Patents by Inventor Gordon R. Erickson

Gordon R. Erickson 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: 5188162
    Abstract: A valance assembly for a mini blind and a mini blind which includes a valance, the apparatus including end brackets which support a mini blind by engagement with the head rail of the head rail assembly of the mini blind and in which the end brackets carry slots for the receipt of upper and lower lips on a valance which can be cut to any desired length, the valance, once engaged with the end brackets, providing a continuous, uninterrupted surface to the viewer. In addition, a clip engagable with the head rail and located behind the valance secures the valance to the head rail so as to form a unit whereby sag between the head rail and the valance is precluded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 23, 1993
    Assignee: Newell Operating Company
    Inventors: Terry L. Simon, Gordon R. Erickson