrail.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2009Publication date: September 24, 2009Applicant: Springs Window Fashions, LLCInventor: Michael Cech
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Patent number: 7556081Abstract: A quick connection device for removably connecting a headrail and a covering portion of a window covering assembly is disclosed. The quick connection device may include a male portion connected to the headrail and a female portion connected to the covering portion. Preferably, operation of the quick connection device by a user should allow of for the easy removal of the covering portion from the headrail.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2005Date of Patent: July 7, 2009Assignee: Springs Window Fashions LLCInventor: Michael Cech
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Patent number: 7278345Abstract: The present invention generally provides a blind trimming apparatus including a frame supporting a cutting tool, the cutting tool including a cutting edge, a blade holder supported on the frame for movement with respect to the cutting tool along a cutting path, and a blade insert including a cutting edge and being connectable to the blade holder for movement with the blade holder with respect to the cutting tool to trim blinds between the cutting edge of the cutting tool and the cutting edge of the blade insert. One of the blade holder and the blade insert defines a locating recess and the other of the blade holder and the blade insert includes a locating protrusion, which is engageable in the locating recess to align the blade insert with respect to the blade holder.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2004Date of Patent: October 9, 2007Assignee: Springs Window Fashions, LLCInventor: William J. Schimmels
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Publication number: 20070039696Abstract: A window blind assembly includes a headrail having a longitudinal axis extending between first and second ends thereof, a first tube rotatably mounted between the first and second ends of the headrail and a second tube rotatably mounted between the first tube and the second end of the headrail. The assembly also has a bottom rail suspended below the headrail, an intermediate rail suspended below the headrail and positioned between the headrail and the bottom rail, and a window covering material extending between the intermediate rail and the headrail, the window covering material having an upper end attached to the intermediate rail and a lower end attached to the bottom rail.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2006Publication date: February 22, 2007Applicant: Springs Window Fashions, LLCInventors: Toralf Strand, Jeff Walker, James Raisbeck, Christopher Malin
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Publication number: 20060237149Abstract: A quick connection device for removably connecting a headrail and a covering portion of a window covering assembly is disclosed. The quick connection device may include a male portion connected to the headrail and a female portion connected to the covering portion. Preferably, operation of the quick connection device by a user should allow of for the easy removal of the covering portion from the headrail.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2005Publication date: October 26, 2006Applicant: Springs Window Fashions LLCInventor: Michael Cech
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Patent number: RE40605Abstract: An apparatus for cutting a window covering including a head rail, a bottom rail and slats includes a base having a substantially flat cutting surface, and a frame overlying the cutting surface. The base includes a clamping assembly for securing the window covering atop the cutting surface with the bottom rail, slats and top rail in a side-by-side arrangement over the cutting surface. The apparatus includes a cutting assembly having a cutting blade with a cutting edge for sliding along a movement axis having a first component of movement extending in a direction substantially parallel to the cutting surface and a second component of movement extending in a direction substantially perpendicular to the cutting surface. A driver is connected with the cutting assembly for moving the cutting blade toward the cutting surface, wherein the cutting edge simultaneously cuts through the bottom rail, the slats and the head rail.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2005Date of Patent: December 16, 2008Assignee: Springs Window Fashions, LLCInventors: Darrell J. Kutchmarek, Richard L. Seiders