Patents by Inventor Barb Kirk

Barb Kirk has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9382757
    Abstract: A blind pull for a blind cord includes a pair of wedges that each has an inner side that includes a plurality of spikes for gripping the blind cord and an outer side that includes a plurality of detents. A wedge receiver has a front end, an internal wedge-shaped cavity for receiving the pair of wedges and the blind cord therein, and a rear end having at least one resilient hook adapted for engaging any of the detents of the wedges for retaining the wedges within the cavity. The cavity compresses the blind cord between the pair of wedges as the wedges are further inserted into the cavity. A pair of mating shells define a hollow cavity therein and are selectively fixable to each other with a mechanical fastener for securing around the wedges and wedge receiver, the shells being interchangeable and having an attractive, ornamental outside surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Inventors: James Kirk, Barb Kirk